CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS (2nd announcement)
Planted Forests: Contributions to Sustainable Societies.
A symposium: June 28 - July 1, 1995 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Organized by College of Forestry, Oregon State University and cooperators.
We request proposals for presentations, as posters or during 20-minute oral
sessions, on topics related to the following aspects of planted forests:
Biological and Ecological Aspects; Social and Policy Aspects; Products and
Economic Aspects; Silvicultural and Engineering Aspects. Presentations would
be made during half-day (or day-long) sessions for each topic group, or during
two evening poster sessions planned as integral portions of Symposium
discussions and meal events. We welcome proposals for presentations on all
relevant aspects of planted forests. Of special interest are potential
discussions of social relevance of planted forests for communities and regions.
Abstracts of proposals for presentation are requested by January 31, 1995.
Send abstracts and request further information, from: Planted Forests
Symposium, Conference Office, College of Forestry, OSU, Corvallis, OR 97331-
5707 USA. Or, via Internet, send e-mail to: DustmanP@ccmail.orst.edu (or:
boylej@ccmail.orst.edu).
Symposium Scope and Goals:
In many regions of the world, planted forests are major landscape
components. These forests contribute to the economic welfare and sustainable
development of many communities. Among other values, they provide wood and
other products, watershed protection, wildlife habitats, and recreational
settings. The Planted Forests Symposium will discuss attributes and values of
these forests in all their forms, from extensively planted forests in
mountainous wildlands to intensively cultured "fiber plantations".
With the Pacific Northwest region of the United States as a backdrop,
leaders in a number of forest-related areas will illustrate the variety, nature
and significance of planted, managed forests in our societies. Speakers will
discuss opportunities and challenges associated with managing planted forests
in landscapes of the world, forests as diverse as the cultures in which they
occur. The symposium will emphasize planted forest systems in appropriate
context with other managed forests and with native forest systems.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Individuals interested in the management of forest and
agroforestry lands; private, state, and federal representatives as well as
conservationists, consultants, policy makers and others involved in planted
forests and the roles they play in sustainable societies.
SYMPOSIUM FORMAT:
Day 1: Invited presentations of species and groups of species planted around
the world. Experts will discuss social,biological and economic significance of
planted forests. Eucalypts. Radiata Pine. Douglas-fir. Loblolly Pine. Poplars.
Tropical species. World view of planted forests.
Evening contributed posters highlighting regional and local experience with
planted forests.
Day 2: Forests planted for different primary objectives. Keynote papers and
wide-ranging discussions of the variety of types of planted forests. Short
rotation fiber plantations. Tree Farms and Forest Plantations. Multiple Purpose
Forests. Forest Reserves and Conservation Areas. Community Forests and
Agroforestry Systems. Contributed posters and evening meal.
Day 3. Emerging technical information. Invited and contributed presentations
of technical aspects of planted forests. Biological and Ecological Aspects.
Social and Policy Aspects. Forest Products and Economic Aspects. Silvicultural
and Engineering Aspects.
Day 4. Field trips to observe planted forests in Oregon and Washington. Mount
St. Helens. Tillamook State Forest. Poplar Plantations. Wind River
Experimental Forest.
Scheduled Speakers : Karen Barnette, Jim Boyle, George Brown, Bob Buckman,
Julian Evans, Paul Heilman, Richard Hermann, Niels Elers Koch, Denis Lavender,
Rex McCullough, P. K. Nair, Bob Schultz, Wink Sutton, George Stankey, John
Turnbull, Jack Walstad.
Organizing Committee: Bill Atkinson, Forest Engineering, OSU; Nick Chappell,
Forest Resources, U. of Washington; Rick Fletcher Forestry Extension, OSU; Ray
Craig, Oregon Dept of Forestry; Dean DeBell, PNW Research Station, Forest
Service, USDA; Dave Hibbs, Forest Science, OSU; Norman E. Johnson, Weyerhaeuser
Co.; Joe Lint, Bureau of Land Management; Jerry Otto, Washington Dept. of
Natural Resources; Barte Starker, Starker Forests, Inc.; Jack Winjum, NCASI &
EPA; Bob Buckman, Ed Jensen, George Stankey and Jack Walstad, Forest Resources,
College of Forestry, Oregon State University. Co-Chairs, Dr. James R. Boyle &
Dr. Kathleen L. Kavanagh, Forest Resources , College of Forestry, Oregon State
Univ.
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