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2010-06-01
Scientific Summary No. 70, 2010
The SmallWood 2010 conference held April 20-22, 2010 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA and co-sponsored by IUFRO Division 5 addressed potential utilization options for small-diameter and underutilized trees. Enormous quantities of woody biomass are generated today from forestry businesses, fuel reduction and landscape restoration projects, forest thinning operations, insect infestations, and natural disasters such as hurricanes. These issues drive the need to create solutions for using low-value waste wood. New for SmallWood 2010 was a focus on timber bridges and potential opportunities for using small-diameter material in bridge applications. An evening session was dedicated to networking.
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SmallWood 2010: Bridges, Business, and Biomass
By Chris Risbrudt, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Division 5
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The "Global Forest Expert Panels" (GFEP) initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) has established an Expert Panel on Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+.
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The 13th IUFRO meeting on Root and Butt Rot of Forest Trees held in September 2011 in Italy discussed, among other things, role of root rots in European and North American forest ecosystems.
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The Congress website is online and registration is open!
2011-12-12
Former IUFRO Vice-President James H. Cayford passed away on 17 November. Obituary by Lorne F. Riley and Jack H. Smyth.
