Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the 17 goals (SDG5) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Although important progress has been made in several areas, gender inequalities are still deeply rooted in societies worldwide. Read this interview with IUFRO officeholders! More…

World Wood Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on 21 March in order to highlight wood as an ecofriendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise awareness on the key role wood plays in a sustainable world through biodiversity and forest conservation. Find out about the scientific symposium held on this occasion. More…

This seminar series provides regional perspectives on the design, construction, and management of forest road systems. The intent is to provide the participants with regional views of what forest roads are and the major factors affecting them. More…

The first webinar of the new IUFRO Division 6 webinar series was successfully held on 19 March 2021. It presented and discussed research on the role of forests, nature, and public space in urban areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. More...

The meeting "Forest Science for Future Forests: Forest genetic monitoring and biodiversity in changing environments" was held on 21-25 September 2020 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. FGM aims at the assessment of the current state of genetic variation and the quantification of its relevant changes at a temporal scale. Its main goal is to preserve the long-term adaptive evolutionary potential. More…

The recorded webinars entitled "Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems: past, present and future" and "Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene" are now available. More...

Fifty-two office holders of the IUFRO Silviculture Division got together in an online meeting on 23 February 2021 to exchange views on strategic issues and report on on-going activities and future plans. The meeting started with four scientific and technical presentations. More…

Report by Boutheina Stiti, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunisia, and Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Working Party 4.05.01 - Managerial, social and environmental accounting, on the 10th International Ecology Symposium and the 6th International Congress of Plant and Animal Biodiversity - CIBVA6- 2020. More…

The project, named 'BAC-STOP' (Bacteria: Advancement of Control and Knowledge to Save Threatened Oak and Protect them for Future Generations'), will focus on Acute Oak Decline (AOD) - an emerging complex disease in which bacteria cause stem lesions on native species of British oak: BAC-STOP - BPD-UK. More…

Exactly 100 years ago the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC) started investing in forest research. It was 1921 when the BC Forest Branch hired the first research scientist, J.L. Alexander, to work on forest regeneration, growth and yield, and fire protection. More…

On 1 April 2021 IUFRO Vice-President Daniela Kleinschmit joined the Rectorate of the University of Freiburg, Germany as new part-time Vice-President. The environmental social scientist Professor Kleinschmit will be responsible for issues of internationalization and sustainability. More...

All information on the XXV IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, has now been compiled in a beautiful brochure by the Congress Organizing team from Embrapa Forestry, Brazil. "Enjoy good memories, enjoy good times! The effort to document each session and every detail of the IUFRO2019 Congress has been done with you in mind!" More…

IUFRO Division 8 - Unit 8.03.00 Natural hazards and risk management, in particular - mourns the loss of our colleague and friend Karl (Charly) Kleemayr, who passed away on Friday 26 February 2021. We remember Charly's enthusiasm and creativity in advancing the knowledge and value of forest-based solutions for the prevention of natural hazards. More…

IUFRO Occasional Paper 33 now also in French: 'Mise en œuvre de la restauration des paysages forestiers: Leçons apprises de paysages sélectionnés en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique latine'. More…

In preparation for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a coalition of 41 organizations prepared a global online survey to identify existing capacity needs to scale up restoration. Participate until 15 April! More…

In many countries land degradation is severe and widespread, and restoration will be a task for many years to come. So, capacities there must be enhanced to help shape a more sustainable world. More…

Look back on early issues of IUFRO News, read news from Division 4.00.00 - Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management, get latest updates on criteria and indicators, or join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics! More…

Find information on recent research papers and special journal issues, newly published proceedings from IUFRO meetings, and calls for submissions to journals! More…

Calls for nominations for the Premi Ramon Margalef D'Ecologia and the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2021 are still open! More…