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2016-10-27

Beijing Declaration

The 1st IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania recognized the role of forest research in providing solutions to tackle the challenges related to forests and sustainable development.


The largest regional Congress in IUFRO's history to date brought together over 1,000 scientists, professional foresters and policy makers from more than 60 countries on 24-27 October 2016 in Beijing, China. The Congress made a major contribution to fostering a common understanding about the status and trends of forests in the region.

In the Beijing Declaration, the Congress recognized, among other things, the need for actions such as improving forest management for multiple purposes, growing more robust and healthy urban forests, and enhancing sub-regional, regional and international collaboration through research and knowledge sharing.



Read the Beijing Declaration

http://blog.iufro.org/2016/10/27/iufroao2016-the-beijing-declaration/


Photo credit: IUFRO Vice-President John Parrotta presenting the Beijing Declaration. Photo: Gerda Wolfrum, IUFRO Headquarters


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