SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT The Nordic-Baltic post-graduate course called "CURRENT ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL FOREST REGENERATION", funded by the Nordic Academy for Advanced Study (NorFA), will be held in Estonia on Sept. 18-27, 1995. The topics on the course cover a wide range of issues from seed biology, afforestation of agricultural fields and hardwood silviculture (valuable broadleaves) to sustainable forestry. The general objectives of the course are: -To bring together experts in nursery and forest regeneration studies from Nordic and Baltic countries to exchange ideas and to create networks of reseachers and organizations. -To review the current topics in which active research is going on -To review the topics in which active research is needed in the future -To help 'technology transfer', integration and implementation of research results from the topic areas for the use of practical forestry All post-graduate students (studies proceeding towards Ph.D. degree or equivalent) working with afforestation or forest regeneration are welcome from Nordic and Baltic countries. There is no course fee and travelling expenses are covered by the organizers. We encourage especially students from Denmark, Estonia and Latvia to registrate. By July 4, 11 students have registrated and so far none from the above countries! To get more information and the registration form, send a request to Dr. Anneli Jalkanen Course coordinator Mäntyviita 5 C 17, 02110 Espoo, Finland Internet electronic mail: jalkane@personal.eunet.fi Telephone: +358 0 455 3241 Fax numbers for requests or for sending registrations: +358 0 191 7605 Dr. Liisa Saarenmaa, University of Helsinki, or +358 73 151 3590 Prof. Taneli Kolström, University of Joensuu. _____________________________________________ Dr. Anneli Jalkanen Mantyviita 5 C 17 02110 Espoo Finland E-mail: jalkane@personal.eunet.fi Tel. +358 0 455 3241
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