Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI)

The Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI) that forms part of the Department of Forest Sciences provides academic training and carries out research on forests and related natural resources in tropical and developing countries. VITRI staff also undertakes national and international assignments related to tropical forest management as well as environmental and forest policy.

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NEWS ARCHIVE

 

28.12.2010

Call for applications: INTENSIVE FORESTRY FIELD COURSE: MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA ( 31.5-10.6. 2011)

The Department of Forest and Wood Science, Faculty of AgriScience, University of Stellenbosch, is organising together with the partner universities of the Global Industrial Forestry Network (GIFN) an intensive forestry course on Tropical and Plantation Forestry Systems. CALL IS ON FOR STUDENT APPLICATIONS DEADLINE 5 JANUARY 2011, 16:00

This international intensive field course is the third one organised by the GIFN. The GIFN field courses aim at facilitating forestry students to learn through a multidisciplinary approach all issues concerning sustainable forest management and plantation forestry. Thus course organisers encourage students of all forestry expertise to join this intensive programme. Students who participate in this intensive course will have the opportunity to link own forestry expertise to sustainable forest management and plantation forestry. Besides, the course offers an outstanding opportunity to disseminate information of own academic work as well as to expand own network for future research and expertise activities.

Link to the call

 

15.12.2010

Call for Abstracts for the International Symposium on Ecosystem and Landscape-level Approaches to Sustainability. Burgos, Spain (March 21-24, 2011)

The International Symposium is organized by the International Model Forest Network Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada, the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs and the Government of the Region of Castille and León, Spain. The co-organizers of the International Symposium include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Symposium will address ecosystem and landscape-level approaches to sustainability under four themes: - Inventory & monitoring - Ecosystem goods and services - Governance - Future directions and opportunities

The International Symposium includes a poster session that will be held during the evening of Monday, March 21. Authors will be invited to make a brief (2 minute) presentation on their poster.

A Call for Posters is available on the Symposium web site.

 

19.11.2010

Field study opportunities in Sudan and Ethiopia (ESUFI project)

The ESUFI project, which is funded by the CIMO N-S-S programme, announces the
availability of funding for four students for field studies in Sudan (2 students) and
Ethiopia (2 students). The funding covers the necessary travel and subsistence costs for
three months. I have herewith attached the funding announcement and application form.
Students who are intersted can fill the form and send me not later than 30 December 2010.
Please kindly pass the information to students who might be intersted to carry out their
field work in Sudan or Ethiopia.

announcement and application form.

 

21.10.2010

Call for papers

Two international conferences will be held in Helsinki next year and the call for papers is open. More information about the conferences and deadlines for applications can be found in the respective websites:

Trends and Future of Sustainable Development [9-10 June 2011. Tampere, Finland]

Reframing Sustainability? Climate Change and North-South Dynamics [10-11 February 2011, Helsinki, Finland].

 

20.10.2010

Online publications

Two important publications were made available online recently: IUFRO’s “Forests and Society - Responding to Global Drivers of Change” and ETFRN’s latest Newsletter “Biodiversity Conservation in Certified Forests”.

 

20.09.2010

New Professorship in Tropical Silviculture

Markku Kanninen has received the new professorship in Tropical Silviculture at the Dept. of Forest Sciences. Prof. Kanninen will join VITRI and the Department in 2011 after finalising his duties with CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research), where he is currently the director of Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests Program.