Activities and events

• The IUFRO 5.12 Research Group sponsored three sessions at the All Division 5 meeting in Taipei, Taiwan during 10/29 – 11/2, 2007. These sessions are entitled:
  

    1. Emerging themes for sustainable utilization of forest products.
    2. Integrating forest products with ecological services.
    3. Issues in sustainable utilization of forest prodcuts.

• The IUFRO  Div. 5.12 Research Group was co-sponsoring an IUFRO Scientific Conference entitled  "Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management".
  This conference was held during August 7-10, 2007 in Portland, Oregon, United States 97232.  Additional information about the conference is at http://www.westernforestry.org/crownmodels/crownmodels.htm.
  

• The IUFRO 5.12 Research Group sponsored two sessions at the IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane, Australia during August 2005.  The tiles of these sessions were: 1) Wood Production within Sustainable Forest Management, and 2) Emerging Issues for Sustainable Forest Management.
  

• Forestry Woodchain – Quantifying and forecasting quality from forest to end product; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; 8-30 September 2004