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Board

PresidentVice-President DivisionsVice-President Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives
Immediate Past PresidentExecutive DirectorCoordinator Division 1
Coordinator Division 2Coordinator Division 3Coordinator Division 4
Coordinator Division 5Coordinator Division 6Coordinator Division 7
Coordinator Division 8Coordinator Division 9President's Nominees
IUFRO Headquarters Host Country RepresentativeTask Force CoordinatorSPDC Coordinator
WFSE CoordinatorSPDF CoordinatorChair of Congress Scientific Committee
Chair of Congress Organizing CommitteeScience Policy Programme Coordinator

President

John Parrotta
US Forest Service
Research & Development

AddressDirectOrganization
201 14th St. SW
Washington DC 20250
United States
Email: john.parrotta(at)usda.gov
Phone: +1-202-5588964
URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/profile.php?alias=jparrotta
Fax: +1-202-2051530
Phone: +1-202-2051544
URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/

Vice-President Divisions

Daniela Kleinschmit
Universität Freiburg
Professur für Forst- und Umweltpolitik

AddressDirectOrganization
Tennenbacherstr. 4
79106 Freiburg I. Br.
Germany
Email: daniela.kleinschmit(at)ifp.uni-freiburg.de
Phone: +49-761-2033712
Email: andy.selter(at)ifp.uni-freiburg.de
Fax: +49-761-2033705
Phone: +49-761-2033713
URL: www.forstpolitik-umweltpolitik.uni-freiburg.de/Forstpolitik-Umweltpolitik-en?set_language=en

Vice-President Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives

Shirong Liu
Chinese Academy of Forestry, National Forestry and Grassland Administration

AddressDirectOrganization
No.1, Dongxiaofu, Xiangshan Road
Beijing Haidian District 100091
China
Email: liusr(at)caf.ac.cn
Phone: +86-10-62889311
Email: lixuejiaoli(at)163.com
Fax: +86-10-62884229
Phone: +86-10-62889092
URL: en.caf.ac.cn

Immediate Past President

Michael Wingfield
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

AddressDirectOrganization
University of Pretoria
Pretoria 0002
South Africa
Email: mike.wingfield(at)fabi.up.ac.za
Email: mike.wingfield(at)fabi.up.ac.za
Fax: +27-12-4203960
Phone: +27-12-4203938
URL: https://fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php

Executive Director

Alexander Buck
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat

AddressDirectOrganization
Marxergasse 2
1030 Wien
Austria
Email: buck(at)iufro.org
Phone: +43-1-877015112
Email: office(at)iufro.org
Fax: +43-1-877015150
Phone: +43-1-8770151
URL: https://www.iufro.org/

Coordinator Division 1

Jens Peter Skovsgaard
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap

AddressDirectOrganization
Sundsvägen 3
230 56 Alnarp
Sweden
Email: jps(at)slu.se
Phone: +46-7-25621320
Email: servicecenter(at)slu.se
Fax: +46-40-462325
Phone: +46-40-415000
URL: https://www.slu.se/sydsvensk-skogsvetenskap

Coordinator Division 2

Santiago C. González-Martínez
INRAE Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
ECOFA - Structure, fonctionnement et évolution des écosystèmes continentaux faiblement
anthropisés / BIOGECO - Biodiversité, Gènes et Communautés

AddressDirectOrganization
69 route d'Arcachon
33610 Cestas
France
Email: santiago.gonzalez-martinez(at)inrae.fr
Phone: +33-5-35385320
Email: christine.charlot(at)inrae.fr
Fax: +33-5-57122881
URL: https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/biogeco

Coordinator Division 3

Woodam Chung
Oregon State University
College of Forestry
Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management

AddressDirectOrganization
280 Peavy Hall / 3100 Jefferson Way
Corvallis Oregon 97331-5709
United States
Email: woodam.chung(at)oregonstate.edu
Phone: +1-541-7378248
Fax: +1-541-7374316
Phone: +1-541-7374952
URL: https://ferm.forestry.oregonstate.edu/

Coordinator Division 4

Donald Hodges
University of Tennessee
School of Natural Resources

AddressDirectOrganization
427 Plant Biotechnology Building
2505 E.J. Chapman Drive
Knoxville Tennessee 37996-4563
United States
Email: dhodges2(at)utk.edu
Phone: +1-865-9742706
Email: naturalresources(at)utk.edu
Fax: +1-865-9744714
Phone: +1-865-9747126
URL: https://naturalresources.tennessee.edu

Coordinator Division 5

Pekka Saranpää
Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)
Tuotantojärjestelmät

AddressDirectOrganization
Tietotie 2
02150 Espoo
Finland
Email: pekka.saranpaa(at)luke.fi
Phone: +358-50-3912340
Email: kirjaamo(at)luke.fi
Phone: +358-29-5326000
URL: https://www.luke.fi/en

Coordinator Division 6

Purabi Bose
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap

AddressDirectOrganization
Sundsvägen 3
230 56 Alnarp
Sweden
Email: purabib2(at)gmail.com
purabi.bose(at)slu.se
Phone: +46-40-415182
Email: servicecenter(at)slu.se
Fax: +46-40-462325
Phone: +46-40-415000
URL: https://www.slu.se/sydsvensk-skogsvetenskap

Coordinator Division 7

Tod Ramsfield
Ressources Naturelles Canada
Centre de Foresterie du Nord

AddressDirectOrganization
5320-122nd Street
Edmonton Alberta T6H 3S5
Canada
Email: tod.ramsfield(at)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Phone: +1-825-5101303
Email: michael.norton(at)canada.ca
Fax: +1-825-5101119
Phone: +1-825-5101154
URL: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/research-centres-and-labs/forestry-research-centres/northern-forestry-centre/13485

Coordinator Division 8

Sandra S. Luque
INRAE Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
UMR TETIS Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale

AddressDirectOrganization
500 rue Jean-Francois Breton
34093 Montpellier Cedex 5
France
Email: sandra.luque(at)inrae.fr
Phone: +33-76-9150689; +33-4-67558649
URL: https://www.umr-tetis.fr/index.php/fr

Coordinator Division 9

Monica Gabay

AddressDirectOrganization
Av. Corrientes 1762, 3 B
1042 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Email: monagabay(at)yahoo.com
Email: monagabay(at)yahoo.com

President's Nominees

Hubert Hasenauer
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften
Institut für Waldbau

AddressDirectOrganization
Peter Jordan-Straße 82
1190 Wien
Austria
Email: hubert.hasenauer(at)boku.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-4765491311
URL: www.wabo.boku.ac.at/hasenauer.html
Email: office.waldbau(at)boku.ac.at
Fax: +43-1-4765491309
Phone: +43-1-4765491300
URL: https://boku.ac.at/wabo/waldbau

President's Nominees

Erich Gomes Schaitza
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisas Agropecuária
Embrapa Florestas

AddressDirectOrganization
Estrada da Ribeira, km 111 / Caixa Postal 319
83411-000 Colombo Parana
Brazil
Email: erich.schaitza(at)embrapa.br
Phone: +55-41-3516298
Email: yeda.oliveira(at)embrapa.br
Fax: +55-41-36755601
Phone: +55-41-36755600
URL: https://www.embrapa.br/florestas

President's Nominees

Wenfa Xiao
Chinese Academy of Forestry, National Forestry and Grassland Administration

AddressDirectOrganization
No.1, Dongxiaofu, Xiangshan Road
Beijing Haidian District 100091
China
Email: xiao_wenfa(at)126.com
Phone: +86-10-62889007
Email: lixuejiaoli(at)163.com
Fax: +86-10-62884229
Phone: +86-10-62889092
URL: en.caf.ac.cn

President's Nominees

Wubalem Tadesse Wondifraw
Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute (EEFRI)
Forest Resources Utilization Research

AddressDirectOrganization
PO Box 30804
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Email: wubalem16(at)gmail.com
Phone: +251-912-132303
Fax: +251-116-460345
Phone: +251-116-460444
URL: www.eefri.org/researches/forest-resources-utilization/

President's Nominees

Elena Paoletti
CNR IRET

AddressDirect
Via Madonna del Piano 10
50019 Sesto Fiorentino
Italy
Email: elena.paoletti(at)cnr.it
Phone: +39-055-5225591; +39-329-8061717

President's Nominees

Kugbo Shim
Chungbuk National University
College of Agriculture and Life Environment
Department of Wood and Paper Science

AddressDirectOrganization
1, Chungdae-ro, Seowon-Gu
Cheongju Chungbuk 28644
Korea (Rep)
Email: kbshim(at)chungbuk.ac.kr
frishim(at)gmail.com
Phone: +82-10-9347-2565
Fax: +82-43-273-2241
Phone: +82-43-261-3200
URL: https://www.chungbuk.ac.kr/

President's Nominees

Olga Shaytarova
St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University

AddressDirectOrganization
Institutsky Per. 5
194021 St. Petersburg
Russian Federation
Email: shaytarova(at)mail.ru
Phone: +7-812-6709363
Email: public(at)spbftu.ru
Fax: +7-812-6709246
Phone: +7-812-6709390
URL: en.spbftu.ru/

IUFRO Headquarters Host Country Representative

Elfriede Moser
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Regionen und Wasserwirtschaft (BML)
Sektion Forstwirtschaft und Nachhaltigkeit

AddressDirectOrganization
Marxergasse 2
1030 Wien
Austria
Email: elfriede.moser(at)bml.gv.at
Phone: +43 1 71100 607301
Phone: +43-1-711000

Task Force Coordinator

Jeremy Allison
Ressources Naturelles Canada
Centre de Foresterie des Grands Lacs

AddressDirectOrganization
1219 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario P6A 2E5
Canada
Email: jeremy.allison(at)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Phone: +1-705-2553628; +1-705-5415519
URL: https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/employes/vue/jallison
Email: david.nanang(at)canada.ca
Fax: +1-705-5415700
Phone: +1-705-9499461
URL: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/science-and-data/research-centres-and-labs/forestry-research-centres/great-lakes-forestry-centre/13459

Task Force Coordinator

Xiaohua (Adam) Wei
University of British Columbia
Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences

AddressDirectOrganization
1177 Research Road
Kelowna British Columbia V1V 1V7
Canada
Email: adam.wei(at)ubc.ca
Phone: +1-250-8078750
Fax: +1-250-8078005
URL: https://eegs.ok.ubc.ca/

Task Force Coordinator

Christophe Orazio
Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée
Siège

AddressDirectOrganization
Site de Recherche Forêt - Bois
69, Route d'Arcachon
33610 Cestas
France
Email: c.orazio(at)iefc.net
c.orazio.pro(at)laposte.net
Phone: +33-5-35385274
Email: c.orazio(at)iefc.net
Fax: +33-5-56680223
URL: www.iefc.net/gb/

Task Force Coordinator

Annie Biju
International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA)
IFSA International Secretariat

AddressDirectOrganization
Tennenbacherstrasse 4
79106 Freiburg Im Breisgau
Germany
Email: annie.biju(at)ifsa.net
ab8714838972(at)gmail.com
Phone: +91 8714-838972
Email: info(at)ifsa.net
Fax: +49-761-2033819
URL: https://ifsa.net/

Task Force Coordinator

Andreas Bolte
Thünen-Institut
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
Institut für Waldökosysteme

AddressDirectOrganization
Alfred-Möller-Str.1
16225 Eberswalde
Germany
Email: andreas.bolte(at)thuenen.de
Phone: +49-3334-3820344
Email: andreas.bolte(at)thuenen.de
Fax: +49-3334-3820354
Phone: +49-3334-3820300
URL: https://www.thuenen.de/de/wo/

Task Force Coordinator

Henrik Hartmann
Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
Institute for Forest Protection

AddressDirectOrganization
Erwin-Baur-Str. 27
06484 Quedlinburg
Germany
Email: henrik.hartmann(at)julius-kuehn.de
Phone: +49-3946-47-4000
URL: https://www.julius-kuehn.de/ws/personal/p/s/henrik-hartmann/
Email: henrik.hartmann(at)julius-kuehn.de
Fax: +49-3946-47-1302
Phone: +49-3946-47-0
URL: https://www.julius-kuehn.de/ws/

Task Force Coordinator

Giovanbattista de Dato
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - CREA
Centro di Ricerca Foreste e Legno
Laboratorio di Risorse Genetiche Forestali

AddressDirectOrganization
Viale S. Margherita, 80
52100 Arezzo
Italy
Email: giovanbattista.dedato(at)crea.gov.it
Phone: +39-0575-353021
Email: fl(at)pec.crea.gov.it
Fax: +39-0575-353490
URL: https://www.crea.gov.it/en/home

Task Force Coordinator

Sandra Rodríguez
Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Facultad de Zootecnica y Ecología

AddressDirectOrganization
Periférico Francisco R. Almada Km 1
Chihuahua CP 33820
Mexico
Email: spineros(at)uach.mx
Phone: +52-614-4966334
Email: posgradofzye(at)yach.mx
Fax: +52-614-4325550
Phone: +52-614-4340304
URL: fz.uach.mx

Task Force Coordinator

Gun Lidestav
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning

AddressDirectOrganization
90183 Umeå
Sweden
Email: gun.lidestav(at)slu.se
Phone: +46-90-7868391
Fax: +46-18-672995
Phone: +46-18-671000
URL: https://www.slu.se/institutioner/skoglig-resurshushallning/

Task Force Coordinator

James Chamberlain III
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment

AddressDirectOrganization
312 Lester Street
Christiansburg Virginia 24073
United States
Email: jachambe(at)vt.edu
Phone: +1-540-3922940
Phone: +1-540-3922940

SPDC Coordinator

Michael Kleine
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Special Programme for Development of Capacities (SPDC)

AddressDirectOrganization
Marxergasse 2
1030 Wien
Austria
Email: kleine(at)iufro.org
Phone: +43-1-8770151 ext. 22
Email: office(at)iufro.org
Fax: +43-1-8770151-50
Phone: +43-1-8770151
URL: www.iufro.org

WFSE Coordinator

Pia Katila
Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)
Biotalous ja ympäristö
Luonnonvarapolitiikat ja -markkinat

AddressDirectOrganization
Latokartanonkaari 9
00790 Helsinki
Finland
Email: pia.katila(at)luke.fi
Phone: +358-40-8015331
Phone: +358-29-5326000
URL: https://www.luke.fi

SPDF Coordinator

Peter Mayer
Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape

AddressDirectOrganization
Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8
1131 Wien
Austria
Email: peter.mayer(at)bfw.gv.at
Phone: +43-1-878381123
Email: peter.mayer(at)bfw.gv.at
Fax: +43-1-878381250
Phone: +43-1-878380
URL: https://www.bfw.gv.at

Chair of Congress Scientific Committee

Elena Paoletti
CNR IRET

AddressDirect
Via Madonna del Piano 10
50019 Sesto Fiorentino
Italy
Email: elena.paoletti(at)cnr.it
Phone: +39-055-5225591; +39-329-8061717

Chair of Congress Organizing Committee

Fredrik Ingemarson
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
Fakulteten för skogsvetenskap
Sekretariatet för IUFRO 2024

AddressDirectOrganization
Box 7082
75007 Uppsala
Sweden
Email: fredrik.ingemarson(at)slu.se
Phone: +46-18-673113
Email: info(at)iufro2024.com
Phone: +46-18-671000
URL: https://iufro2024.com/

Science Policy Programme Coordinator

Christoph Wildburger
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
IUFRO Headquarters - Secretariat

AddressDirectOrganization
Marxergasse 2
1030 Wien
Austria
Email: wildburger(at)iufro.org
Phone: +43-1-877015115
Email: office(at)iufro.org
Fax: +43-1-877015150
Phone: +43-1-8770151
URL: https://www.iufro.org/

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Observer Organizations

Permanent Observers

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • International Forestry Students'​ Association (IFSA)

Other Observers

  • Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet)
  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • European Geosciences Union (EGU)
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)