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Potential of social innovation in focus at international forest research conference

Potential of social innovation in focus at international forest research conference

28 Aug 2017

Forest near Ballater (c) James Hutton Institute
"Social innovation entails new practices targeting new products, services, models and social relationships and collaborations, as well as new fields of activity"
Forest near Ballater (c) James Hutton Institute

The potential offered by social innovation to improve the livelihoods of remote forest-dependent communities will be at the centre of discussions during a special session of the 125th Anniversary Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), to be held in Freiburg, Germany, from the 18th to the 22nd September.

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