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IUFRO The Advocate for Forest Science.
IUFRO News issue 3 of 2009 reports on the workshop “Figures for Forests” held in Freiburg, Germany, dealing with recent advances in new approaches and technologies concerning the collection, processing and presentation of economic forest data. It also presents new features of an upgraded GFIS interface and informs about forest-related sessions at the Copenhagen climate change congress that took place from 10-12 March. You will also find calls for photos to be used for IUFRO outreach materials, a reminder to nominate candidates for IUFRO Congress awards, and various announcements including events, publications, positions and courses.
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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.