IUFRO NEWS 7, 2017Dear Reader of IUFRO News: International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global ChangeThe "International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global Change: Synthesizing and Sharing Globally Available Forest-Related Scientific Knowledge" was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in June 2017 to review and discuss how to implement large-scale forest landscape restoration (FLR) on the ground. More…
7th Forest Science Symposium: "Research Underpinning the Sustainability of a Diverse Forestry Sector"The 7th Forest Science Symposium "Research Underpinning the Sustainability of a Diverse Forestry Sector" was held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 18-20 July. It was organized by the Institute of Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Government of South Africa and IUFRO. More…
Molecular Biology of Forest TreesThe 2017 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference was held in Concepción Chile from June 4-9, 2017. The meeting showcased current and emerging applications in forest biotechnology. It illustrated, among other things, applications of CRISPR/CAS9 in forest trees. More…
Global Scientific Assessment on Forests and Water off to a Good StartFollowing the successful scoping meeting in March 2017 in Rome, Italy, the GFEP coordination team invited internationally recognized scientific experts to join the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water. Thus, the first panel meeting was held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, from 26-29 June 2017. More…
AForGeN 2017 - Genetic Resources of High Mountain ForestsThis year's AForGeN meeting was organized in the Italian Dolomites, in Val Canali, Trentino, on 15-17 June. Fifteen scientific reports were presented in the sessions on the topics of transcriptome sequencing, exome capture, epigenetics and genomics of local adaptation in alpine forest trees. More…
Invasive Forest Pathogens and Implications for Biology and PolicyInternational trade of plant material is increasing the risks to forest health worldwide. The current situation of both well-understood and emerging pathogens causing disease on foliage, shoot and stems, which threaten forest stands and nurseries, was therefore a prominent issue at the meeting in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 7-11 May 2017. More…
Forest Management Models, Methods and Decision Support Systems - the SuFoRun PerspectiveThis international seminar took place in Pennsylvania, USA, on 19-20 January 2017 and focused on the presentation of models, methods and decision support systems available at SuFoRun institutions that may be used by public administrators, forest owners and industry for forest management planning in a context of global change. More…
Promoting Green Jobs in the Forest SectorOn 27-28 June 2017, FOREST EUROPE, UNECE and FAO jointly organized a workshop on "Promoting Green Jobs in the Forest Sector" in Bratislava, Slovakia. There were nearly 70 participants from 18 European countries. IUFRO Executive Director Alexander Buck was invited as a moderator. More…
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