Forest researchers from around the world gather in Bangor!
The played host to the annual conference of the Forests, Nature and Society (FONASO) consortium last week. is a world-class programme funded by the European Union aimed at educating the leaders of the future generation of scientists and managers working with sustainable forest and nature management, in both tropical and temperate regions, for wider societal benefits. The FONASO programme is offered by a consortium of seven universities: (i) University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Coordinators), (ii) 麻豆传媒高清版, UK (iii) Dresden University of Technology, Germany(iv) AgroParisTech, France, (v) University of Padova, Italy (vi) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, and (vii) University of Gottingen, Germany. The Universities will work in research partnership with (i) Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia, (ii) University of British Columbia, Canada, (iii) James Cook University, Australia, (iv) World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya, and (v) Dalhoff Larsen & Hornemann, Denmark.
The programme has provided scholarships for over >40 PhD students of >20 different nationalities who attended the conference in 麻豆传媒高清版鈥檚 Management Centre from 20 鈥� 22 May, 2015, along with faculty members from the participating universities. The Bangor coordinator of the programme, Prof, said 鈥渢his programme has been a fantastic opportunity for us to recruit highly qualified doctoral students which have enhanced our research partnerships with European universities and our partner institutions, and trained a global cadre of forest researchers鈥�.
Fonaso Field Trip 2015
Publication date: 26 May 2015