Task Forces
IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis during each 5-year IUFRO Board term to advance inter‐disciplinary cooperation in forest research fields that span two or more IUFRO Divisions. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of great interest to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector, and contribute to international processes and activities. Since 1991, over 50 IUFRO Task Forces have brought together scientists, policy-makers and other stakeholders to conduct innovative work across a broad range of topics (for more information on these earlier Task Forces please visit: https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/former-task-forces/).
Further details on these Task Forces may be found on their respective webpages.
IUFRO - Call for New Task Force Proposals for the term 2024-2029 |
Proposals are now being accepted for new Task Forces. Please see the Call for New Task Force Proposals - March 2024 for more details. Please submit your proposals to Elena Paoletti, Vice-President for Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives, elena.paoletti(at)cnr.it, with a copy to Andre Purret, IUFRO HQ Operations Manager, purret(at)iufro.org.
Timeline
Key Dates | Item |
26 March 2024 | Launch of the Call for New Task Force Concept Notes |
1 September 2024 | Deadline of the Concept Notes and start of the evaluation process with forms sent to Board members |
30 September 2024 | Deadline for reviews by the Board members and comments sent to TF proponents |
30 November 2024 | Deadline for full proposals and responses to the Board comments |
31 December 2024 | Deadline for reviews by the Board members and comments sent to TF proponents |
31 January 2025 | Deadline for final revisions |
28 February 2025 | Electronic vote by the Board and notification to the TF proponents, including invitation to the 64th IUFRO Enlarged Board Meeting in Vienna, Austria |
Spring 2025 (tbc) | TF coordinators attending the Enlarged Board meeting in Vienna |
Former Task Forces
- Forest Education
- Monitoring Global Tree Mortality Patterns and Trends
- Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment
- Gender Equality in Forestry
- Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy
- Strengthening Mediterranean Nursery Systems for Forest Reproductive Material Procurement to Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change
- Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products
- Transforming Forest Landscapes for Futures Climates and Human Well-Being
- Precision Pest Management (PPM) in Forest Ecosystems
- Fire$: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity
- Sustainable Planted Forests for a Greener Future
- Forest Biomass Network
- Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change
- Climate Change and Forest Health
- Forests and Biological Invasions
- Forests, Soil and Water Interactions
- Resources for the Future: Transformation in Forest Use
- Contribution of Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services in Managed Forests
- Foresight for Forest Sector Planning
- Education in Forest Science
- International Forest Governance
- Forests and Human Health
- Resources for the Future
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- Forest Bioenergy
- Forests and Climate Change
- Forest and Water Interactions
- Forests for People
- Traditional Forest Knowledge
- Communicating Forest Science
- Improving the Lives of People in Forests
- Forests and Water Interactions 2006-2010
- Illegal Logging and FLEGT
- Forests and Carbon Sequestration
- Forest Science-Policy Interface
- Endangered Species and Nature Conservation
- Forests and Genetically Modified Trees
- Forest Biotechnology
- Carbon Sequestration
- Information Technology and the Forest Sector
- Water and Forests
- Gene Resources
- Science/Policy Interface
- Public Relations
- Global Forest Information Service
- Mountain Development
- Environmental Change
- Internet Resources
- Sustainable Forest Mananagement
- Climate Change