information on Boreal Forest Research Association Conference in Saskatoon in September. ============================================================================= CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS International Boreal Forest Research Association - Fourth Annual Meeting Boreal Forests and Global Change ================================ 25-28 September, 1994, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada IBFRA links boreal forest researchers from Canada, Russia, the USA, and Europe for the promotion and coordination of boreal forest research. Past meetings: Russia (1991), Alaska (1992), Norway/Sweden (1993) Papers are invited on the following important topics relating to boreal forests in times of global change: The Carbon Cycle: pools and fluxes, role of disturbances, forest carbon management, bioenergy opportunities... Climate Change: past, present and future responses of growth, decomposition, disturbance regimes, feedbacks... Biodiversity: impacts on vegetation and wildlife, integrated management... Forest Management: silviculture, harvesting, regeneration... Socioeconomics: future timber supply, land-use pressures, multiple-use management... New Technologies: inventory, monitoring, large-scale ecosystem modelling, multi-disciplinary research... Preliminary titles for papers are required by 20 March 1994. Advance abstracts must be submitted by 1 April 1994. Arrangements are being made for publication of peer-reviewed papers, possibly in a special issue of Journal of Forestry. Optional field-tours of the BOREAS Experiment and Prince Albert Model Forest are planned for 29 September to 1 October 1994. Please complete the attached form and return immediately to: Dr. Mike Apps (Co-Chairman) OR Dr. Guy Brassard (Co-Chairman) Canadian Forest Service Canadian Forest Service Northern Forestry Centre Place Vincent Massey, 21st Floor 5320 - 122 Street 351 St. Joseph Boulevard EDMONTON HULL Alberta, T6H 3S5, Canada Quebec, K1A 1G5, Canada FAX: (403) 435-7359 FAX: (819) 994-3389 Internet: mapps@nofc.forestry.ca ----------------------------------< cut here >---------------------------------- Boreal Forests and Global Change ================================ International Boreal Forest Research Association Please mail or FAX this form, or send e-mail, to register your interest in the Boreal Forests and Global Change Conference. Further information will be sent only to those who reply to this announcement. NAME: ______________________________________________________________________ AFFILIATION: _________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ PHONE: __________________ FAX: _________________ Email: _____________________ I would like to present: a paper ____ ; a poster ____ ; a computer demonstration ____. PRELIMINARY TITLE OR SUBJECT AREA: ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ I am interested in attending field trip(s) to: The BOREAS Experimental Sites: __ The Prince Albert Model Forest: ____ Please return this form as soon as possible and not later than 7 March 1994 to: Dr. Mike Apps (Co-Chairman) OR Dr. Guy Brassard (Co-Chairman) Canadian Forest Service Canadian Forest Service Northern Forestry Centre Place Vincent Massey, 21st Floor 5320 - 122 Street 351 St. Joseph Boulevard EDMONTON HULL Alberta, T6H 3S5, Canada Quebec, K1A 1G5, Canada FAX: (403) 435-7359 FAX: (819) 994-3389 Internet: mapps@nofc.forestry.ca ---------------------------------< cut here >-----------------------------------
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