2003
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6 March 2003
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The seventh newsletter of ENFORS was
published on the ENFORS homepage and an announcement was made to
the members and other stakeholders. http://ifff.boku.ac.at/enfors/newsletters.htm |
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5 March 2003
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The seventh Steering Committee meeting
was held as a telephone meeting. It was organised by GIP ECOFOR
and the ENFORS Secretariat in Paris. Please find the minutes at
the following page: http://ifff.boku.ac.at/enfors/documents.htm. |
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25 February 2003
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A meeting in Paris was arranged for
discussing a proposal for a Network of Excellence focused on
Sustainable Forest Management and forest ecosystem research.
Contact Anders Mårell at the ENFORS Secretariat (marell@engref.fr)
for further details. |
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12 February 2003
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Instructions and guidelines for the
country-wise introduction and summary chapters were distributed
to the WG 1 members. |
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6 February 2003
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First announcement of the international
symposium "Towards the Sustainable use
of Europe's forests - Forest ecosystem and landscape research:
scientific challenges and opportunities" co-organised by
ENFORS, ECOFOR, EFI and IUFRO to be held June 25-27, 2003,
Tours, France. http://www.efi.fi/events/2003/Forest_ecosystem |
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5 February 2003
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Technical report no. 1 "Scientific
issues related to sustainable forest management in an ecosystem
and landscape prespective" was published by ECOFOR and is
now available at the ENFORS Secretariat (marell@engref.fr). |
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4 February 2003
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Regional WG meeting with the national
representatives of Ireland at the University College Dublin,
Ireland, with the participation of the WG 1 member of the United
Kingdom. |
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16 January 2003
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Presentation at the EEA (European
Environment Agency) workshop on European Networking of Long-term
Ecosystem Research for Environment and Health with the main
objective of discussing the establishment of a European network
of research sites for long-term ecological research. |
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2002
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| 18 December
2002 |
The sixth
newsletter of ENFORS was published on the ENFORS homepage and
distributed among the members and other stakeholders. |
| 17 December
2002 |
Regional WG
meeting with national representatives of the United Kingdom at
the Alice Holt Lodge, Forest Research, Agency of the Forestry
Commission, United Kingdom. |
| 17 December
2002 |
Regional WG
meeting with national representatives of Germany held at the
Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany. |
| 2 December
2002 |
A plea was
made to the ENFORS members concerning Short-Term Scientific
Missions that are expected to deliver sound comparative
information about methods, experiments and research programmes
in the countries participating to ENFORS. |
| 2 December
2002 |
The summary
report of the Copenhagen meeting November 8-9 written by the
coordinators of WG 1 and the ENFORS Secretariat was distributed
to the ENFORS members. |
| 2 December
2002 |
The STSM
report " Approaches for studying forest ecosystems at the
landscape level and in the long-term" by Josephine Pithon
(Ireland) was published on the ENFORS homepage and distributed
to the members of ENFORS. |
| 25
November 2002 |
Poster
presentation at the open seminar 'Forest Research and the 6th
Framework Programme: Challenges and Opportunities' organised in
the framework of the EU project QLK5-CT-2002-30221 'IMACFORD' by
EFI and ECOFOR. Nearly 200 participants attended the seminar
that was held at the 'Maison de la Chimie' in Paris. |
| 24
November 2002 |
Informal
meeting aiming at discussing an Integrated Project or a Network
of Excellence under the thematic sub-priority 1.1.6.3 'Global
change and ecosystems' of the 6th Framework Programme. The
meeting was arranged by ECOFOR and EFI at ENGREF (Ecole
Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts), in Paris. |
| 15
November 2002 |
A letter of
thanks written by the Steering Committee was sent to the
participants of the Copenhagen meeting. |
| 13
November 2002 |
A notification
letter about the further progress on the initiative of merging
the two Expressions of Interest 'Forest Umbrella' proposed by
EFI and 'Forest Ecosystems' proposed by ECOFOR in association
with ENFORS was sent out to the members of ENFORS. The letter
was also an invitation to a strategic meeting to be held in
Paris, November 24, 2002. |
| 9
November 2002 |
The sixth
Steering Committee meeting was held shortly in connection with
the combined working group meeting in Copenhagen. Please find
the minutes at
the documents page. |
| 8-9
November 2002 |
Combined
working group meeting (WG 1, 2 and 3) November 8-9, 2002, in
Copenhagen, Denmark, discussing the national inventories of
field research facilities (WG 1) and starting up the
activities of WG 2 and 3. |
| 28-30
October 2002 |
ENFORS was
presented by Olivier Laroussinie at an international seminar on
Environmental assessment in the Agropolis International building
in Montpellier, arranged by Michel Deshayes, Cemagref. The
ENFORS Secretariat was present and represented ENFORS during the
whole seminar. |
| 14
October 2002 |
The official
invitation letter for the combined working group meeting
November 8-9, 2002, in Copenhagen, Denmark, was sent out to the
invited members. |
| 2
October 2002 |
The fifth
Steering Committee meeting was held as a telephone meeting. It
was organised by GIP ECOFOR and the ENFORS Secretariat in Paris.
Please find the minutes
at the documents page. |
| 25 September
2002 |
A notification
letter for the combined working group meetings of the Action
November 8-9, 2002, in Copenhagen, Denmark, was sent out to the
invited members. |
| 25 September
2002 |
The fifth
draft of Technical report no. 1 "Guidelines for the
national inventories of field research facilities" was
distributed among the WG 1 members. Start of the "National
inventories". |
| 25 September
2002 |
The fifth
newsletter of ENFORS was published on the ENFORS homepage and
distributed among the members and other stakeholders. |
| 24
September 2002 |
The European
Commission opened the CORDIS database on Expressions of Interest
(Identifier: EOI.FP6.2002) to help prepare the first calls of
the 6th Framework Programme (FP6). The database contains 50
proposals for 'Networks of Excellence' and 119 proposals for
Integrated Projects related to 'forest' under the sub-thematic
priority areas '1.1.6 Sustainable development, global change and
ecosystems' and '1.1.6.3 Global change and ecosystems'. You can
search the database at the following URL: http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm.
Further information about the FP6 and latest news can be found
at http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/. |
| 26-29
August 2002 |
A poster
presentation of ENFORS was made at the IUFRO meeting in
Copenhagen. |
| 21
August 2002 |
The ENFORS
pamphlet and poster were printed in 5000 and 6 copies,
respectively. |
| 21
August 2002 |
A total of 22
sites were reported to the ENFORS Secretariat during the test
period of the guidelines for the national inventories. Those 22
sites included a preliminary total inventory of 14 sites from
France. |
| 8
July 2002 |
Technical
report no. 1 "Scientific issues related to sustainable
forest management in an ecosystem and landscape
perspective" was submitted to the COST Secretariat in
Brussels for printing by the European Commission. |
| 14
June 2002 |
The fourth
Steering Committee meeting was held as a telephone meeting. It
was organised by GIP ECOFOR and the ENFORS Secretariat in Paris. |
| 12-13
June 2002 |
The Chairman
Folke Andersson visited INRA, Bordeaux-Aquitaine, and their
research sites together with the ENFORS Secretariat and GIP
ECOFOR. |
| 10
June 2002 |
WG 1 members
were asked to test the guidelines between June 10 and July 12,
2002, by sending in one example site using the summary form
provided with the guidelines. |
| 10
June 2002 |
Technical
Reports No. 1 and 2 were sent out to the MC and WG 1 members for
final revision. |
| 7
June 2002 |
An Expression
of Interest (EoI) in the form of a Network of Excellence with
the title "Sustainability of forest ecosystem management in
a changing environment" was submitted to the European
Commission on Friday June 7, 2002, by Olivier Laroussinie, GIP
ECOFOR. |
| 25-29
May 2002 |
Representation
and presentation of ENFORS by Norbert Kräuchi at the 18th Task
Force meeting of ICP Forests, Lisbon, Portugal. |
| 29
May 2002 |
An
announcement was made and the calls for nominations of members
to WG 2 and 3 were distributed to the MC members. Deadline for
nominating candidates is 10 June 2002. |
| 29
May 2002 |
A reminder
about the call for Short-Term Scientific Missions was sent out
to the MC members. |
| 28
May 2002 |
A summary by
Prof. R. Hüttl of the special session "Landscape planning
and sustainable forestry" was distributed to the members of
ENFORS. |
| 23
May 2002 |
The fourth
newsletter of ENFORS was distributed to the members of ENFORS.
The newsletters can be downloaded at the following address:
http://ifff.boku.ac.at/enfors/newsletters.htm |
| 17 May
2002 |
A first
draft of an "Expression of Interest" for the EU 6th
Framework Programme was distributed among the members of the
Temporary Working Group. |
| 15 May
2002 |
The
first call for STSM was announced. The title of the STMS is
"Comparing and evaluating methods, experiments and research
programmes. Please find further information here. |
| 15 May
2002 |
A
questionnaire for mapping the national and regional research
interests as listed in the Technical Report No. 1 under the
"Main fields of interests" was distributed among the
ENFORS members. The questionnaire should be handed in to the
ENFORS Secretariat (marell@engref.fr) before May 20, 2002. |
| 14 May
2002 |
The
chairman informed the SC members that their next meeting
(planned at the EC - Joint Research Centre in Ispra and Giorgio
Matteucci, Italy) will be held as a telephone meeting in order
to save time and funds. The SC members were asked to reserve
Friday June 14 at 10.00 - 12.00 am for the meeting. |
| 3 May
2002 |
The
Annual Progress Report (December 2000 - April 2002) was handed
in to the COST Secretariat in Brussels for further distribution
to the Technical Committee on Forests and Forestry Products by
Mr. Arne Been, COST Secretary. |
| 25
April 2002 |
The minutes
from the second MC meeting was distributed to the network
members. |
| 18-20
April 2002 |
The
second Management Committee meeting was held at the Brandenburg
University of Technology in Cottbus, Germany. Local organisers:
Prof. Dr. R. F. Hüttl and Dr. U. Schneider. |
| 20
April 2002 |
The
second Working Group 1 meeting was held at the Brandenburg
University of Technology in Cottbus, Germany. Local organisers:
Prof. Dr. R. F. Hüttl and Dr. U. Schneider. |
| 19
April 2002 |
A
"seminar" devoted to "Landscape planning and
sustainable forestry" was organised at the Brandenburg
University of Technology in Cottbus, Germany. Local organisers:
Prof. Dr. R. F. Hüttl and Dr. U. Schneider. |
| 15
April 2002 |
The third
newsletter of ENFORS was distributed to the members of
ENFORS. |
| 5 April 2002 |
The
fourth draft of the Technical Report No. 1 "Scientific
issues related to sustainable forest management in an ecosystem
and landscape perspective" and the third draft of the
Technical Report No. 2 "Guidelines
for national inventories of field research facilities"
produced by Working Group 1 were distributed among the ENFORS
members. |
| 5 April
2002 |
The agenda
and appendices for the second Management Committee and
Working Group 1 meeting were published on the ENFORS homepage. |
| 21
March 2002 |
The
official invitation letter for the second Management Committee
and Working Group 1 meeting was distributed among the MC and WG
1 members, and invited speakers. |
| 18
March 2002 |
Third
Steering Committee meeting held at the Berlin Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences, Jägerstr. 12, Berlin, Germany. |
| 13
March 2002 |
The
third draft of the Technical Report No. 1 "Scientific
issues related to sustainable forest management in an ecosystem
and landscape perspective" and the second draft of the
Technical Report No. 2 "Guidelines for national inventories
of field research facilities" produced by Working Group 1
was distributed among the Steering Committee members. |
| 6
March 2002 |
COST
Action E25 have been chosen as a pilot study for evaluating a
new independent administration system for COST Actions
(outsourcing). |
| 4
March 2002 |
Meeting
between Anders Mårell, Emil Klimo, Jiri Kulhavy, and Bohumir
Lomsky discussing the reports of Working Group 1 and coming
activities within ENFORS at the Institute of Forest Ecology,
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech
Republic. |
| 28
February 2002 |
Meeting
between Anders Mårell, Giorgio Matteucci, and Andrea Cutini
discussing the reports of Working Group1 and coming activities
within ENFORS at the EC - Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. |
| 27
February 2002 |
Meeting
between Anders Mårell, David Hladnik, Bostjan Anko, Franc
Batic, Primoz Simoncic, and Matjez Cater discussing the
reports of Working Group1 and coming activities within ENFORS at
the Slovenian Forest Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| 26
February 2002 |
Meeting
between Anders Mårell, Ernst Leigeb, Klaus Katzensteiner,
Roland Berger, Axel Schopf, and Herbert Hager discussing the
reports of Working Group 1 and coming activites within ENFORS at
the Department of Forest Ecology, University of Agricultural
Sciences, Vienna, Austria. |
| 8
February 2002 |
Meeting
between Folke Andersson, Oivier Laroussinie, Anders Mårell, and
Henri Décamps structuring the work of ENFORS, discussing the
reports of Working Group 1 and the future possible changes due
to new administation system. |
| 6
February 2002 |
Informal
meeting between Folke Andersson, Arne Been, and Wolfgang Obert
in Brussels discussing ENFORS as a pilot project with regard to
evaluation of a new independent administration system for COST
Actions. |
| 25
January 2002 |
The
second draft of "Main scientific issues in relation to
sustainable forest management in the context of an ecosystem and
landscape perspective" was distributed to the members of
Working Group 1 for revision. |
| 16
January 2002 |
Meeting between Anders Mårell,
Hank Bartelin and Ad van Hees discussing the reports within
Working Group 1 at Alterra in Wageningen, The Netherlands |
