IUFRO Spotlights
IUFRO Spotlight is an initiative of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. Its aim is to introduce, in a timely fashion, significant findings in forest research from IUFRO member organizations and/or involving IUFRO officeholders to a worldwide network of decision makers, policy makers and researchers.
IUFRO will encapsulate, and distribute in plain language, brief, topical and policy-relevant highlights of those findings, along with information on where/how to access the full documents. The IUFRO Spotlight findings will be distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.
The findings reported here are submitted by IUFRO Member Organizations. IUFRO is pleased to highlight and circulate these findings to a broad audience but, in doing so, acts only as a conduit. The quality and accuracy of the reports are the responsibility of the member organization and the authors.
Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through IUFRO Spotlight are encouraged. Please send them to: wolfrum(at)iufro.org. To be considered, reports should be fresh, have policy implications and be applicable to more than one country.
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Below find a list of all IUFRO Spotlights already published:
- Spotlight #92 - Forests and Fire: Intersectionality of Forests and People - January 2022
- Spotlight #91 - Forests and Water - December 2021
- Spotlight #90 - Employment and Sustainability in Latin American Forests - August 2021
- Spotlight #89 - What's the buzz? Studying insects on 'the web' - June 2021
- Spotlight #88 - Using a social science lens on the forest bioeconomy - May 2021
- Spotlight #87 - Getting everyone on board to succeed in forest landscape restoration - March 2021
- Spotlight #86 - Analyzing the complicated forest-water relationship - January 2021
- Spotlight #85 - Variety: the spice of life, also for future forests - December 2020
- Spotlight #84 - Task Force probes 'whys' behind increased tree mortality - November 2020
- Spotlight #83 - Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire: Where There's Smoke, There's Finance - October 2020
- Spotlight #82 - More local involvement one key to FLR success - September 2020
- Spotlight #81 - Developing evidence-based cases for planted forests - September 2020
- Spotlight #80 - Becoming visible – non-timber forest products and a sustainable economy - July 2020
- Spotlight #79 - A Focus on Gender Equality in Forestry
- Spotlight #78 - More robust strategy needed to combat forest fires in Alps - June 2020
- Spotlight #77 - Stepping up the Global Discussion on Forest Education - May 2020
- Spotlight #76 - Transforming Forest Landscapes to Meet Current and Future Needs and Challenges - March 2020
- Spotlight #75 - IUFRO Task Forces: A multi-disciplinary approach to addressing forest challenges around the globe - March 2020
- Congress Spotlight #74 - Computer Science Solutions to Better Understand Forest Cover and Land Use Changes in Brazil - September 2019
- Congress Spotlight #73 - A Quest for Fairness in Forest Management Decisions: Integrating Indigenous Rights, Practices and Knowledge - September 2019
- Congress Spotlight #72 - Radioactive Contamination and Forests: Learning Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima - September 2019
- Congress Spotlight #71 - High Time to Again Pay More Attention to Ecological Processes in Sustainable Forest Management - August 2019
- Congress Spotlight #70 - Explaining forest research findings to non-scientists: Some tools and ideas to facilitate communication - July 2019
- Congress Spotlight #69 - Sifting through underlying values and ethics to make sound nature management decisions - July 2019
- Congress Spotlight #68 - Forest Trees and the Climate Change Challenge: Survival May Mean Diving into the Gene Pool - July 2019
- Congress Spotlight #67 - Tapping the potential of restoring disturbed tropical forests - June 2019
- Spotlight #66 - A forest mix may best address global change - June 2019
- Congress Spotlight #65 - Tying up loose ends in gender equality in forestry - May 2019
- Congress Spotlight #64 - Latest in forest science to be showcased in Brazil - April 2019
- Spotlight #63 - What's in the future for Non-Timber Forest Products? - November 2018
- Spotlight #62 - How and why criteria and indicators have changed forest management since the Rio Summit - November 2018
- Spotlight #61 - Digging into soil and what it means to earth's survival - October 2018
- Spotlight #60 - Creating a virtuous circle in forest operations - July 2018
- Spotlight #59 - Shifting forest development discourses - June 2018
- Spotlight #58 - To build a healthier city, build a better forest - March 2018
- Spotlight #57 - Transition in forest uses demands change in approaches - September 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #56 - Environment vs. economy: Mapping the forest environmental frontier - September 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #55 - Genetics research crucial to future forest health, adaptation, conservation and sustainable management - September 2017
- Spotlight #54 - Variety could be the spice of life – for forests - September 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #53 - Humans and Wildlife: Sharing Space in a Crowded World - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #52 - Building on tradition to plan for the future of forests - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #51 - Pooling resources to meet sub-Saharan forest challenges - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #50 - Filling in knowledge gaps about natural disturbances and their interactions in mountain forests - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #49 - Citizen scientists around the world take to the woods in an effort to improve the health of forests - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #48 - Forest tourism can mean billions in economic benefits - August 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #47 - Remote forest-dependent communities can benefit through social innovation - July 2017
- Anniversary Congress Spotlight #46 - Getting a handle on future needs of forestland owners - July 2017
- Spotlight #45 - If you're 'remotely' interested in monitoring biodiversity… - April 2017
- Spotlight #44 - Evidence linking community forest rights and improved forest condition inconclusive - February 2017
- Spotlight #43 - Helping forests and people adapt to changing times and climes - December 2016
- Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times - November 2016
- Spotlight #41 - Sustainable Planted Forests to Meet Growing Global Needs - November 2016
- Spotlight #40 - Biological Invasions: An Undesired Effect of Globalization - October 2016
- Spotlight #39 - Governments Reclaiming Role in Forest Certification - July 2016
- Spotlight #38 - Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species Worsen Outlook for Forest Health - July 2016
- Spotlight #37 - Conserving Biodiversity While Managing Tropical Forests - March 2016
- Spotlight #36 - Responses to climate change? All knowledge counts! - February 2016
- Spotlight #35 - Cool it! Use Forest Landscape Restoration to Fight Climate Change - December 2015
- Spotlight #34 - Investigating Potential and Risks in Biomass - November 2015
- Spotlight #33 - Connecting the Dots among Forests, Soils and Water - September 2015
- Spotlight #32 - Sharing Knowledge to Rebuild Tropical Forests and Landscapes - July 2015
- Spotlight #31 – Eschew obfuscation! Um, wait. Let me rephrase that… - May 2015
- Spotlight #30 – Forests: Food for thought – and nourishment - May 2015
- Spotlight #29 – Supersites for Superior Forest Science - March 2015
- Congress Spotlight #28 – American Indian forestry: blending science and tradition - September 2014
- Spotlight #27 – Genes the means to screen future forest scene - September 2014
- Congress Spotlight #26 – To manage forests sustainably – think synergy – August 2014
- Spotlight #25 – Mixed species growth predictions made easy – well, easier - August 2014
- Congress Spotlight #24 – Got a question? Biomass may be the answer – July 2014
- Spotlight #23 – Eucalyptus genome successfully sequenced – June 2014
- Congress Spotlight #22 – Green cities: The benefits of the urban forest – June 2014
- Congress Spotlight #21 – The forest pharmacy and food store – June 2014
- Congress Spotlight #20 – The climate's changing: So should forest management – April 2014
- Congress Spotlight #19 – 'Citizen science': A way to fight invasive species? – April 2014
- Congress Spotlight #18 – Consumers and Industry: Keen on Green – March 2014
- Congress Spotlight #17 – Forest outlook: What does the future hold? – March 2014
- Spotlight #16 - You've got an issue? We've got options. - November 2013
- Spotlight #15 - Planted Forests' Roles: Different strokes for different oaks - September 2013
- Spotlight #14 - Wildfire projected to spread like, well, wildfire - July 2013
- Spotlight #13 - Urban Park Perks' Research Rounded Up & Rated - May 2013
- Spotlight #12 - Putting production from peatlands in perspective - March 2013
- Spotlight #11 - Power, discrimination and gender equality - November 2012
- Spotlight #10 - For Peat's Sake - October 2012
- Spotlight #9 - Self Interest Can Conserve Forests - July 2012
- Spotlight #8 - Combatting Climate Change Comprehensively - June 2012
- Spotlight #7 - Setting an 'Earthy' Standard - April 2012
- Spotlight #6 - Putting Experts to the Test - March 2012
- Spotlight #5 - Forests - Medicine for Body and Soul - February 2012
- Spotlight #4 - The Carbon Conundrum - January 2012
- Spotlight #3 - End Trade in Detrimental Ornamentals to Save Forests - December 2011
- Spotlight #2 - Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge: Sustaining Communities, Ecosystems and Biocultural Diversity - November 2011
- Spotlight #1 - President's Message: Forest research matters - November 2011