[IUFRO Div 4] ForestCORE, Medellin Colombia, June 22-25, 2026

Dear IUFRO-Division 4 members, I am thrilled to invite everyone to the international conference ForestCORE <https://www.ingeobosque.org/forestcore/> - Sustainability, Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions, an event that aims to facilitate a technical and scientific dialogue to understand the synergies and trade-offs between timber production and forest ecosystem services, and to expand the discussion to alternative and emerging markets of nature-based solutions. The conference includes: i) forest biometrics, quantitative ecology, forest inventory, remote sensing, and small-area estimation; ii) quantitative silviculture and genetics; and iii) forest planning, economics, and finance. Huge thanks to ForestCORE co-directors Laura Flórez Botero <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraflorezbotero/> (Ingeobosque) and Dr. Sergio Alonso Orrego Suaza <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergioorrego170/> (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín), and to Lina Motta Barrera <https://www.linkedin.com/in/linamottab/> (Ingeobosque) and María Paulina Vásquez Patiño <https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-paulina-vasquez-patino-11a59b251/> (Ingeobosque) for their assistance in conference planning. We also appreciate the support of IUFRO’s Research Groups 4.03.00 - Landscape analysis and decision support <https://lnkd.in/eXsr7m_T> and 4.04.00 - Forest management planning <https://lnkd.in/e4SMgWJa>, and their coordinator officials, Drs. Bogdan M Strimbu <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-m-strimbu-961719279/> (Oregon State University) and Pete Bettinger <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-bettinger-18a442a/> (University of Georgia). We look forward to hearing from you (abstract submission is open, registration coming soon!) and seeing you in Medellin, Colombia, in June 2026. ------------------------------- Héctor Restrepo, Ph.D. [image: image.png] ForestCore – Ingeobosque <https://www.ingeobosque.org/forestcore/>