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I. Forest Engineering and
Technologies Platform Meeting
(İstanbul
University, Faculty of Forestry – April 2012)
- "Forest
Engineering and Technologies (FETEC) Platform" is a
not-for-profit technical association founded in 2012 to strengthen the
cooperation and improve communication among scientists and
researchers who work under Forest Engineering Department and
conduct their both educational and research-development activities
in the subjects of forest harvesting, forest transportation,
ergonomics, forest mechanization, forest roads, flood and
avalanche control, forest road structures and bioengineering
structures, and Information Technologies (ITs) in forestry.
- FETC Platform aims to
ensure sustainability of forest resources and multi-purpose
management techniques considering appropriate production and
utilization methods by using technical forestry methods, ITs, and
scientific decision support systems for solving complex problems
related with forestry and environment in regional, national, and
global scales, and then to implement those solutions by
collaborating with main stakeholders in the sector. To achieve these goals, annual-meetings have
been organized
by different host institutions.
- The Platform conduct
their studies under following work groups, considering main
subjects listed above:
1.
Forest harvesting
2.
Forest transportation
3.
Forest Roads
4.
Ergonomics
5.
Forest mechanization
6.
Flood and avalanche control
7.
Forest road structures and bioengineering structures
8.
Information Technologies in forestry (GIS, RS, Photogrammetry)
- FETC Platform publishes
a semi-annual peer-reviewed
open access journal “European Journal of Forest Engineering
(EJFE)”. EJFE is an international scientific journal that aims
to publish pure and applied researches in the field of forest
engineering and technologies. EJFE is dedicated to provide an
international forum for presenting high quality empirical and
theoretical articles concerning technical, economic, and social
aspects of forest engineering and technologies.
- It is highly
anticipated that the partnership of platform members on recently
initiated or completed research projects, scientific publications,
and graduate thesis in the main subjects of the Platform will
improve cooperation and accelerate the collaborative projects
among the members of the platform.
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