IUFRO News
Issue 1/2018

 

IUFRO NEWS 1, 2018

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We are happy to present to you Issue 1 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.

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GLF 2017 - Connecting Communities: Accelerating Action for a Sustainable World




On December 19th-20th, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) brought together 1000 attendees from 103 countries in the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany. IUFRO was strongly represented at the 2017 event with two discussion forums and an exhibition booth at the Restoration Pavilion. More

 

 

 

 

 


2017 Wangari Maathai Award Presented at GLF




Brazilian forestry activist Maria Margarida Ribeiro da Silva was awarded the 2017 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award for her achievements in promoting community forest management. She was elected by an international jury which included the Immediate Past President of IUFRO, Professor Niels Elers Koch. More

 

 

 

 

 


News from the Special Project on World Forests, Society and Environment (IUFRO-WFSE)




IUFRO-WFSE has initiated a comprehensive assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts towards attaining the different SDGs on forests and forest-related livelihoods and development. Furthermore, a special issue of the International Forestry Review prepared by IUFRO-WFSE has just been published. More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Introducing IUFRO HQ Staff Member Daniel Boehnke




Daniel Boehnke is a Junior Professional Officer at the IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna, Austria and is the Secretary of the IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative, the latest collaboration between IUFRO and the European Forest Institute (EFI). More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


News from the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Initiative




The conclusions chapter of IUFRO-GFEP’s Report on Illegal Logging and Related Timber Trade is now available for download in 6 languages. Moreover, the 3rd Meeting of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water was successfully held in Vienna, Austria, including a knowledge exchange meeting between Panel members, scientists and students at Vienna’s Boku University. More

 

 

 

 


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IUFRO News 1
, 2018, published in January 2018
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