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IUFRO News issue 6 of 2009 reports from the 12th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF), co-organized by IUFRO in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The importance of green spaces in cities, the involvement of residents and particularly of children in urban forestry planning, and the role of urban forestry in mitigating climate change were discussed. At the 11th International Symposium on "Legal Aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development" held in Zvolen, Slovakia, the focus was on the development of modern forest legislation and implementation of forest policy tools in different countries particularly in the Western Balkan region.
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Multipurpose forest ecosystem management, silviculture in tropical forests and transboundary conservation of endangered tree species are major topics of the January issue of IUFRO News.
In the coming decades, forests will play a major role in our planet's carbon cycle and in our efforts to manage the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Read about IUFRO's activities at the UN Durban Climate Change Conference and at the Asia Pacific Forestry Week in Beijing, and learn about IUFRO meetings, new publications and upcoming events.
Forest pathologists propose to phase out all trade in plants and plant products that are of high risk to forest health worldwide. Their proposal is articulated in the Montesclaros Declaration.
"Desafíos de los bosques amazónicos y oportunidades para el manejo forestal comunitario" in Spanish language has been published as CIAS Discussion Paper 20 & IUFRO Occasional Paper 25.