PROGRAMME
Sunday 22 June: arrival of participants
18.30-20.00: Welcome aperitive (“Beau Rivage” hotel)
Monday 23 June: opening session, plenary sessions, poster session (“Espace Lac” Congress Hall).
9.00-10.30: Opening session
Chairperson: G. Buttoud (France)
- A. Roussel, vice-chairman of Local Government of the Vosges.
- J.P. Lambert, mayor of Gerardmer.
- B. Roman-Amat, director ENGREF Nancy & PEFC regional chairman
- J. Herbohn, IUFRO group leader 3-08.
- E. Wiles, Theview from a small scale private owner from Australia.
- C. Michel, The forest in the Regional Natural Park of the Vosges.
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-13.00: Plenary session 1
At the origin of the gap between global policy and local management
Chairperson: O. Bosch (Australia)
- W.G. Hubbard. The extend and impact of forest policies on small-scale forest use and management in the United States (USA).
- E. Rametsteiner. Governance concepts, approaches and knowledge gaps at local levels (Austria).
- N. van Vliet, T. Sunderland, D. Slayback, S. Assembe and S. Asaha. Deforestation for cocoa plantations to secure land tenure and income around a proposed national park in south west Cameroon: how to reduce leakages in conservation policies? (CIFOR, Cameroon)
- E.R. Cooper and M.G. Jacobson. Establishing Conservation easements on forested riparian buffers: opportunities for long term streamside protection (USA).
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-16.30: Plenary session 2
The role of traditional knowledge in constructing sustainability
Chairperson: J. Garcia-Latorre (Austria)
- P. Kanowski, H. Holzknecht, A. McGregor, K. Mulung, M. Blyth and B. Jenkin. Fostering commercial tree growing by small-scale landowners in Papua New Guinea from a base in tradional agroforestry systems: a conjunction of policy and livelihood approaches (Australia).
- P.M. Aubert, M. Leroy and L. Auclair. Moroccan forestry policies and local forestry management in the High Atlas: a cross analysis of forestry administration and local institutions (France).
- G. Michon, R. Nasi and G. Balent. More than just ‘small scale forest management’ (France, CIFOR).
- L. Feintrenie and P. Levang. Is traditional knowledge a guarantee for best practices in forest management?; The case of rubber agroforests in Jambi, Indonesia (France, CIFOR).
16.30-17.00: Coffee break
17.00-19.00: Plenary session 3
Changing forestry in a changing context
Chairperson: H. Karppinen (Finland)
- J. Bliss, E.C. Kelly, J. Abrams and C. Bailey. Disintegration of the industrial estate and the future of small-scale forestry in the United States (USA).
- M. Kilgore. Stewardship of family forest land in the United States: will landowners pay or do they need to be paid? (USA).
- M.L. Stephens and A. Stunzer. Small-scale forestry management in central Queensland: an emerging model of public-private partnerships (Australia).
- S. Ryan. Private forestry unplugged and showing the way (Australia).
19.00-20.30: poster session
19.00-20.00: Meeting of Editorial Board of Small Scale Forestry Journal (“Beau Rivage” hotel).
Tuesday 24: plenary sessions (“Espace Lac” Congress Hall), field trip, cultural visit.
8.30-10.30: Plenary session 4
Challenges at local level
Chairperson: R. Nasi (CIFOR)
- A. Torres-Lezama, E. Vilanova, H. Ramirez-Angulo and M. Escalante. Small-scale forestry in a watershed of the Venezuelan Andes: progress, constraints and opportunities (Venezuela).
- E. Primmer. Between local and global: the role of forestry professionals in combining public and private interests in forest management (Finland).
- S. Harrison, N. Gregorio, J. Herbohn and A. Mercado. Seedling production systems for smallholder forestry development (Australia).
- J. Herbohn, S. Harrison, N. Gregorio, J. Vanclay, C. Smith and P. Dargusch. A systems approach to understanding linkages between national level policies, local action and the use of traditional knowledge to improve tree seedling production for smallholder and community forestry in the Philippines (Australia).
10.30-11.00: Coffee break;
11.00-12.00: poster session (continuing)
12.00-13.00: Plenary session 5
Stakeholders’ views and strategies
Chairperson: I. Kouplevatskaya-Buttoud (France)
- Hinnewinkel, S. Guillerme, A. Menon, S. Krishnan, N. Rai, E. Maire and c. Garcia. Diversity of rural forests in central Western Ghats: views from different stakeholders (India, France).
- D. Pettenella, D. Maso and L. Secco. The net-system model in non wood forest products and services marketing: the case of mushrooms (Italy).
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-19.30: Field trips (depart from “Beau Rivage” hotel).
Wednesday 25: parallel sessions (“Beau Rivage” hotel)
8.30-10.30: Parallel sessions A & A1
Parallel session A (Forest Policy)
Impact of programs on rural forest management
Chairperson: E. Primmer (Finland)
- O. Ndoye and S. Grouwels. Impact of regulatory and institutional policies on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Central Africa (FAO).
- G. Lescuyer. How forest management converts traditional small scale loggers into informal entrepreneurs in Central Africa (Cameroon).
- T.K. Nath and I Makoto. Small scale forestry programmes in the Chjittagong Hill Tracts; effects on rural livelihoods (Japan).
- T. Shamekhi and M. Avatefi. The impact of global policy on traditional community forestry; a case study (Iran).
Parallel session A1 (Small scale forestry)
Changes in small-scale forestry
Chairperson: M. Jacobson (USA)
- P. Dargusch. Some interesting characteristics of a new type of small-scale forestry venture in Australia, and the implication for traditional small scale forestry business (Australia).
- B. Butler. Small-scale forestry in the US: the urban-rural continuum (USA).
- D. Mizaraite and S. Mizaras. Public opinion survey about State and small-scale private forestry in Lithuania (Lithuania).
- A. Egan. Stewardship of farm woodlots in Northern England; an integrated research and outreach project (USA).
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-13.00: Parallel sessions B & B1
Parallel session B (Forest policy)
The challenge of change in rural forestry
Chairperson: O. Saastamoinen (Finland)
- E.C. Kelly and J. Bliss. Disintegration of the forest industry estate creates opportunities for new conservation tenures (USA).
- W.D. Jones, A.T. Rohnke, T.A. Tullos, J.C. Jones and B.D. Leopold. Natural resource enterprises: enchancing local capacity in sustainable forestry and economic development to address global conservation policies (USA).
- T.E. Boon and H. Meilby. Conflicts between drinking water protection and income from Christmas tree production (Denmark).
- S. Kapp. Local production systems and conservation policies: an impossible dialogue? (Gabon).
Parallel session B1 (Small scale forestry)
Small-scale forestry as timber provider
Chairperson: P. Mitchell-Banks (Canada)
- D.W. McGill, S.T. Grusheclky and A. Schuler. Forest products industry perspectives on long term timber leases with small private forestland owners in West Virginia (USA).
- I. Ota. Prospect for ecology oriented housing of traditional construction method by using globally renowned certified timber from local market (Japan).
- A. Zuhaidi-Yaha and H.M. Nor. The small scale forest management of high quality timber species tectona Grandis (teak) stands in peninsular Malaysia (Malaysia).
- R. Jakobsson, D. Zida And P. Sawadogo. Comparison of household income from wood and cotton in Satiri and Bekuy regions (Sweden, Burkina Faso).
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-16.30: Parallel sessions C & C1
Parallel session C (Forest policy)
Supporting farmers through forest activities development
Chairperson: E. Johann (Austria)
- M. Annandale, Bristow, Bragg and Robson. Sandalwood production in Cape York peninsula; a review of ecology, management and opportunities for indigenous communities (Australia)
- J. Baynes, J. Herbohn, I. Russell and C. Smith. Bringing agroforestry technology to farmers in the Philippines: using a bayesian belief network to model uncertainty associated with extension program variables (Australia).
- C. Mangabat, D.J. Snelder and W. de Groot. Motivating tree cultivation in NE Philippines: financial incentives, technical assistance and good communication (Philippines, Netherlands).
- A.G. Ab Rasip, K. Rosdi, M.A. Farah Fazwa and H. Farini, Development of agroforestry program for tobacco growers in Malaysia (Malaysia).
Parallel session C1 (Small-scale forestry)
Knowing more about locals and farmers
Chairperson: I. Ota (Japan)
- P. Mitchell-Banks and D. Walken. The challenges of addressing First Nations forestry concerns in British Colombia: local traditional knowledge in a global market (Canada).
- M. Laval, C. Garcia, M. Leroy, Kushalappa, Ch.Hinnewinkel and S. Guillerme. Collective action for natural resources management in the Western Ghats; a case study (France, India).
- P. Kolb. The ripple effect of rural landowner forestry educational programming: a Montana case study (USA).
- O. Saastamoinen and M. Vaara.The small-scale forest related activities in the everyday life of the Finns: some results from time budget studies.
16.30-17.00: Coffee break
17.00-19.00: Parallel sessions D & D1
Parallel session D (Forest policy)
The re-invention of private forestry
Chairperson: T. Dedeurwaerdere (Belgium)
- H. Karppinen and L. Tiainen. Future forest owners: descendants of the post-war baby boom generation (Finland).
- D. Nonic, A. Radosavljevic, V. Milijic and I. Grujicic. Forest development strategy vs. local visions and initiatives of private owners in Serbia (Serbia).
- P. Van Gossum, B. Arts, R. de Wurf and K. Verheyen. Sustainable management of a multi-owner forest complex in Flanders (Belgium, Netherlands).
- R. Gootee, K. Blatner, M. Carroll and D. Baumgartner. Opportunities for innovative private forest management in regulated environments: the Alternative Plan option in Washington State (USA).
Parallel session D1 (Small scale forestry)
Improving management systems
Chairperson: K. Blatner (USA)
- M. Tyrell, B. Butler, Feinberg and Ferguson. Sustaining US family forestlands (USA).
- M. Medved and D. Matijasic. Investigation of forest use as a tool of crossing local management with global goals (Slovenia).
- J. Herbohn, C. Smith, K. Herbohn and C. Hartebrodt. A Bayesian Belief Network to improve the implementation of the Performance Management System in the Baden-Württemberg Forest Service (Australia, Germany).
- J. Tikkanen and M. Kurttila. Regional forest informing and planning for enhancing interplay between management scales in local level; outlining a procedure for small-scale forestry in Finland (Finland).
20.00-23.00: Official dinner (depart from “Beau Rivage” hotel at 20.00)
Thursday 26: plenary sessions; conclusive session
(“Espace Lac” Congress Hall).
8.30-10.30: Plenary session 6
Understanding forest policy and management as systems
Chairperson: D. Baumgartner (USA)
- T. Dedeurwaerdere. Evaluating Joint Forest Management in Flanders (Belgium).
- I. Kouplevatskaya-Buttoud, G. Buttoud and M. Avdibegovic. Linking policy and management systems dynamics: cases from small scale forestry (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- M. Nijnik, L. Bizikova and A. Nijnik. Small-scale forestry in the context of institutional changes in Central and Eastern Europe (United Kingdom, Canada, Slovakia).
- A.A. Brasil and L.A. Leefers. Policy implications for avoided deforestation in the Brasilian Amazone: a system approach (USA).
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-12.00: Plenary session 7
Linking local and global
Chairperson: S. Harrison (Australia)
- M. Bertomeu, J.M. Roshetko, C. Fay. Domesticating landscapes through farmer-led tree cultivation: an agroforestation approach to re-forestation in South-East Asia (Spain, Indonesia, Philippines).
- S. Broussard and F. Goff. Forest landowner networks; exploring information exchanges and behavioural outcomes (USA)
12.00-13.00: Business meeting IUFRO 3-08 Small-scale Forestry
(“Beau Rivage” hotel).
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-16.30: Plenary session 8
Bridging the gap: tracks for the future
Chairperson: J. Bliss (USA)
- L. Giessen and M. Boecher. Area-based rural development policy accounting for local knowledge: the case of forestry within area-based rural development programmes (Germany).
- D.B. Smorfitt. The role of government policy in facilitating investment in forestry; national policies and local impact (Australia).
- F. Velge and S. Harrison. Financing methods for small-scale hardwood plantations in Queensland - (Australia).
- M. Appelstrand. Eco-strategic forest management: a tool for integrating public interests and self interests in multiple use forestry (Sweden).
16.30-17.00: Conclusive session:
Chairperson: J. Herbohn (Australia)
17.00: Closure of the symposium.
17.00-17.30: Coffee break
17.30-18.00: Business meeting IUFRO 6-12 Forest Policy
(“Beau Rivage” hotel);
18.00-19.00: Welcome aperitive at the Gerardmer City Hall.
21.30: Meeting with post-conference tour participants (“Beau Rivage” hotel).
