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Mission:
Promote
sustainable forest management in tropical forest ecosystems through improved
silvicultural practices and improved cooperation among North American
countries.
RECENT ACTIVITIES & PUBLICATIONS:
The Silviculture Working Group (SWG) has conducted meetings annually. Activities of the group over the last two years have focused on building our membership and defining our terms of reference and mission. Activities over the next four years will focus on publicizing the work of the NAFC SWG to increase the accessibility of knowledge, facilitate its input into the policy process and to highlight the potential of silviculture to increase the value of forest commodities now and in the future.
- 2006 - 2008: Activities for the next biennium will focus on building the profile of the Silviculture Working Group and the NAFC. This will be done through organizing a Workshop in Mexico to publicize the work of the WG and highlight the potential of silviculture to increase the value of forest commodities now and in the future. In addition we plan to update the Web Site to include pertinent information on the issues and challenges facing silviculture in North America both now and in the future.
We will also explore the possibility of starting an international project linking long term silviculture research sites in Canada , the USA and Mexico to increase the accessibility of knowledge and facilitate its input into the policy process.
- 2005 - 2006: Our mission statement was revised to make it more responsive to recent trends in international forestry: To develop and disseminate knowledge and technology on silviculture strategies and practices for North American Forests to improve the quality of human life.
With the addition of three new members, a scoping session was undertaken to explore possible future collaborative projects and deliverables. The following opportunities were identified and work is in progress:
- Workshop on the Evolution of Mexican silviculture and future directions (2007/08)
- Web site update (2006-2008)
- Statement of SWG common issues and scope (2006-2007)
- Assist in planning for the 2006-07 joint meeting of the Genetics and Silviculture Working groups
- 2004-2005: Terms of reference of the group were expanded from tropical silviculture alone to include temperate forest silviculture to foster Canadian and US participation in the group.
With the addition of new members and the election of a new Chair, a scoping session was undertaken to explore possible future collaborative projects and deliverables and to identify opportunities. The following tasks were completed:
- Presented results of last two meetings for Board of Alternates (BOA) Meeting in Veracruz next week
- Prepared an outline for a manuscript entitled “ Synthesis of silvicultural issues in the sustainable management of mountain forests in Canada , Mexico and USA .”
- Sought new members for the Silviculture Working Group to strengthen representation on issues in temperate forest silviculture.
- Assisted in planning for the 2005-06 joint meeting of the Genetics and Silviculture Working groups
For a copy of Useful Trees of the Tropical Region of North America, please contact:
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MINUTES:
RECENT MEETING:
I. Proceedings
from the Second International Workshop: "The Utilization of Forests
and Their Relation to the Environment" (Veracruz, Mexico - December
2, 1997)
[These are
available in Spanish. NOTE: To reduce file space, the entire proceedings
are available as five separate files. A session does not necessarily correspond
to a file.]
- Introduction
- Session 1: Agroforestry and multiple use forest species
- Session 2: Management of secondary vegetation
- Session 3: Rehabilitation of forest lands
- Session 4: Management of fire
- Session 5: Final Session
Download all five files:
- Copia de Memoria Selvas 1
- Copia de Memoria Selvas 2
- Copia de Memoria Selvas 3
- Copia de Memoria Selvas 4
- Copia de Memoria Selvas 5
II. The 16th North
American Forest Biology Workshop & the Western Forest Genetics Association
2000 Conference (Merida, Mexico - July, 2000).
PowerPoint presentations, posters, and abstracts from the workshop
are now available. (Many of the files are large and may take long to download.
If you are experiencing difficulty, please contact
us.)
1. Workshop Poster (481KB)
2. Workshop Abstract (741 KB)
3. Workshop Agenda (45KB)
4. Posters:a) POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON GROWTH AND WOOD QUALITY IN WHITE SPRUCE (1 MB) Christophe Andalo,Jean Beaulieu & Jean Bousquet
b) HIGH LEVELS OF GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AMONG POPULATIONS OF MEXICAN CONIFERS (802 KB) F. Thomas Ledig, Jesús Vargas Hernández, and Basilio Bermejo Velázquez
c) FIELD RESULTS OF WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST RESISTANCE IN SUGAR PINES AND WESTERN WHITE PINE SEEDLINGS (2 MB) Andrew D. Bower and Richard A. Sniezko
5. Presentations:a) NORMS OF REACTION OF STABLE AND UNSTABLE DOUGLAS-FIR GENOTYPES ACROSS TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE REGIMES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BREEDING AND CLIMATE CHANGE (187 KB) Sally N. Aitken and Tongli Wang
b) INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN RATES OF BASE CATION IMMOBILIZATION IN THE STEM OF SOME HARDWOODS OF EASTERN CANADA ARE LARGELY AGE- OR SIZE- DEPENDENT (94 KB) Patricia Boucher and Benoît Côté
c) MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS OF WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST INFECTION AND MORTALITY THROUGH AGE 15 IN SUGAR PINE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON ( 109KB) Richard A. Sniezko, Andrew D. Bower and Ellen M. Goheen
d) TROPICAL N-FIXING TREES, VIRUS RESISTANCE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF MAIZE-BASED CIVILIZATIONS (196 KB) James L. Brewbaker
e) GROWTH EFFICIENCIES OF DIVERSE Pinus taeda FAMILIES AS AFFECTED BY GENETICS OF THE ROOT SYSTEM (192 KB) James E. Grissom and Steven E. McKeand - For details on the poster, please contact the author.
f) PRODUCCIÓN DE SEMILLAS DEL GÉNERO PINUS EN HUERTOS Y RODALES SEMILLEROS DE SMURFIT CARTÓN DE COLOMBIA (18 MB) N. Isaza, W. S. Dvorak & J. López Upton - Please contact authors for presentation.
g) FINE ROOT GROWTH IN LOBLOLLY PINE SUBJECTED TO FERTILIZATION AND CO2 TREAMENTS (30 MB) Kim H. Ludovici and Lance W. Kress - Please contact author for this poster.
h) WATER AND CARBON RELATIONS OF Pinus elliottii FLATWOODS SUBJECTED TO SEVERE DROUGHT (1 MB) Timothy A. Martin
i) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HYDRAULIC PATHWAY LENGTH AND FOLIAR d13C IN LONGLEAF PINE (647 KB) Price C. McLemore, III, Lisa J. Samuelson, Greg L. Somers
j) GENES, CLIMATE, AND WOOD: A STORY OF LODGEPOLE PINE (195KB) Gerald E. Rehfeldt
k) EFFECTS OF FORESTRY PRACTICES, INCLUDING CLEARCUT HARVESTING AND ALTERNATIVE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT TREATMENTS ON FOREST MICROCLIMATE (586 KB) Phillip E. Reynolds
l) GENECOLOGY AND ADAPTATION OF DOUGLAS-FIR TO CLIMATE CHANGE (1 MB) Brad St. Clair, Ken Vance-Borland and Nancy Mandel
m) INFLUENCE OF INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT ON CANOPY TRANSPIRATION IN LOBLOLLY PINE (304 KB) Thomas Stokes, Lisa Samuelson, Greg Somers and Tom Cooksey
n) El Compendio forestal: Un sistema de apoyo a la toma de decision (2 MB) Jacques Trencia
o) LEAF BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES INDUCED IN Populus trichocarpa BY ENHANCED UV-B RADIATION AND CONCOMITANT EFFECTS ON HERBIVORY BY Chrysomela scripta (Colepoptera: Chrysomelidae) [1 MB] Jeffrey M. Warren and John H. Bassman
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