Deadline: 30 November 2024 I. Background Work and employment generated in the forest sector play a vital role in improving livelihoods and the well-being of people, many of whom are in rural areas across the globe. The sector covers several classifications of economic activities such as forestry and logging, manufacturing of wood and products of wood, manufacturing of pulp, paper and products of paper, and further extends to agroforestry and mangrove forests. The characteristics of th
Deadline: 20 November 2024 Strategies for a Resilient Global Food System: Navigating the Intersection of Food Security and Global Shocks Conference Dates: March 10th - 13th 2025 Venue: Naivasha Country Hotel Ltd T/A Sawela Lodges, Kenya The IBMA 2025 organizers are pleased to call for abstracts for all conference tracks from any and all interested parties. I. Thematic Areas Theme 1: Managing Food Systems Initiatives for Safe, Nutritious and Affordable Diets amidst
Deadline: 30 November 2024. I. Background Work and employment generated in the forest sector play a vital role in improving livelihoods and the well-being of people, many of whom are in rural areas across the globe. The sector covers several classifications of economic activities such as forestry and logging, manufacturing of wood and products of wood, manufacturing of pulp, paper and products of paper, and further extends to agroforestry and mangrove forests. The characteristics
Deadline: 19 January 2024 Abstract Submission is Now Open for the 2024 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference, to be held May 13-16, 2024 in Columbia, Missouri, USA. I. About the conference Hosted by the University of Missouri's Center for Agroforestry, the 2024 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference is a joint meeting of the Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group and the Poplar and Willow Council of Canada that will bring together members
Deadline: 15 July 2023 The 2023 Food Safety Conference of the African Continental Association for Food Protection (ACAFP) will take place in-person in Accra, Ghana from the 7th – 9th November 2023. I. Background Africans suffer the highest burden of foodborne diseases worldwide with an estimated 137,000 deaths and over 91 million illnesses annually. This has huge ramifications on Africa’s economy with estimated losses of $16 billion in annual productivity. Therefore, f
Deadline: 01 August 2023 The Initiative for Agency and Development at the University of Arizona, and the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD have launched a call for papers on cutting-edge applied evaluation research on targeting of the poor and ultra-poor. The institutions are co-organizing a conference, Targeting of the Poor, at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 8-9 November 2023. The conference will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the cutting-edge appli
Deadline: 31 August 2023 The utilization of bio-based materials in modern building construction is a viable solution to global housing shortages, while at the same time contributing to the mitigation of global warming and achieving carbon neutrality. The special issue of the Engineering Journal “Sustainable and Innovative Structures with Bio-Based Materials” aims to attract global researchers, manufacturers and practitioners to showcase the state-of-the-art, latest innovative stru
Deadline: 2 June 2023 The Congress Scientific Committee (CSC) is pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the XXVI IUFRO Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, 23 – 29 June 2024, is open and welcomes submissions of abstracts for presentations in sub-plenary, technical and poster sessions. I. Submission To submit your abstract, please take the following steps: 1) Consult the list of sessions HERE 2) Submit your abstract HERE You will be required to insert a titl
Deadline: 17 February 2023 The submission of voluntary presentations and posters for the 2nd World Forum on Urban Forests is now open! The 2nd edition of WFUF will take place in Washington DC, from 16 to 20 October 2023. The overall theme will be: Greener, Healthier and Happier Cities for All. This theme was chosen to highlight the importance of building inclusive and accessible cities where the goods and services of urban forests and trees ar
Deadline: 06 March 2023 Botany journal is now accepting papers for a new special issue on Parasitic Plants research including conservation, anatomy, physiology, ecology, management of unbalanced host-parasite relationships, and more. Parasitic flowering plants are diverse in their morphology, with versatile physiological strategies and convoluted evolutionary histories. They can cause extensive negative and positive impacts to many ecological processes, as well as affect ecosystem pro