Dear Colleagues from IUFRO Division 2 and IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit,
We are delighted to announce that our sixth IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Conference will be held from 3-8 March 2024 in Rotorua, New Zealand!
"The might of vegetative propagation for healthy and productive forests to face climate challenges".
Please, check out the preliminary announcement in attachment and the 2 related documents (Invitation Letter and Presentation document).
We will be welcomed by Dr. Jana Krajňáková (Senior Researcher for tissue culture) and Dr. Henri Baillères (General Manager forest to timber products) and their teams from Scion, a crown research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors.
We are looking forward to meeting you again in Rotorua!
Please help us disseminate this information to your colleagues, teams, IUFRO Units and other networks interested in vegetative propagation of trees and its applications for sustainable management of forests and tree plantations.
Paloma Moncaleán, Yong-Wook Kim & Jean-François Trontin
IUFRO 2.09.02 Coordinating team
Keep up to date at the <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/activi…> IUFRO 2.09.02 webpages
Dear Colleagues from IUFRO Division 2 and IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit,
We are delighted to announce that our sixth IUFRO 2.09.02 Unit Conference will be held from 3-8 March 2024 in Rotorua, New Zealand!
"The might of vegetative propagation for healthy and productive forests to face climate challenges".
Please, check out the preliminary announcement in attachment and the 2 related documents (Invitation Letter and Presentation document).
We will be welcomed by Dr. Jana Krajňáková (Senior Researcher for tissue culture) and Dr. Henri Baillères (General Manager forest to timber products) and their teams from Scion, a crown research institute that specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors.
We are looking forward to meeting you again in Rotorua!
Please help us disseminate this information to your colleagues, teams, IUFRO Units and other networks interested in vegetative propagation of trees and its applications for sustainable management of forests and tree plantations.
Paloma Moncaleán, Yong-Wook Kim & Jean-François Trontin
IUFRO 2.09.02 Coordinating team
Keep up to date at the IUFRO 2.09.02 webpages <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20900/20902/activi…>
Dear colleagues from Division 2,
The deadline for submission of nomination materials for IUFRO awards is May
15, 2023. The specific awards are:
*The Scientific Achievement Award*: Up to ten awards. In recognition of
distinguished individual scientific achievements within the fields of
research covered by IUFRO.
*Outstanding Doctoral Research Award*: One per IUFRO Division. To
recognize path-breaking doctoral dissertations completed in the period
2018-2023 within the fields of research covered by IUFRO.
*IUFRO Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science*: One per IUFRO
Division. Recognizes outstanding individual achievements in forest science
made by Masters degree students (or equivalent) completed in the period
2018-2023, in order to encourage their further work within the fields of
research covered by IUFRO.
*Best Poster Award*: recognizes distinguished poster presentations during
the IUFRO World Congress by under-graduate students, graduate students, and
individuals who completed their graduate degrees up to 7 years prior to the
congress. For this award, the corresponding author of the poster indicates
consideration for the award during the abstract submission process.
Further information on the awards, who is eligible to prepare nominations
for consideration, and nomination forms can be found here:
https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/events/iwc24/iwc24-awards-call-for…
You are encouraged to consider nominating colleagues and the Honours and
Awards Committee looks forward to receiving the nomination materials.
All my best,
Santiago
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Santiago C. González-Martínez
Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO
<https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/biogeco/>, Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE
Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS
<http://www.optforests.eu> Horizon Europe project
IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/>
(Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator
Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20
Check out our last publications here
<https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download
the post-prints from HAL
<https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez>
Follow me @scgm2022@ecoevo.social <https://ecoevo.social/@scgm2022>
*Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not
require an immediate response.*
Dear all,
Division 1 (Silviculture), Division 2 (Physiology and Genetics), and Division 7 (Forest Health) co-organized a technical session at the IUFRO Congress in Stockholm, 2024. The goal of the session is to showcase complementary research conducted within these divisions that can be brought together to address significant problems for future forests:
“Forest genetics tools to improve forest resilience to climate change and forest health” - T1.12
Trees are under increasing threat from pathogens and pests that can potentially cause a reduction in growth and wood quality, increasing levels of tree mortality, and functional extinction of tree species and disruption of associated ecosystems. The effects of climate change are likely to increase the impacts of these biotic agents and lead to drastic changes in the dynamics of forest ecosystems. Genetics is a basic building block for organisms and species to evolve and help mitigate impacts of damaging biotic and abiotic agents and can be especially valuable in long-lived tree species. The use of forest genetic knowledge and tree breeding is a valuable tool in helping to ensure the forests of the future are healthy and resilient. The presentations in this proposed technical session will examine successful breeding programs for both commercial tree species and keystone tree species valued for a myriad of ecosystem
services. Much of the current afforestation, reforestation, or restoration efforts use local seed sources, but under climate change, the adaptability of these populations may no longer be optimal; therefore, assisted migration is a tool widely being debated to replace or supplement local populations and help establish forests that will have the best chance of being healthy and resilient into the future. Success will require broad inter-disciplinary inputs from forest genetics, tree breeding, silviculture and forest health specialists at all stages of development and implementation. The technical session will address what is needed for success in both breeding and assisted migration, providing examples of successful applied programs and efforts that are underway. The current understanding of the genetics of the host-pathogen interaction will also be included. Understanding the interactions between hosts and pathogens may provide enhanced ways of increasing resistance to pathogens, such as targets for genetic engineering techniques. The topics addressed are broad but are all focussed on preventing forest trees from damage caused by pathogens. We will particularly encourage the participation of early career scientists and graduate students and invite posters to be presented.
The session includes talks and posters and the deadline for submission is 2 June 2023: https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstract.
We hope you will consider contributing to this session!
Best regards,
Caterina Villari, Rosario Garcia Gill, Tod Ramsfield, Santiago Gonzalez-Martinez, and Jens Peter Skovsgaard
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Caterina Villari (she/her)
Associate Professor
Co-Director - Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative
706-389-5031 Office
706-542-0119 Lab
cvillari(a)uga.edu
Villari Forest Pathology Lab<https://warnell.uga.edu/about/centers-labs/villari-forest-pathology-lab>
southernpinehealth.org<https://southernpinehealth.org/>
D.B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
University of Georgia
180 E Green Street
Athens, GA 30602
Integrated Plant Sciences: ips.uga.edu<https://ips.uga.edu/>
Dear All
EvolTree (www.evoltree.eu) is an European Research Network that has as goal
to link four major disciplines (Ecology, Genetics, Genomics and Evolution)
to address global issues that European forests are currently facing as
environmental change and erosion of biodiversity.
Please note that the *registration and abstract submission for the Second
EvolTree Conference "Resilient forests for the future", taking place 12-15
September 2023 in Brasov, Romania*, is now open.
The deadlines for registration are:
- May 31: Abstract submission closes
- July 31: Registration closes for on-site participation
- August 31: Registration closes for online participation
*For more information: *
Second EVOLTREE Conference 2023 RESILIENT FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE | Evoltree
<https://www.evoltree.eu/conferences/conference/second-evoltree-conference-2…>
Thanks and kind regards.
On behalf of the EVOLTREE network,
Santiago
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Santiago C. González-Martínez
Research Director at UMR1202 BIOGECO
<https://www6.bordeaux-aquitaine.inra.fr/biogeco/>, Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE
Coordinator of EVOLTREE <http://www.evoltree.eu/> & *OPT*FORESTS Horizon
Europe project
IUFRO Division 2 <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/>
(Physiology & Genetics) Coordinator
Phone: ++33 (0)5 35 38 53 20
Check out our last publications here
<https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=2cTrtvIAAAAJ&hl=en> and download
the post-prints from HAL
<https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/santiago-gonzalez-martinez>
Follow me @scgm2022@ecoevo.social <https://ecoevo.social/@scgm2022>
*Please notice that any emails I may send outside of working hours do not
require an immediate response.*
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Calling all those involved in forests, energy and livelihoods!
A new multi-agency issue brief highlights the links between these sectors and the leap forward that could come from them working more closely together.
Do you work in forests, energy or livelihoods? Are you searching for ways to boost progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
If so, take a moment to look at this new FAO/IUFRO/UNDP/UNFF issue brief, Forests, Energy and Livelihoods<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…>, which neatly sums up the current state of play in these sectors and why they are inextricably linked. It explains why managing forests more sustainably brings huge benefits to all those who depend on wood for fuel or forest products for a livelihood. And calls for more joined up thinking across these sectors to accelerate progress towards SDGs on poverty, hunger and clean energy.
Now is the time to put heads together on this!
Join the global event on April 4 (10.00-13.00 EDT) on UN Web TV<https://media.un.org/en/webtv> and follow the discussion about integrated approaches across these sectors ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit at the UN General Assembly high-level week in September.
Make sure you are part of this. Read the issue brief<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…> and join the event<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/events/unff18-bureau-event-forests-energy-li…>.
See you there!
Related links
Building on the nexus of forests, energy and livelihoods to accelerate achievement of the SDGs - An event organized by the UNFF18 Bureau<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/events/unff18-bureau-event-forests-energy-li…>
Issue brief: Forests, energy and livelihoods<https://www.un.org/esa/forests/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISSUE-BRIEF-Fores…>
More information on forests and energy<https://www.fao.org/forestry/communication-toolkit/76374/en/>
