USJ’s International forestry & environmental science symposium

The 26th International forestry and environmental science symposium organised by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura’s (USJ) department of forestry & environmental science will be held on January 20 and 21, 2022 at the university premises.

The theme of the symposium will be “Developments in forestry and environmental science in 2021.”

The university said the symposium will be an ideal platform to stay connected with wellestablished research networks and make outstanding work visible.

The deadline for abstract submissions: September 15, 2021 Notification of acceptance (Abstract): October 15, 2021 Commencement of registration of presenters: December 15, 2021 Submission of full papers selected for the journal of tropical forestry and environment: March 15, 2022 Key sessions: Forest and natural resource management, biodiversity conservation and management, waste management and pollution control, environmental economics and resource management, climate change and disaster management, biomass and sustainable energy, sustainable tourism, sustainable land use and urban development, wood science and wood based industries, environmental engineering and green technology and geology, soil and water resource management.

The university said abstracts are now accepted for formal presentations and posters via http://fesympo. sjp.ac.lk

Guidelines on preparation and submission of abstracts are available on the symposium website.

Abstracts will be reviewed by a panel of experts, and those selected will be published in symposium proceedings. Authors of the selected abstracts have the option to submit their full papers to the Journal of Tropical Forest and Environment. The journal has a double-bind peerreview process, a university official said.