Call for Participation in the 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China (SFGA), is convening the 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests at the China National Convention Centre (CNCC), Beijing, China on October 23-25, 2018, with optional post Congress excursions on October 26-27 with two routes, one for the conservation planted forests in North China and one for the industrial planted forests in South China. The Congress is organized by the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), the national research institution on forestry in China.

The 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests aims to investigate the contribution of planted forests to green development in the context of global changes. Topics include the sustainability of planted forests in the context of changing climates and the future role of planted forests in bio-resources sustainability, environmental protection and green development. The Congress will also be a space of interface between scientific communities, wider society and government policy initiatives related to planted forests.

The 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests will arrange 2 plenary keynote presentations, 8 sub-plenary invited presentations, around 40 parallel technical sessions with around 240 oral presentations as well as quite a number of poster presentations.

The 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests is calling for submission of session proposals and abstracts, as well as registration for participation.

Important deadlines:

(1) Submission for session proposals: May 31, 2018 (with flexibility of submission a week later if prior communication with the Congress Secretariat is made).

(2) Submission for abstracts: July 15, 2018.

(3) Early-bird registration: July 31, 2018.

Immediately after the 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests, there will be also the 60’s anniversary celebration of the Chinese Academy of Forestry and associated international workshop in Beijing, China on October 26-27, 2018.

Please find as attached herewith the Congress Announcement.

For more information about the 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests, please refer to the Congress website www.icpf2018.net or www.icpf2018.com, or directly contact icpf2018@vip.163.com or icpf_4th@126.com.

We thank you very much and look forward to your kind participation in the 4^th International Congress on Planted Forests, either organizing sessions, or making oral/and or poster presentations, as well as just participating for academic discussions and exchange.

It will be highly appreciated if you could also help circulate the Congress among your network family as widely as possible.