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Sesion 6.7 Informacion Forestal, WFC2009, Buenos Aires, 20 de octubre, 2009, http://www.cfm2009.org

Presentaciones

1. Gillian Petrokofsky: The role of librarians and information specialists in evidence-based forestry

2. Federico Sancho: Hacia un servicio de información forestal: la ampliación de la experiencia SIDALC en A. Latina y Caribe

3. Daniela Kleinschmit, Alejandra Real: Communicating Forest Science

4. Lucrecia Felquer, Ing. Agr. Claudia Luna: Uso del recurso bibliográfico forestal en la biblioteca agropecuaria de la universidad nacional del nordeste: propuesta de un nuevo servicio

The side event “Information sharing to global forest community” was organized by the GFIS team in cooperation with FORNESESSA and SEANAFE at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry in Nairobi. Kenya on 26 August 2009,http://www.worldagroforestry.org/wca2009/ 

The third SIDALC strategic workshop, organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), through the Orton Commemorative Library, technical coordinator of the Agricultural Information and Documentation Service of the Americas (SIDALC), brings together information specialists from the agriculture and environment sector to analyze the current state of the service, share experiences and learn of new trends in the management of information worldwide.

The main objective of the workshop is to propose actions that will guarantee the strengthening of the information systems and networks in the countries, the development of an innovative vision of SIDALC and the restructuring of same to ensure an efficient exchange of information among its members and that the needs of users are met. The workshop will be held in Turrialba, Costa Rica, on September 24-25, 2009.  More information at: http://orton.catie.ac.cr/cursotaller2009/index.htm