• Special Programme for Development of Capacities
• Science-Policy Programme
• World Forests, Society and Environment
• Directors' Forum
• SilvaVoc Terminology

"...to expand and foster forest research capacity in economically disadvantaged countries"

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Combining diverse expertise to assess scientific knowledge about the role of forests and trees in achieving global goals and inform political decision making.

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The extensive global  network of researchers collates and critically analyses the scientific research knowledge on crucial issues in the interrelations between forests, society and the environment.

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Bringing together heads of forest research institutes and deans of forest faculties and providing a platform for the exchange and development of views on the management of forest research and strategic research priorities.

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The acronym is a composition of silva = forest, and voc = vocabulary.

It emphasizes the importance of the correct usage of technical terms in forestry, and is the name of IUFRO's clearinghouse for multilingual forest terminology.

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