Past Events

One of the main goals of the Caucasus Mountain Forum 2019 – organized under the heading 'The Caucasus Research Agenda - A Key to Sustainable Regional Development' – is to formally approve the Caucasus Research Agenda. Accordingly, this year’s CMF theme encompasses the subject areas covered in the Research Agenda, with a focus on identifying the current state of knowledge in the Caucasus region, key challenges and opportunities, and priority gaps for scientific research and development.

Ukrainian National Forestry University (UNFU)and State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine will hold a workshop “Developing scientific-methodological foundations for ecosystem services valuation in the context of implementing international conservation agreements”. Participants will discuss international experiences and methodological approaches to ecosystem services valuation to provide recommendations on legal provisions to be implemented in Ukraine. The workshop shall focus on the following key themes: Summarizing international experiences of practical applications of the ecosystem services concept…

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Main Topic: Climate Policy and Forest sustainability Additional topics: Sustainable planning and management of forestry activities Biodiversity, biotic and abiotic factors in forest areas Bioeconomy based on timber and non-timber forest products and services

The 6th Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) Europe will be held in Tihany, between 25 and 29 August 2020. The Student Conference on Conservation Science series started in Cambridge and have expanded with Brisbane, Beijing, Bangalore and New York. SCCS  is the largest international conference in conservation science, where students and early career scientists are welcomed and have the chance to present their research, learn from each other and meet with experts of the field who can offer them guidance in their future careers.

In cooperation and on invitation of the IUFRO - International Union of Forest Research Organizations, the Institute for Regional Development of Eurac Research organizes together with the Faculty of Forestry from the University of Belgrade and the Poznan University of Life Sciences the forest science symposium “Expanding the paradigm of forest based value chains towards social and ecological dimensions”. The symposium initiated by subgroup “4.05.04 - Forest-based value chains” of Division 4.05 (Managerial economics and accounting) will take place from…

A 5-day international course will take place in the Czech Republic in Krušné Hory Mountains, Slavkovský Les Forest Protected landscape Area (PLS) and Šumava National Park (NP). Intended to be the second of a series of such courses organized within the Carpathian Wetland Initiative region, this course is based on the good practice of courses organized on both the national and international levels, promoting the understanding and establishment of communication and cooperation among various sectors – land-users, nature conservation, water…