XXVI UEF Governing Council Meeting, Luxembourg

19 - 22 September 2024

Thursday, 19th of September 2024

Arrival of the Presidency members & Delegations in Luxembourg (afternoon)
Transportation to Hotel by public transportation (free of charge) à further details after registration
18:00 - Ice Breaking + guided tour – City of Luxembourg

Friday, 20th of September 2024

8:30 – 9:00 Registration at Centre Cercle Cité
9:00 - 12:30 International Seminar - TOPIC: Biodiversity conservation and forest management in the context of the global climate change – a look at Luxembourg

- Welcome speech by Serge WILMES , Minister of Environment

- The Nature & Forest Agency by Michel LEYTEM, Director

- Forests in climate change – a dialog under stress by Prof. Dr. Alexander Knohl ,

University of Göttingen

- Impact on tree species on water resource and feedback by Jean-François Iffly, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

- The untamed forest by Martin Levin, former director of the municipal forest of Göttingen

- Urban forestry of the city of Luxembourg by Thierry Kozlik

Lunch
14:00 – Field trip - Urban forestry at the city of Luxembourg https://www.vdl.lu/en/visiting/leisure-and-nature-activities/forests
17:00-19:00 - Statutory Governing Council Meeting
20:00 – Dinner

Saturday, 21th of September 2024:

08:30 Field trip – Luxembourg’s little Switzerland-UNESCO “Natur- & Geopark Mëllerdall”
- Remote sensing-based inventories by Luxsense geodata s.à r.l.
- Integrated forest management - Synergies and trade-offs between forestry and nature conservation
Lunch
15:00 Field trip – Ecological redevelopment of the Pétrusse Valley
16:30 End of the official Program
20:00 Foresters‘ party to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Luxembourg Forester Association (AFL)

Sunday, 22th of September 2024:

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