September 2011 - div5 - lists.iufro.org

ICSU - 30th General Assembly - Press Releases

by burger

Dear Colleagues, ICSU is currently holding its 30th General Assembly in Rome, Italy, in which IUFRO is represented by Deputy Executive Director Michael Kleine. Two press releases were issued at the conclusion of yesterday's session of the 30th General Assembly: - Research solutions for sustainability in a rapidly changing world: http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20relea se%20ESSI.pdf/view - New Global science initiative on Urban Health: http://www.icsu.org/general-assembly/press-room/press-releases/Press%20Relea se%20Urban%20Health.pdf/view You are welcome to forward these press releases to your contacts. Best regards Brigitte Burger IUFRO Headquarters ------------------------------------ forwarded on behalf of Michael Kleine by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters.

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IUFRO D5 Conference 2012 - 3rd Announcement - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

by IUFRO 2012, All Division 5 Conference

IUFRO D5 Conference 2012 - 3rd Announcement Call for proposals | abstracts Dear Colleagues and friends, Next year, from July 8 to 13 2012, the IUFRO Division 5 Conference FORESTS & FOREST PRODUCTS will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. TECHNICAL SESSIONS The proposed sessions are already online and OPEN FOR MORE PROPOSALS ( <http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=38> find more). TOPICS ( <http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=61> find more) Contributions are invited that relate to the following topics: Wood Quality | Physiomechanical Properties of Wood | Wood-based materials and their Applications | Wood Processing | Wood Protection | Composites and Reconstituted Products | Pulp & Paper | Properties and Utilization of Plantation Woods | Energy and Chemicals from Forest Biomass | Forest Products Marketing | Non-wood Forest Products | Forest Products Education | Wood Culture | The Role of Wood in a Sustainable Society | Cork: the ultimate sustainable forestry practice Instructions and submissions, please click here <http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=37> . DEADLINES Technical Sessions proposals - October 31st 2011. Submission of abstracts November 14th 2011 IUFRO, along with the Technical University of Lisbon/ ISA invites you to take an active part in this important event through submitting more proposals / abstracts that surely will enrich the ambitious program. The 2012 D5 Conference hopes to address some of the major issues concerning <http://www.iufro.org/typo3conf/ext/tcdirectmail/web/tclick.php?l=aHR0cDovL3 d3dy5pdWZybzIwMTIub3JnL25tX3F1ZW1zb21vcy5waHA/aWQ9NjM=> FORESTS AND FOREST PRODUCTS now and into the future with keynote talks and technical sessions. It would be greatly appreciated, if you can forward this information to your colleagues, friends, students, or anyone who may be interested in the conference. Looking forward to receiving your contributions. Best regards Pekka Saranpää (Finland) Conference Chair Jamie Barbour (USA) Conference Co-Chair Helena Pereira (Portugal) Local Organising Committee Chair ............................................................................ ................................................ T H E THE HOUSE OF EVENTS Congress Agency & PCO Organising Committee Support PHONE: +351 22 834 8940 MOBILE: +351 93 244 8914 ............................................................................ ................................................. IUFRO 2012, All D5 CONFERENCE <http://www.iufro2012.org/> Estoril Congress Centre, 8 >13 July12 ............................................................................ .................................................... Este e-mail contém informação que julgamos ser de interesse para o destinatário. No entanto se desejar ser removido da nossa mailing list responda a este e-mail com o assunto remover. Se desejar actualizar os seus dados por favor responda a este e-mail com o assunto actualização e os seus dados. This E-Mail contains information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient and/or if you have received this communication by error, please delete this mail and notify the sender immediately. Any use, distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of contents of this E-Mail in any way or in any matter is strictly prohibited.

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IRG43 International Research Group on Wood Protection Conference

by Andrew Wong

Dear all, The International Research Group on Wood Protection (www.irg-wp.com) in cooperation with IUFRO 5.03 will have ts 43rd Annual Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, 6-10 May 2010. For details of this announcement, please follow the link below. You can also access the conference website http://irg43.my Please be informed that the conference is posted in our IUFRO Calendar of Meetings, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/, it is therefore in the activities pages of your Unit, http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50300/activities/. It is in our RSS feed, http://www.iufro.org/events/rss/, and will be in GFIS, the Global Forest Information Service, http://www.gfis.net/. The conference will also be announced in one of the next issues of our electronic newsletter IUFRO News. Please help to circulate this conference announcement to your colleagues. I like to urge especially officers of 5.03.xx WP's (as well as from other areas in D5) to consider planning for this conference (paper/poster offers) that brings together the world's recognised wood protection scientists under one roof to deliberate on new finding in this research area. This scientific conference is held annually arond the world since 1969 and will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the first time. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew H.H. Wong, D.Phil Coordinator, IUFRO D5 (Forest Products), www.iufro.org Email: awong.unimas(a)gmail.com ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my Fax: +6082-583160 Tel: +6082-582936 Mobile: +6017 3992509 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Resource Science & Technology 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Malaysia

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2011 INBAR Bamboo Tour to China

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2011 INBAR Bamboo Industrial Tour 18-24 November 2011, Zhejiang, China The objective of the annual bamboo study tours is to share the experience of Chinese bamboo development and to promote bamboo development in other countries. The bamboo study tours have attracted many attentions; hence we will organize the 2011 Bamboo Industrial Tour to China 18-24 November for 7 days to visit Zhejiang province(5 days classroom training are planned but it will be arranged if there are enough people interested in it). The cost in China is 1200$/person covering accommodation, food, transportation and entrance tickets in China between 18-24 November. Participants should cover their international flights and the domestic flights to and from Hangzhou as well as travel insurance and visa fee. Here, you can read the <http://world-bamboo.blogspot.com/> reports of 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009 bamboo tours and see some <http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii63/bamboo-photo/> photos of the tours. The itinerary will be available soon and below is the draft for the visiting. All participants should arrive in Hangzhou airport on 18 November and depart from Hangzhou airport on 24 November. In Zhejiang we will visit some leading bamboo flooring manufacturers like DASSO (who produced bamboo fire-proof ceiling in Madrid international airport, which won 2006 Sterlinz prize. DASSO is producing bamboo veneer for 70,000 BMW cars' interior decoration and 40m long bamboo wind turbine blade manufacturer), producer of strand woven bamboo lumber and floor), Shengbang(bamboo concrete form and firber board), Xieqiang(bamboo curtain and mat); Kangxing bamboo shoot processing company, Shenshi Bio-product company(bamboo extract like flavonoid, bamboo beer), Wenzhao, the biggest bamboo charcoal company(charcoal and vinegar) and the only <http://www.8185075.com/china/news_views.asp?newsid=289> China Bamboo Charcoal Museum in the world, some primitive processing workshops(bamboo strips) on community level, Huachun bamboo furniture company, Jitai bamboo processing machine company and Anji bamboo product market(hundreds bamboo products including bamboo clothes). We will also visit the biggest bamboo botanic garden in the world, <http://www.cnbamboo.cn/YQJG.asp> Anji Bamboo Garden, which has more than 300 bamboo species plus two giant pandas, and Chinese Bamboo Museum in this garden; High-yield bamboo plantation, bamboo film production base ( <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon> Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Banquet_(2006_film)> Banquet) and eco-tourism sites, ornamental bamboo nursery. We will visit some bamboo research institutions like Zhejiang Agro-Forestry University (visiting bamboo products showroom, bamboo charcoal, bamboo tissue culture lab). We try to dialogues with local politicians and experts on bamboo sector policies and technology, which encourage the enterprisers to invest in other bamboo production countries like Africa and Asia and America etc. We may help participants find suitable bamboo processing machine manufacturers (strand woven bamboo, bamboo floor, charcoal briquette and so on). Tentative schedule 18 Nov. arrive in Hangzhou 19 Nov. Hangzhou city-Suichang county of Zhejiang province 20 Nov. Suichang county-Lin'an county 21 Nov. Lin'an county-Anji county 22-23 Nov. in Anji county 24 Nov. departure from Hangzhou 25-30 Nov. classroom training Day 1 bamboo cultivation and stand management Day 2 bamboo treatment and floor Day 3 bamboo veneer Day 4 strand woven bamboo production and its use Day 5 bamboo charcoal Day 6 departure from Hangzhou airport of Zhejiang province Please download the registration form and payment form here <http://www.inbar.int/Admin/ewebeditor6/uploadfile/20100126181813730.doc> 2011 tour form and payment.doc . For more information, please contact: Ms Li Xin and Dr. Fu Jinhe, INBAR E-mail: <mailto:xli@inbar.int> xli(a)inbar.int and <mailto:jfu@inbar.int> jfu(a)inbar.int More details of the Previous tours In cooperation with the International Center for Research on Agro-Forestry (ICRAF), INBAR organized <http://oldsite.inbar.int/news.asp?vpid=15> 2005 Bamboo Study Tour in Zhejiang province of China from 10th-16th May, 2005. 20 participants form 7 countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, U.S.A, Vietnam and Thailand) joined the study tour and witnessed the achievements of Chinese bamboo development over the last 30 years. At the request of UNIDO, INBAR organized a <http://world-bamboo.blogspot.com/> 2007 bamboo study tour from 15-24 April in Zhejiang and Sichuang provinces of China. There were 18 participants from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Australia, Malaysia, India and Netherlands, including Mr. Ahmed Nassir, the State Minister of Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, the Director General of Ethiopia Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency, the Permanent Secretary of Kenya, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource, the Director of Kenya Forest Research Institute and Dr. Coosje Hoogendoorn, Director General of INBAR. >From 3-7 Nov, 2007, INBAR organized a bamboo tour in Zhejiang province for 4 ministers of INBAR member countries, CFC official and diplomats. INBAR's <http://world-bamboo.blogspot.com/> 2008 Bamboo Tour had 14 participants from Australia, Ethiopia, Laos, Mexico, Kenya, Uganda, and the USA. The director of Kenya Forest Service joined the tour. 22 participants from 11 countries (Brazil, Britain, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, the Philippines and the U.S.A.) joined the <http://www.inbar.int/show.asp?BoardID=98&NewsID=529> 2009 Bamboo Tour. The bamboo tour from 19-29 May 2010 attracted 27 participants from 12 countries, among which there was a Thai group consisting 11 members, and the remainder from Indonesia, the Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, Jamaica, Belize, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Mauritius. The 10-day trip covered 6 cities/counties - Shanghai, An'ji County, Lin'an County, Suichang County, Hangzhou city in Zhejiang Province, Chengdu in Sichuan Province. In 2011, INBAR's Bamboo Tour ran from 19 to 30 June. 26 people from 10 countries participated in this tour, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, Brazil, German, South Africa, USA, Cameron, Britain, Vietnam, China, from different organizations and companies related to bamboo. The tour group visited Hangzhou, Suichang, Lin'an, Anji, Qingshen, Chengdu and finally Xi'an and exchanged different bamboo experiences with local companies and families, from cultivation to various bamboo products production. ------------------------- circulated on behalf of Jinhe FU, INBAR, by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters

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WOODCHEM 2011

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LAST CALL FOR PAPERS (Extended deadline : September, 10th 2011) The WOODCHEM 2011 ( <http://www.woodchem.fr/> www.woodchem.fr) Congress is an international scientific conference which provides an excellent opportunity for discussion and exchange of knowledge between scientists, engineers, industrials and other specialists having an interest in topics related to Chemical and Biochemical valorization of wood and the corresponding biomass. WOODCHEM 2011 will take place in Strasbourg, France on December 1st and 2nd, 2011. The congress is organized by both the University of Strasbourg and the French Fibers Innovative Cluster. WOODCHEM 2011 will cover a wide range of topics related to wood valorization and wood-based products and will provide an opportunity for scientists, engineers, technology developers, practitioners, policy makers and government officials to showcase leading-edge technology for future sustainable large scaled wood-based industries. Our organization and technical committees are dedicated to the organization of a rewarding congress for all participants. It is our pleasure to invite authors to contribute with oral communications and posters related to the topics covered by the congress and to participate in WOODCHEM 2011. Topics of the congress The Woodchem® 2011 conference will focus on the biochemical and chemical valorization of wood and its by products. We expect technical science contributions on the following topics : · clean extraction processes · biorefinery towards green materials and processes · market applications The program is as follows: December, 1st 2011 Session 1 Wood biomass and biorefinery Session 2 Biochemical modification processes for the biomass Session 3 Chemical modification processes for the biomass December, 2nd 2011 The 2nd day is dedicated to market applications: Session 4 Chemical industries (Building blocks) Session 5 Healthcare and Hygiene Session 6 Transportation / automotive Session 7 Building and housing Keynote Speakers - Jack SADDLER (Canada) - Michael O DONOHUE (France) - Roger ROWELL (USA) - Serge TRETJAK (France) Call for papers We invite authors to contribute with original papers related to the topics covered by Woodchem® 2011 for presentation at the congress. The submitted abstracts and full papers will be subject to peer review. Papers accepted for oral presentation will be given 20 minutes presentation time. Abstracts Authors should carefully read the instructions on the internet site here Deadlines for abstracts extended to September, 10th 2011 Acceptance communicated no later than September, 30 th 2011 Abstracts must be submitted to the following address: pascale.bridou(a)wanadoo.fr Full paper Once the abstract is accepted the selected authors can submit a full paper for publication in the Cellulose Chemistry and Technology Journal, with which an agreement has been made for the edition of a selection of papers in full format. Specific guidelines are available on the website here The deadline for the full paper will be published on the website. Please do not hesitate to get back to us should you need any further information: WOODCHEM® Secretariat : Pôle de Compétitivité Fibres (« the French Fibers Innovative Cluster ») 27 rue Philippe Séguin F-88000 Epinal Contact person: Agnès Szabo E-mail: agnes.szabo(a)polefibres.fr www.woodchem.fr <http://www.woodchem.fr/> ----------------------------------------- circulated on behalf of Dave Cown by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters

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World Bamboo Day

by Susanne Lucas, Executive Director WBO

You're receiving this newsletter because you opted in for our updates. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/e/ttiddry/ohljliyuh/i/. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/u/ttiddry/ohljliyuh/d/. In this issue WORLD BAMBOO DAY Fwd to a friend Think you know someone that will enjoy this email? Why not send it to a friend? http://worldbamboo.forwardtomyfriend.com/r/ohljliyuh/A109944D/ttiddry/l/h Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this mail please unsubscribe http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/u/ttiddry/ohljliyuh/k/. Sunday 4 9 2011 WORLD BAMBOO DAY 18 SEPTEMBER EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD! Sorry, but I posted the incorrect URL for the World Bamboo Day website ! Please check again at all the events planned around the world for celebrating World Bamboo Day on the 18th of September! Just since yesterday, 2 new events are posted! [http://www.worldbambooday.org] {sadly, our original website was hacked and stolen....it was www .worldbamboo.org ........our official site has been moved to [http://www.worldbamboo.net] back to top © 2010 World Bamboo Organization. All Rights Reserved.

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Virtual World Bamboo Exhibition

by Susanne Lucas, Executive Director WBO

You're receiving this newsletter because you opted in for our updates. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/e/ttiidit/ohljliyuh/i/. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/u/ttiidit/ohljliyuh/d/. In this issue Virtual World Bamboo Exhibition 9th World Bamboo Congress World Bamboo Day! American Bamboo Society Annual Meeting 2011 Fwd to a friend Think you know someone that will enjoy this email? Why not send it to a friend? http://worldbamboo.forwardtomyfriend.com/r/ohljliyuh/A109944D/ttiidit/l/h Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this mail please unsubscribe http://worldbamboo.cmail3.com/t/r/u/ttiidit/ohljliyuh/k/. Saturday 3 9 2011 Virtual World Bamboo Exhibition [http://www.ivec.biz/172834/bamboo-exhibition] The World Bamboo Exhibition (WBE) [http://www.ivec.biz/172834/bamboo-exhibition] and co-sponsor The World Bamboo Organization (WBO) [http://www.worldbamboo.net/about/] are proud to announce the launch of the first World Bamboo virtual exhibition. [http://www.ivec.biz/172834/bamboo-exhibition] Launch date: 1st April 2012 at the I nternational Virtual Exhibition Center (IVEC). [http://www.ivec.biz/172834/bamboo-exhibition] This virtual exhibition will advertise bamboo companies and organizations in 3D booth format, combining text, photos and videos that will be designed by IVEC staff, considering individual client requirements from the existing range of booths and adjusting it to the specific needs, products and style of each exhibitor. The World Bamboo Exhibition's aim is to gather together all in one place those entities that deal in the trade, research and development, design and architecture and industry of all bamboo products, from commercial plantations to artists, thus creating a beautiful huge exhibition hall to further a worldwide boom in the bamboo trade. The World Bamboo Organization fully endorses the WBE. The structure of the IVEC website that hosts the World Bamboo Exhibition is unique in that the exhibiting companies will enjoy united marketing efforts both in the IVEC advertisement and in the search engine optimization efforts in Google and other search engines. The World Bamboo Exhibition [http://www.ivec.biz/172834/bamboo-exhibition] creates a win-win situation where participating companies do not compete with each other; actually, the opposite is true! Each visitor who enters to the World Bamboo Exhibition increases the site's total exposure in Google and other search engines, and increases the potential of visiting also all other exhibitors . This is a First Call for companies, individuals, organizations = anyone working in bamboo -= to take an interest in this global project. For registration and details please contact WBE Developer, Ran Lichtner, by email: [Bambu3d(a)gmail.com] back to top 9th World Bamboo Congress Register Now! Space is Limited. 10 - 13 April 2012 Antwerp, BELGIUM [http://www.worldbamboocongress.org] back to top World Bamboo Day! How will YOU celebrate????? 18 SEPTEMBER See what is happening around the world: www.worldbambooday.org [http://www.worldbamboo.org] back to top American Bamboo Society Annual Meeting 2011 13 - 16 October 2011 Lafayette, LOUISIANA U.S.A. Sponsored by the Louisiana-Gulf Coast Chapter, ABS Includes educational presentations, tours of historic bamboo groves on Avery Island, Jungle Gardens, Jefferson Island and much more! See details on the new ABS website: [http://www.bamboo.org] back to top © 2010 World Bamboo Organization. All Rights Reserved.

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World Bamboo Organization (WBO) - Newsletter

by burger

Sunday 14 8 2011 In this issue Welcome, Paul Weatherly World Bamboo Day 2011 - just a month away! Call for Papers, 9th WBC 9th World Bamboo Congress: Belgium ---------------------------------------- Welcome, Paul Weatherly Please join me in welcoming Paul Weatherly to the World Bamboo Organization Honorary Council [ <http://worldbamboo.net/about/board-of-directors/> http://worldbamboo.net/about/board-of-directors/]. These past months have brought some very helpful conversation and collaboration, thanks to Paul's input. Paul is the CEO of Gorilla Bond, [ <http://www.gorillabond.com/> http://www.gorillabond.com] and is a well-known environmentalist and has worked as a natural resources and agriculture sector consultant in 35 countries for USAID, World Bank, Ford Foundation, Asian Development Bank, Global Environment Facility, World Resources Institute, ICUN, Sierra Club, IIE, and PACT. He holds a degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in electrical engineering, as well as a PhD from Yale University in biology. Gorilla Bond is a company involved in sustainable and socially responsible bamboo solutions for Africa. As Executive Director, I look forward to Paul's assistance on global environmental issues involving bamboo and having yet another intelligent friend on the Honorary Council to help move our mission forward. Send Paul an email and get to know one another! Thank you, Susanne ---------------------------------------- World Bamboo Day 2011 - just a month away! [ <http://www.worldbambooday.org/> http://www.worldbambooday.org] September 18 is World Bamboo Day, as declared in 2009 by the government of Thailand during the 8th World Bamboo Congress held in Bangkok. Modelled after Earth Day (see its history [ <http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement%5D> http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement]), World Bamboo Day is an opportunity to promote bamboo in all its glories and take action to see that bamboo garners attention as an agent to help the environment, promote community development, and promote the development of sustainable bamboo plantations for modern applications in a world of diminishing forests and changing climate. How will you celebrate this day of bamboo? Please visit our website and see planned events for this year, and let us hear from you about your own event! [ <http://www.worldbambooday.org/> http://www.worldbambooday.org] ---------------------------------------- Call for Papers, 9th WBC Dear colleagues, As you may know, from April 10-13, 2012 the University of Antwerp will host the 9th World Bamboo Congress. All information can be found on our website: [ <http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/> http://www.worldbamboocongress.org] More information on background, organising and scientific committees is at : [ <http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/about> http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/about] In Antwerp the focus will be on science, for a very specific reason: The potential of bamboo in forestry and ecosystems or as raw material remains high, but sound scientific methods and data are needed to back up strategies and policies. We hereby invite you to submit your research paper : the deadline for submission is November 1, 2011. All necessary information is provided at <http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/call> http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/call We look forward to many interesting and valuable contributions. Yours truly, Walter Liese and Johan Gielis, on behalf of the scientific committee. Geert Potters and Frances Schutte, on behalf of the organizing committee WBC Belgium Secretariat Ms. Frances Schutte is the WBC Belgium Secretariat. If you have queries, please contact Frances via her email address: <mailto:secretariat@worldbamboocongress.org> secretariat(a)worldbamboocongress.org ---------------------------------------- 9th World Bamboo Congress : Belgium, 10 - 13 April 2012 Please see full details on the Congress website: [ <http://www.worldbamboocongress.org/> http://www.worldbamboocongress.org] At the last WBC, held in Bangkok, 2009, many of the WBO members were present and took part in the event as speakers, session chairs, committee members or happy attendees. I personally invite each and every one of you to please consider joining us in Antwerp next April for this very important event. Each of you has something very useful and something wonderfully interesting to share with the many participants who will be coming from around the world. Please consider submitting a paper, volunteering on a committee, or simply coming to Belgium to learn about the newest in bamboo science and technologies. Please let me hear from you, and if you can't be with us in Belgium, send us news of your work in bamboo and we'll share it on our website. My best regards and continued thanks, Susanne ----------- Susanne Lucas Executive Director, World Bamboo Organization <http://www.worldbamboo.net/> www.worldbamboo.net mobile <tel:508-685-0342> 508-685-0342 C 2010 World Bamboo Organization. All Rights Reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- forwarded on behalf of WBO by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters

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