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IUFRO News issue 2 of 2009 reports on the conference on Gender Issues in Natural Resources Management held in Dehradun, India, from 16-19 November 2009. There is also information on the IUFRO proceedings archive and on IUFRO benefits, in general, as well as on latest staff changes at IUFRO Headquarters. This issue includes several announcements of interesting publications and meetings as well as an obituary for Dr. Kanthila Mahabala Bhat, who was very active in IUFRO.
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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.