The updated and expanded second edition of the book "Decision Support for Forest Management" edited by Kangas, A., Kurttila, M., Hujala, T., Eyvindson, K., Kangas, J. in the Springer Series Managing Forest Ecosystems adds the most recent advances in participatory planning approaches and methods, giving special emphasis to decision support tools usable under uncertainty.
The final conference “Bioeconomy and ecosystem services, synergy or conflict? Horizontal and vertical policy analysis, modelling and orchestration in practice” of the COST Action ORCHESTRA will take place from 5-6 September 2016, in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and will focus on the interface between bioeconomy and ecosystem services. ORCHESTRA aims at supporting the coherence of forest-related policy targets and efficiency of policy measures.
Europe faces the challenge of responding to the mandatory implementation of the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) as called for by Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides.
Most European countries are investing in research and extension to face this challenge, reduce reliance on pesticides, and reduce risks associated with their use. Added value and synergies can be created by coordinating such national research and extension efforts and by pooling existing resources. To this end, C-IPM will:
