World Congress 2005
IUFRO World Congress 2005 – Brisbane, Australia, 8-13 August 2005
Forests in the Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology
Congress Website: http://www.iufro2005.com
Opening Speech of IUFRO President – Speech of President Elect – Congress Resolutions – Congress Report – Abstracts – Daily Newsletter – Keynote Speeches – President's Discussion – Directors' Forum – Decisions of International Council – Honours and Awards – Congress Statistics – Photo Gallery
Opening Speech of IUFRO President
IUFRO President Risto Seppälä, Finland, welcomed the delegates to the Congress in the Opening Ceremony on Monday, 8 August 2005.
Find his speech 
here.
Speech of the President Elect at the Closing Ceremony
President Elect Professor Don Koo Lee, Republic of Korea, addressed the delegates during the Closing Ceremony of the Congress.
Please find his message here.
Congress Resolutions
The Congress Resolutions were presented in the Closing Ceremony of the Congress on 13 August 2005 by Executive Secretary Peter Mayer.
English version – French version – Spanish version – German version
Congress Report
Find more than 150 page of information about the Congress: ceremonies, scientific programme, special events, tours, the Congress evaluation...
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Abstracts
The abstracts of all Congress sessions were published as a special volume of the International Forestry Review and distributed at the Congress. The volume can be downloaded from the website of the Commonwealth Forestry Association at:
http://www.cfa-international.org/IFR_vol7(5)final_75dpi.pdf
Daily Newsletter
A newsletter was issued daily to present the highlights of each Congress day.
Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Friday – Saturday
Keynote Speeches
The keynote speakers were:
- Monday:
Ariel E Lugo, Puerto Rico: "Conservation challenges to tropical forestry."
- Tuesday:
Eugene Van As, South Africa: "The importance of wood science and forest science in helping developing countries develop viable forest industries." - Wednesday:
Joseph Gosnell, Canada: "Harvesting and Management of Natural Resourses under the Nisga’s Final Agreement." - Friday:
Lisa Sennerby Forsse, Sweden: "The role of science in developing sound environmental policies that transcend national boundaries." - Saturday:
Tricia Caswell, Australia: "The contribution of forest industries to global sustainability."
President's Discussion: Research to Cope with Global Change
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 13:30 – 15:30 hrs.
Presentations in the President's Discussion were made by:
- Peter Mayer, Austria, Executive Secretary, IUFRO: – Global Situation and Trends in Forest-Related Research
- Joseph R. Cobbinah, Ghana, Director General, Forest Research Institute: – Research to Cope with Global Changes: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Africa
- Razak Mohd. Abd. Ali, Malaysia, Director General, FRIM: – Forestry Research to Cope with Global Changes – The South East Asian Scenario
- Lisa Sennerby-Forsse, Sweden, Secretary General to The Swedish Research Council Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning: - Forest Research Issues in the Nordic Countries
- José J. Campos, Costa Rica, CATIE: – Forest Research Issues in Latin America
- Thorry Gunnersen, Australia, Chair of Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation: – Australian Approaches to Industry Partnerships in Forest Industries Research
Please find the Report of the President's Discussion here.
Directors' Forum
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 16:00 – 17:30 hrs.
Directors and heads of forest research and education organizations met on Wednesday, 10 August 2005, to discuss common challenges and problems and to deliberate the future cooperation of forest research and education organizations. The Directors’ Forum was the first of its kind of a global scope. It was hosted jointly by IUFRO, CSIRO and the Congress Organizing Committee and chaired by Dr. Colin Dyer (Institute of Commercial Forestry Research, South Africa).
Presentations were made by:
- Dr. Harald Mauser, Head, Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria: – Introduction: European collaboration
- Dr. David Kaimowitz, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia: – Future of Tropical Forests, Old and New: Linking Science, Markets and People
- Dr. Ann M. Bartuska, Deputy Chief, USDA Forest Service, USA: – Emerging Themes for Natural Resources Research and Sustainability in the United States
- Dr. Rick Ede, Chief, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia: – Ensis – Joining Forces for Trans-National Benefit
- Dr. James Lynch, UK Forestry Commission, Chief Executive, Forest Research, United Kingdom: – Forestry, Biological Resource Management and OECD
Please find the Report of the Directors' Forum here.
Decisions of the International Council
In its two meetings during the Congress week, the International Council, took important decisions:
The New Team
- President Elect: Don Koo Lee, Republic of Korea
- Vice-President Policy Elect: John Innes, Canada
- Vice-President Science Elect: Niels Elers Koch, Denmark
The New Board
Division Coordinators:
- D1 Björn Hånell, Sweden
- D2 Bailian Li, United States
- D3 Hans Heinimann, Switzerland
- D4 Margarida Tomé, Portugal
- D5 Cathy Wang, China – Taipei
- D6 Perry Brown, United States
- D7 Mike Wingfield, South Africa
- D8 Alex Mosseler, Canada
General Board Members:
- Mohammed Ellatifi, Morocco
- Vitor Hoeflich, Brazil
- Roberto Ipinza, Chile
- Su See Lee, Malaysia
- Shirong Liu, China
- Tohru Nakashizuka, Japan
- Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz, Poland
- Heinrich Spiecker, Germany
- Victor K. Teplyakov, Russia
Venue of Congress 2010
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Honours and Awards presented during the Congress
Honorary Membership
IUFRO is proud to announce that Honorary Membership was conferred upon three present
and former officeholders:
They are:
- Jeffery Burley, Immediate Past President
- Heinrich Schmutzenhofer, former Executive Secretary
- Les Whitmore, former Vice-President Administration
Best Poster Award
The winners of the Best Poster Awards are:
- Division 1: Poster #669: "Long-term effects of forest fertilization on ground vegetation in the northern Black Forest, Germany"
- Division 2: Poster #18: "Overcoming biological barriers to hybrid seed production in Eucalyptus"
- Division 3: Poster #473: "Decomposition of coarse woody debris in the boreal forest of interior Alaska"
- Division 4 & 6: Poster #682: "Economic analysis of carbon sequestration on stand level"
- Division 5:
Poster #16: "Evaluation of five reforestation species for manufacture of oriented strand board"
Poster #799: "Improvement of the acoustic properties of Sitka spruce with chemical treatment" - Division 7: Poster #836: "Managing intensively grown, irrigated hybrid poplars based on clonal susceptibility to Poplar/Willow borer Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Curculionidae)"
- Division 8: Poster #521: "Soil biodiversity and nutrient turnover in different forest types of Central Europe"
- Task Force – The Role of Forests in Carbon Cycles, Sequestration and Storage: Poster #210: "Spring phenology of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) at ambient and elevated [CO2] and temperature"
Distinguished Service Award
IUFRO's Distinguished Service Award was given to:
- Gary Bacon, Chair of the Congress Organizing Committee
- John Innes, Chair of the Congress Scientific Committee
- Keith Rennolls, Deputy 4.03.00 – Informatics, modelling and statistics
- Eric Teissier du Cros, IUFRO Vice-President Science
IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award
Scientific Achievement Award
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
IUFRO Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science
For more information please download here the special issue of IUFRO News dedicated to the winners of these awards.
Congress Statistics
- Number of participants: 2100
- Number of countries: 96
- Number of presentations: 700
- Number of posters: 700
Please click here to see the list of Congress delegates.
Photo Gallery
See the highlights of the Congress:
Opening of the Congress – Congress stamps – Posters – Honours and Awards – Dignitaries – Party Time