Dear IUFRO Colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to the International symposium on sustainable forest management, taking place from 30 August - 2 September 2016 in Mie, Ise-Shima Japan. Ise-Shima in Mie Prefecture is 2016 G7 Japan Summit site. In Ise-Shima, you can find not only Ise Jingu Shrine with a long history, but also marvelous natural beauty including the rich forest and sea. In such an environment, we will make this symposium a fruitful one. We are inviting people who are interested in philosophy and technology for sustainable forest management in a rapidly changing world. Please visit our website and contact the secretariat of the organizing committee by email: forcom2016(a)gmail.com http://www.bio.mie-u.ac.jp/kankyo/shizen/lab4/ http://www.bio.mie-u.ac.jp/kankyo/shizen/lab4/fc2016new/index.html Sincerely, Prof. Naoto Matsumura, Mie University, Japan -- Naoto Matsumura nma(a)bio.mie-u.ac.jp Forest planning for the environment Fac. of Bioresources, Mie University Tsu, 514-8507, Japan, Phone: (+81) 59-231-9507 Fax: (+81) 59-231-9591