30th of April, 2008, Marrakesh, Morocco, Hotel Imperial Holiday Marrakesh

Arranged by IUFRO Task Force on Forests and Human Health (ForHealth) in co-operation with University Cadi Ayyad, SYLVA-WORLD for Development and the Protection of Forests and the Environment, and IUFRO Secretariat

Report on the seminar

Programme

Chair: Prof. Hannu Raitio, Director General, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Coordinator of the ForHealth Task Force

9:00 - 9:10 Opening address, Prof. Don K. Lee, President of IUFRO

9:10 - 9:40 Challenges for the ForHealth Task Force

Dr. Matti Rousi, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Deputy Coordinator of the ForHealth Task Force

9:40 - 10:10 Forests, health and biodiversity

Dr. Conor Kretsch, Director of COHAB Initiative (Co-Operation On Health And Biodiversity)

10:10 - 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 - 11:15 Morinda Citrifolia: Characteristics and common medicinal use

Dr. Mohammed Ellatifi, Chair of Sylva-World

11:15 -11:45 Research on forests and human health at ICRAF

Dr. Brent Swallow, World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), presented by Carol Colfer

11:45 -12:15 Role of forests in African health policies

Dr. Gladys Norley Ashitey, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Ghana

12:15 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:15 The significance of date palm tree for the agriculture and life in the oases

Prof. I. El Hadrami, University Cadi Ayyad

14:15 - 14:45 Forest medicine trends in Japan

Dr. Qing Li, MD, PhD, Senior Assistant Professor, Nippon Medical School, President of the Japanese Society for Forest Medicine, Japan

14:45 - 15:15 Forests and Human Health at CIFOR

Dr. Carol Colfer, Scientist, Center for Int'l Forestry Research CIFOR, Indonesia

15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break

15:45 -16:15 Interplay of forests and indigenous health in Latin America

Dr. Raśl A. Montenegro, President of Environment Defense Foundation Funam, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina

16:15 - 16:45 Discussion: A forward look at forests and human health

Posters

Yuko TSUNETSUGU, Bum-Jin PARK, Yoshifumi MIYAZAKI. Physiological Effects of Shinrin-yoku (Taking in the Atmosphere of the Forest) I: Evaluation of Human Comfort using Physiological Indices. Poster. Abstract.

Bum-Jin PARK, Yuko TSUNETSUGU, Takahide KAGAWA, Yoshifumi MIYAZAKI. Physiological Effects of Shinrin-yoku (Taking in the Atmosphere of the Forest)II: Results of Field Test Indices at 24 Sites Throughout Japan. Poster. Abstract.