---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim C <jachambe@vt.edu<mailto:jachambe@vt.edu>> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:23:06 -0400 Subject: Task Force Webinar Series Aloha, please share this widely! The Task Force on Nontimber Forest Products and the Bioeconomy are starting a series of presentation. This intended to let people know. Please join us for a new webinar series<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2…! The IUFRO Task Force "Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Nontimber Forest Products" with partners is cohosting a series of presentations to explore how NTFP are integrated into a bioeconomy. A bioeconomy can reduce environmental impacts of economic growth through science-based management that promotes sustainable production. In this series, experts from around the world will share research on nontimber forest products within a bioeconomy concept. The first webinar will be Tuesday, August 31, 7:30-8:30 a.m. ET. Register<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F… for the webinar. The attached flyer provides more information on this month's speaker. The series will feature monthly webinars over the next year, leading up to the UN FAO XV World Forestry Congress in May 2022. "Building a Green Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests" is the theme and the Congress will be held in South Korea. Learn more about the bioeconomy and the webinar series<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2…. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10