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IUFRO The Advocate for Forest Science.
IUFRO News double issue 11&12 of 2009 highlights the message sent by the World Forestry Congress to COP15 in which IUFRO had a significant share. In addition, it presents reports from the International Training Course on "Wood-Based Panels: Processes, Properties and Uses", and the Conference of International Academy of Wood Sciences (IAWS), both supported by IUFRO. The newsletter also introduces IUFRO's new social media options and includes a series of announcements concerning GFIS, the 2010 IUFRO World Congress and services to its members.
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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.