Publications Archive

– World Series Vol. 21 – Extended abstracts from the international conference on "Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge", in Kunming, China.

This issue highlights an IUFRO seminar on Forests and Human Health and the progress of the IUFRO-led global assessment regarding adaptation of forests to climate change.

...shows the progress IUFRO is making in the pursuit of the strategic goals and demonstrates how timely and relevant IUFRO research agendas are.

Forests, bioenergy and climate change as well as the capacity of healthy and productive forests to mitigate climate change are the main topics of this issue.

This issue includes a report from the conference on "Old Forests, New Management" in Tasmania as well as an invitation to detail a PR and Communication Expert to IUFRO Headquarters for one year.

Two new IUFRO Occasional Papers are presented: No. 21 "Adaptations of Forests to Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Review", and No. 20 "Communicating Forest Science: A Daily Task".

-Occasional Paper 21- The paper combines the physical science review with discussion of economic and social impacts.

-Occasional Paper 20- Proceedings of the Internat. Meeting "Communicating through the media – why and how"

Traditional forest knowledge in Asia, IUFRO-SPDC training courses on science-policy interfacing, and IUFRO at the UNCCC in Bali are some of the topics in this issue.

This double issue includes a report on forest products and the environment from the All Division 5 Conference in Taipei and a call for themes for the next IUFRO World Congress.

-Occasional Paper 19- Guidelines for the Implementation of Social and Cultural Values in Sustainable Forest Management elaborated and published by IUFRO were presented at the 5th MCPFE in Warsaw.

This issue focuses on social and cultural values in forest management as well as on measures to protect Norway spruce in Europe, and reports on the MoU between IUFRO and ITTO.

The IUFRO European Congress in Poland and the Division 6 Symposium in Finland with the kick-off meeting of the Task Force on Forests and Human Health are at the centre of this issue.

This issue focuses on opportunities of forest research collaboration with Mongolian IUFRO Members and on the international conference on "Sharing Indigenous Wisdom".

– World Series Vol. 20-I – This first volume of the book provides information about the forests of 8 countries in the Southeast Asian region and covers topics such as land use change and degradation.

-Occasional Paper 18- This selection of papers on the challenges of forest research was presented at the Beijing EB symposium jointly organized by IUFRO and CAF.

The IUFRO Directors’ forum discussed forest research management in an era of globalization, and a forest knowledge internet platform received the 2007 Schweighofer Innovation Award.

IUFRO Annual Report 2006 has been recently published and focuses on IUFRO's strategies for the future and IUFRO's activities in the field of forest and climate change.

A report on sustainable approaches to mountain forest harvesting highlights social and technological aspects of mountain logging, and the Spanish Diccionario Forestal is presented.

This issue looks at ecosystem goods and services from planted forests. It also announces the availability of the newly updated IUFRO structure and list of officeholders.

The newsletter focuses on nature-based tourism and presents the advantages of the upgraded GFIS now with English, French and Spanish user interfaces.

Learn about the 'Greenhouse Gas Budget of Soils under Changing Climate and Land Use' (COST 639 BurnOut), participate in the Forest Science Communication survey, and much more ...

This newsletter contains the latest information on low-input breeding and genetic conservation of forest tree species, IUFRO at the 18th CPF Meeting and UNFF ad hoc Expert Group Discussions, and more…

– World Series Vol. 19 – This extensively updated bilingual version of the GFDC describes how to organize and retrieve forestry related information resources.

- World Series Vol. 18 – This publication presents an extensive discussion on the impacts of I.T. on the forest sector – from forestry industry to the end products.

- World Series Vol. 17 – The book intends to reflect on how changing paradigms are resonating in the field of forestry and analyses current concerns.

– World Series Vol. 15 – This volume explores how silvicultural findings can be best applied to solve emerging forest management issues.

-Occasional Paper 17- These guidelines provide advice to researchers and research leaders on how to best plan, conduct, and organize research activities.

Research Series, 11 – Drawing on a host of international case-studies, this detailed book examines the interactions between forestry and environmental change, from a social, economic and political perspective.

– World Series Vol. 14 – This selection of papers explores the role of forestry and forest research within urbanised societies and identifies new strategies to meet urban demands.

-Occasional Paper 16- Proceedings of the International Symposium convened on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of IUFRO on 9-10 October 2002 in Vienna, Austria

-Occasional Paper 15- Contributions to the Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May – 6 June 2003

Research Series, 10 – This book investigates the diverse impacts of forest history on forest biodiversity, and in particular forest continuity, fragmentation and past management, on the diversity and distribution of species.

-Occasional Paper 14- Proceedings of the 6.03.02/SilvaVoc Group Session at the IUFRO World Congress 2000, and Selected Contributions on Forest Terminology

Research Series, 9 – This volume reviews current knowledge on hydrological impacts, including flooding and soil erosion, desertification in Mediterranean Europe and Africa, landslides, mangrove forests and hazards along...

– World Series Vol. 11 – This series contains papers presented at the XXI IUFRO World Congress in Malaysia and explores recent advances in research.

Research Series, 8 – This book, produced by expert scientists in world forests, provides a review of what is known about the impact of elevated CO2 and other greenhouse gases on forest ecosystems.

Research Series, 7 – This book reviews current thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural and plantation forests. The contents have been developed from papers presented at an IUFRO...

– World Series Vol. 10 – This selection of papers provides an overview of the multifaceted developments in forest management and forest law.

- World Series Vol. 9 – This volume focuses on terms and definitions of Forest Management Planning in English and gives equivalent terms in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.

Research Series, 6 – With concepts presented from foresters, ecologists, landscape architects, psychologists and philosophers, this neatly presented book is the first to fully investigate this subject.

Research Series, 5 – Written by leading international authors, this book presents a comprehensive review of forests in mountain regions and their sustainable development. Based on a report prepared by the IUFRO Task Force in...

Research Series, 4 – This book examines the consequences of air pollution on forests in rapidly industrialising countries and regions. Its geographical coverage includes South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, including...

Research Series, 3 – This volume focuses on the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history, demonstrating the rich diversity of approaches and methods to forest history.

Research Series, 2 – This book presents edited and revised versions of more than 30 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and Forest Resources, held in Florence in 1998.

-Occasional Paper 13- Papers presented at a Side Event of the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF 3), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-14 May 1999

-Occasional Paper 12- Papers presented at the Global Forest Information Service side event at the Third Session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF 3), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-14 May 1999

Research Series, 1 – This book includes the report from the IUFRO Task Force on Environmental Change and provides scientists with an up to date assessment of the extent of air pollution impacts in heavily polluted regions.

- World Series Vol. 8 – This publication focuses on how to improve resource inventories and monitoring of forests to address emerging needs.

-Occasional Paper 11- This publication describes the Russian forest sector and identifies some of the associated problems.

-Occasional Paper 10- This publication gives a sound theoretical framework for forest research funding and provides readers with empirical findings on the role of forest sector research in Europe.

- World Series Vol. 7 – This collection of 28 papers provides an overview of the dynamic and multifaceted development of forest law in Northern America and its impacts.

- World Series Vol. 6 – This volume presents an overview of selected research in forest genetics and tree breeding and is written for both specialists and scientists in related fields.

-Occasional Paper 9- This publication primarily aims at illustrating the scientific contribution of INRA and some of its partner institutes to sustainable management.

-Occasional Paper 8- This bibliography provides an overview of and knowledge about the existing dictionaries, glossaries and other papers and publications in the field of forestry.

Social Origins and Research Topics of Studies Conducted in Germany, Austria and Switzerland between 1960 and 1995

-Occasional Paper 6- This paper gives an overview of the recent developments mainly in North America, in the field of sustainable, ecosystem-based management of natural resources.

-Occasional Paper 5- The paper investigates the area of forest we need and deals with questions such as which forest types are required and in what locations.

-Occasional Paper 4- This final report presents the Task Force concept; lists the Task Force activities and summarises existing IUFRO activities.

-Occasional Paper 3- This handbook offers detailed instruction on planning, organizing and carrying out a conference. It is designed to help the beginner as well as those more experienced.

-Occasional Paper 1- This publication constitutes the GCTE Report No. 4, GCTE Activity No. 3.5: Effects of Global Change on Managed Forests and includes the Implementation Plan.

- World Series Vol. 5 – The purpose of these guidelines is to promote standardized or compatible collection and reporting of selected data for forest monitoring through cooperation.

- World Series Vol. 2 – This trilingual manual is an indispensable aid for forest libraries and documentation centres, publishers, forest scientists, and students.

- World Series Vol. 1 – This special volume, the six-language Vocabulary of Forest Management, contains more than 1800 technical terms.