Forestry Leaders Summit:

Announcement of Conference (Courtesy ANAFE)

Forestry Leaders Summit: Building Partnerships in International Forestry Education and Research

The Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia is honored to host the Forestry Leaders Summit in Vancouver, April 27-29, 2011

This Summit, organized in celebration of the Year of the Forests 2011, will

• highlight forestry education and research success stories from around the world and the contribution of forestry graduates to international development agendas;
• investigate opportunities for building on these successes to further promote forestry education and research;
• identify new collaborative opportunities.

Summit registrants will include leaders from forestry education institutions, research organizations (both governmental and non-governmental) and international stakeholder organizations. The main outcome of the Summit will be an action plan, identifying new areas for future collaborative partnerships.

Program and registration information is available at: www.forestry.ubc.ca/iyfsummit

The tentative program is attached here.