The United Nations made 2011 the International Year of the Forests and UBC’s Faculty of Forestry has hosted a number of events to mark the occasion.
As a conclusion to the International Year of the Forests, UBC’s Faculty of Forestry is holding a graduate student research symposium, called “Future Forestry Leaders”. The symposium will conclude with a public lecture by Tiina Vähänen from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization titled “Safeguarding natural resources: Forestry in international debates.”
Date: Feb. 24
Time: 5 – 6 p.m.
Info: http://www.calendar.events.ubc.ca:80/s/3xv