IUFRO Division 3 Podcast

This is the second part of two episodes featuring an interview with James Hunt and Dzhamal Amishev with FPInnovations. In this episode, the two interviewees highlight FPInnovations’ collaboration efforts with industry and global partners, and the importance of research to fill the existing information gaps and ensure safety and cost-effectiveness of the new, innovative steep slope harvesting technology.

FPInnovations, Canada’s not-for-profit forest research institute, launched a 5-year initiative called the Steep-Slope Initiative. The Initiative aims to build a common vision and strategy among forest industry, equipment manufacturers, regulators and other stakeholders to overcome the challenges of timber harvesting on steep slopes. In this episode, James Hunt and Dzhamal Amishev with FPInnovations provide an overview of the Initiative including its purpose and intent, ongoing activities and foreseeable outcomes.

In this episode, Prof. Enrico Marchi from University of Florence introduces a new concept of forest operations sustainability. Evolving from the previous concepts of environmentally sound forest harvesting, reduced-impact logging and forest operations ecology, sustainable forest operations not only ensure forest operations efficiency and sustainable yields, but also recognize the importance of socially responsible forest practices, reduced waste and increased product quality, and human factors for health and safety.

Dr. Michael Wingfield, IUFRO President, highlights vital roles of IUFRO as the unique global network of forest researchers, and discusses the importance of communication, collaboration, and education within and across IUFRO Divisions. Dr. Wingfield ends his interview by posing a simple but inspiring question – "what will forests and forestry look like in the future?"; something to consider about the future of IUFRO and Division 3.

All-Division 3 Meeting will be held in conjunction with the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany, from September 19 to 22, 2017. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Liebhold, Chair of the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress Scientific Committee, gives a preview of the scientific programs to be held during the Congress, and also extends his invitation to the Division 3 Podcast’s audience to attend the unique and exciting IUFRO event.

The First Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference was held in Oregon, USA, in August 2016 for the first time in the Division history. Representing 9 countries in 4 continents, a total of 14 PhD students in Forest Engineering/Operations/Hydrology came to Oregon to participate in the Conference and share knowledge, professionalism, friendship and global collaboration. This episode features an interview with the student participants who spoke about their experience throughout the one-week Conference. The interview participants include: Giovanni Aminti, Wafa Chouaib, Teresa de la Fuente, Ana de Miguel Munoz, Basil Ewane, Raul Fernandez Lacruz, Christoph Huber, Maria Huka, Matthias Kaltenbrunner, Omar Mologni, Ji She, Sarah Yoga, and Mika Yoshida.

This is the second part of two episodes presenting an interview with five graduate students (Foroogh Abasian, Tasseda Boukherroub, Shuva Hari Gautam, Sébastien Vachon-Robichaud and Jean Wery) at Laval University. In this episode, the students highlight their project results and potential impacts on forest science and industry.

In this episode, five graduate students (Foroogh Abasian, Tasseda Boukherroub, Shuva Hari Gautam, Sébastien Vachon-Robichaud and Jean Wery) at Laval University in Canada introduce their ongoing research projects in forest supply chain management. Their innovative research takes interdisciplinary approaches and leverages the FORAC’s well-established collaboration with forest industries. This is the first part of two episodes.

This is the second part of two episodes featuring an interview with Dr. Luc LeBel, Director of FORAC, and Dr. Sophie D’Amours, Vice Rector of Research and Innovation at Laval University. This episode presents the future research directions of FORAC, ongoing IUFRO activities and their strong commitment to graduate student education and training.

This is the first part of two episodes featuring an interview with Dr. Luc LeBel, Director of FORAC, and Dr. Sophie D’Amours, Vice Rector of Research and Innovation at Laval University. This episode introduces a brief history of FORAC, their mission and strategies for successful research collaboration with forest industry.