IUFRO’s Special Project World Forests, Society and Environment (WFSE) invites papers on the theme ‘Shifting global development discourses: Implications for forests and livelihoods’.This call invites authors to concentrate on the role of forests in new rationalities and approaches to sustainable development, such as’Green Economy’, ‘Inclusive Green Growth’, ‘Low Carbon Development’, ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture’ and ‘Sustainable Intensification’. Authors can focus onrelated strategies, agendas and practice and corresponding implications for forests and livelihoods. The call highlights that the roles of forests and forestry in these narratives and their implications on forests and livelihoods have received very little scholarly attention. We can also add that role of gender inequality and womens empowerment has not been addressed as well. this is a great opportunity to mainstream gender into this new forestry discourse.
The background document to this call for papers with guiding research questions and practical information, including the time schedule, can be accessedhere.
Interested authors are invited to submitby 30th April 2015an extended abstract (1000-1500 words) of an article with maximum length of about 8000 words to WFSE coordinator Pia Katila (pia.katila@metla.fi). A selection of appropriate abstracts will be made by the IUFRO WFSE editors, Pia Katila, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco and Wil de Jong.
An academic journal will be approached to publish a subset or complete collection of the papers. In this negotiation open access of all contributions will be assured. If it is not possible to publish all contributions under the journal format, a complementary volume will be published in the IUFRO World Series. These publications will generate new knowledge, guidelines and instruments to inform forest policy dialogue and formulation and associated practice for both public agencies and business sectors.
For more information about IUFRO WFSE visit:www.iufro.org/science/special/wfse