Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Proceedings: international conference on transfer of forest science knowledge and technology.

Author: Miner, Cynthia; Jacobs, Ruth; Dykstra, Dennis; Bittner, Becky, eds.

Date: 2007

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-726. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 255 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-726

Description: This proceedings compiles papers presented by extensionists, natural resource specialists, scientists, technology transfer specialists, and others at an international conference that examined knowledge and technology transfer theories, methods, and case studies. Theory topics included adult education, applied science, extension, diffusion of innovations, social marketing, technology transfer, and others. Descriptions of methods and case studies collectively covered a wide range of current approaches that include combined digital media, engagement of users and communication specialists in the full cycle of research, integrated forestry applications, Internet-based systems, science writing, training, video conferencing, Web-based encyclopedias, and others. Innovations transferred were best management practices for water quality, forest reforestation practices, a land management system, portable timber bridges, reduced-impact logging, silvicultural practices, urban forestry, and many others. Innovation users included forest-land owners; land managers; logging industry; natural resource professionals; policymakers; public; rural and urban communities—and those in the interface between these two; and others. Technology transfer and related efforts took place in countries throughout the world.

Keywords: Technology transfer, communication, education, forest research, forest management, knowledge management

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Miner, Cynthia; Jacobs, Ruth; Dykstra, Dennis; Bittner, Becky, eds.  2007.  Proceedings: international conference on transfer of forest science knowledge and technology..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-726. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 255 p.