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72 participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America participating in the Pre-Congress Training Programme have started communicating through IUFRO Workshop Blogs on the Internet.

The SWC2010 International Conference "People, Forests and the Environment: Coexisting in Harmony" focused on the interaction of social and environmental dimensions.

At the Fourth International Rusts of Forest Trees Conference experts discussed a variety of topics including phylogeny, distribution, biology, epidemiology, genomics, genetic resistance, and management.

You have been selected as a presenter of a scientific poster at the IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, Korea. Would you like to win one of the eight IUFRO Best Poster Awards (BPA)?

The SmallWood 2010 national conference held April 20-22, 2010 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA, provided state-of-the-art information on small-diameter and woody biomass utilization.

The preliminary draft assembly of the E. grandis genome is available in public genome database.

On 11 May 2010 IUFRO launched its new policy brief "Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change" at the SBSTTA14 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The 4th International Casuarina Workshop held in Haikou City, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China during 22-25 March 2010, revealed a substantial change in the way casuarinas are cultivated and utilized.

A recent meeting of IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09 in New Zealand focused on the ecological role of Phytophthora in forest ecosystems and discussed new epidemics and indigenous biodiversity.

The meeting "Global Change and Mediterranean Pines: Alternatives for Management" that took place from 10 to 12 February 2010 in Palencia, Spain, focussed on climate change, its potential effects and adaptive solutions.

The coordinating lead authors (CLAs) of the new GFEP assessment report met at the end of February in Singapore to refine the draft manuscripts.

6th in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress. – Forestry is moving out of the country and into the cities.

The 11th International IUFRO Wood Drying Conference organized by Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå, Sweden, January 18-22 presented important findings in six key areas of wood drying.

5th in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress. – Contemporary African societies are a mix of modernized, western society and traditional African roots.

The APAFRI Workshop on "Green Technologies and Products for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" in Sri Lanka dealt with climate change issues in forest products processing and utilization.

4th in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress

The use and conservation of forests and trees around the globe is governed by a multitude of international agreements and instruments.

3rd in a series of releases related to the XXIII IUFRO World Congress

IUFRO World Congress news stories in Spanish language, new features on the IUFRO website, and IUFRO achievements at the WFC and FD3 are presented in this issue.

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Boreal forests are likely to be particularly affected by climate change. An IUFRO-EFI Learning Event during Forest Day 3 discussed the projected impacts and explored the most promising adaptation measures.

An international training course on wood-based panels organized by the International Wood Academy of Hamburg, Germany and co-sponsored by IUFRO 5.05.00 took place at Walailak University in Southern Thailand.

Forests are more than carbon – World Forestry Congress sends a message to Copenhagen climate summit including key findings of recent IUFRO-led study.

1st in a series of IUFRO press releases related to the themes of the XXIII IUFRO World Congress 2010.

Latest research on new data collection technologies and the potential of using data collected for one purpose for multiple other purposes was reviewed at a Conference in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

Three of IUFRO's Task Forces jointly hold a side event at the WFC on Forests, Human Health and Well-being.

Find out how forest information is shared today – visit the GFIS side event at WFC on 20 October 2009!

Please note the correct date: 20 October 2009!

The 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) held in Vienna, Austria, last July discussed the role and increasing relevance of social science in forestry.

Informar sobre la entrega de resumenes para el Congreso Mundial IUFRO en Séul, Corea, en 2010 y sobre las actividades de IUFRO en el Congreso Forestal Mundial este octubre en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Under the term "new modes of governance", policy makers are striving for more inclusive and legitimate, better integrated but less intrusive policy means of achieving policy goals.

A workshop on forestry utilization in Mediterranean countries focused on forest management and operations under Mediterranean conditions and constraints, especially under mountainous conditions.

Specific tools of forest and environmental policy and legislation need to be developed and implemented to solve conflicts of interests e.g. between forest utilization and nature conservation.

Cities across the world are turning to urban green space as important contributors to quality of life and city competitiveness. Urban forestry is a crucial element in these efforts.

UNFF8 welcomed the global assessment report on "Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change" prepared by the first Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP), coordinated by IUFRO through the CPF.

Urban forestry professionals are invited to participate in developing standards for urban forest data collection and recording, a process hosted by ISA, the US Forest Service, and IUFRO.

for the XIII World Forestry Congress in Argentina, Oct. 2009

On 21 April, Risto Seppälä presented to the United Nations Forum on Forests the report of the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change. The UNFF took note of the report and called for...

Invasive alien plants threaten the world's species rich plant communities by encroaching the forest-land fast. Sustainable approaches to deal with the problem of invasion in the forest ecosystem are needed.

The IUFRO International Forest Biosecurity Conference discussed, among other things, the challenge of integrating biosecurity research and science in policy, regulation and operational management.

New Study Warns Damage to Forests from Climate Change Could Cost the Planet Its Major Keeper of Greenhouse Gases

At the "Figures for Forests" workshop held in Freiburg, Germany, experts discussed the collection, calculation and application of economic data in forestry and looked at accountancy networks.

The IUFRO conference on Gender Issues in Natural Resources Management held in Dehradun, India, explored experiences with gender sensitivity and gender analysis in forest management.

Quantitative and molecular genetics, resistance to diseases and pests, hybridization, selection and improvement, genecology and conservation genetics in all five-needle pines are highlighted.

The summary looks at evolving challenges and changing expectations for forestry extension and technology transfer in order to meet the needs of people and forests around the globe.

Please submit session proposals for the XXIII IUFRO World Congress by 1 February 09

The IUFRO President invites nominations for IUFRO Awards at IUFRO World Congress in Seoul

Noticias de IUFRO 2 de 2008 informa sobre el Congreso Mundial 2010 en Seoul, Corea, y sobre el primer informe de evaluación mundial sobre adaptación de los bosques al cambio climático.

Submission deadline: 31 Dec. 2008

The 9th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium was held in New Zealand under the theme "Innovation and Challenges in Bio-based Composites"

IUFRO will organize a cross-cutting session on the adaptation of forests to climate change together with CIFOR, ICRAF and PROFOR/World Bank.

Participants of the IUFRO 7.01.00 conference in Switzerland discussed impacts of air pollutants and climate change on the tree and forest ecosystem performance across latitudinal and altitudinal ranges.

The 8th IUFRO International Beech Symposium in Japan focused on the scientific progress made to meet the identified climate change challenges for beech forests and their management.

Action plan mapped out to guide climate change negotiators

First Announcement now online!

Please let us know how you feel about the services IUFRO provides by 21 October '08.

'Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health' was the title of a conference held jointly by IUFRO, FAO and SLU in Umeå, Sweden, 25-28 August '08.

The important role of local knowledge in managing small-scale rural forests and the impacts or implications of broader 'global' policies on small-scale rural forestry are examined.

Este número, además de informar sobre reuniones pasadas y futuras, relata, entre otras cosas, sobre el informe del panel de expertos sobre la adaptación del bosque al cambio climático.

Registration for the conference and pre-conference training workshop is now open.

IUFRO seminar on Forests and Human Health in Morocco examines cooperation between scientists and policy makers.

Expert Panel meeting in Rome paves the way for scientific assessment report and special summary for policy makers.

The report and presentations of this event on dissemination of scientific information for policy and management are now available for download.

A COST Strategic Workshop on "Global Change and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions"? took place in Innsbruck, Austria, and discussed key issues and research needs.

Abstracts for the conference in Sweden invited (submission deadline: 31 May 2008)

The COST Strategic workshop on the role of "Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment" provided recommendations on forest ecosystem monitoring and research in Europe.

The conference on "Forests, Bioenergy and Climate Change" in Casablanca, Morocco, focused on the current state of knowledge about climate change conditions in different regions of the world.

The conference on "Old Forests, New Management" covered the ecology and silviculture of temperate and boreal old forests, and included insights from large-scale, long-term, multidisciplinary experiments.

Come and join IUFRO's side event on "Disseminating Scientific Information for Policy and Management." Latest developments and initiatives promoting the interactions between forest science and policy/management will be presented...

A multidisciplinary review on "Adaptations of Forests to Climate Change" has been published as IUFRO Occasional Paper 21.

Read about this IUFRO led CPF initiative on the adaptation of forests to climate change.

The roles of traditional forest-related knowledge in sustainable forest management and poverty alleviation especially in Asia, were discussed in Kunming, China.

Call for participation in a training workshop on Mountain Forestry Development: Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy (Vienna, Austria, 2-4 April, 2008).

Este número informa sobre el VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Derecho Forestal, el taller pre-Congreso de IUFRO-SPDC y el Servicio Mundial de Información Forestal (GFIS).

The All Division 5 conference discussed the relationship between forest products and the environment and reflected the growing awareness of the role of trees and forests in meeting demands of society.

A "Forest Day" will be held on 8 December 2007 in parallel with the UN Climate Change Conf. in Bali. IUFRO serves as co-host of this one-day event and organizes a side event on adaptation of forests to climate change.

The IUFRO "Ecological History" conference underlines the relevance of historical experience to future woodland management. IUFRO has also prepared guidelines for the MCPFE process for including social and cultural values in SFM.

The conference on "Norway spruce provenances and breeding" in September 2007 in Poland addressed the threats of climate change and other environmental changes to Norway spruce.

The IUFRO European Congress in Poland in September on "Forests and Forestry in the Context of Rural Development" highlighted important links between local and global issues.

IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with FORNESSA will organise a training workshop on "Effectively working at the interface of forest science and forest policy" to be held in Kenya, from 4-6 December 2007.

The IUFRO European Congress, "Forests and Forestry in the Context of Rural Development" will be held 6 to 7 September in Warsaw, Poland.

A group of IUFRO Board Members visited Mongolia and discussed opportunities for forest research collaboration with the Mongolian IUFRO Member Institutions.

Este número informa sobre la gestión de la investigación forestal y sobre actividades del GFIS, WFSE, y SPDC de IUFRO en América Latina y anuncia publicaciones y eventos próximos.

The IUFRO Directors' Forum discussed the increasing importance of the role of managers in forest research and the need for research organizations to use their resources more efficiently.

IUFRO-SPDC está organizando un Programa de Apoyo a Científicos y un Taller de Capacitación para el VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Derecho Forestal y Ambiental, Quito, Ecuador. Convocatoria de Solicitudes

The Int'l Mountain Logging and 13th Pacific Northwest Skyline Symposium focused on sustainable management including social aspects and new technologies in mountain forest harvesting.

This project is implemented by Asian scientists in cooperation with the ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Project (AKECOP) and IUFRO-SPDC. Read more about this research networking project.

With the increase in forest plantation area in many parts of the world, it becomes more important for planted forests to provide and maintain ecosystem goods and services.

A new Joint Initiative on Science and Technology was launched on 16 April 2007 during the 7th session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) in N.Y., USA.

Social functions of forests like recreation and tourism have become more important and more research on nature and ecotourism is required.

focuses on the greenhouse gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use in Europe as addressed by COST 639 (BurnOut).

"Low-input Strategies Needed in Tree Breeding and Genetic Conservation" – Read the recommendations and findings from the 2006 joint IUFRO Division 2 conference on this pertinent topic.

Los resultados de este Taller de Entrenamiento celebrado en el marco del II Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO en La Serena, Chile, en octubre de 2006.

Todo sobre el II Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO en La Serena, Chile, otros eventos y el nuevo GFIS

This double issue offers reports on knowledge management and communication in forest-related fields and has a special focus on the II IUFROLAT Congress.

Knowledge management experts discuss new ways of communication between scientists and practitioners in forestry and related fields.

The 2nd Latin American IUFRO Congress supports forests and people through networking

First announcement now available!

Find a host of information about meetings and two brand new Scientific Summaries in this issue of IUFRO News!

The latest scientific summary is dealing with integrated environmental assessments in Europe.