[IUFRO Div 7] 2019 IUFRO World Congress Awards - Reminder: Nominate Your Candidates Now!

XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019 "Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development" Curitiba, Brazil; 29 September - 5 October 2019 Congress website: <http://www.iufro2019.com/> http://www.iufro2019.com/ #IUFRO2019 2019 IUFRO World Congress Awards - Reminder: Nominate Your Candidates Now! For the upcoming IUFRO World Congress 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil, there will again be an opportunity to honor special scientific performances and achievements with selected IUFRO Awards. There are still good chances for your candidates to be among the award winners, and to receive a ticket to travel to Curitiba and be given the opportunity to present the award winning work to the Congress participants. Therefore, choose among the Scientific Achievement Award (SAA), Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA) and the IUFRO Student Award (ISA) and make your nominations soon. Note that you should only nominate candidates from IUFRO Member Organizations! No self-nominations are accepted! The deadline for submission is 31 August 2018. (See awards below.) Find more information and the nomination forms on our website https://www.iufro.org/discover/awards/. Send your nominations to the Chair of the IUFRO Honors & Awards Committee (Professor John Innes, john.innes(a)ubc.ca) with copy to the IUFRO Executive Director (office(a)iufro.org). Scientific Achievement Award (SAA) Up to 10 awards to recognize distinguished individual scientific achievements within the fields of research covered by IUFRO. Criteria for judgment are: dissemination of results, implementation of knowledge, methods or techniques in practical forestry and skilled research management (success in publications, meetings, funding, etc. in a larger group than the individual) and involvement in IUFRO activities. Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA) One award per IUFRO Division to recognize outstanding individual scientific achievements among young Doctoral researchers and to encourage further work within the fields of research covered by the Union. IUFRO Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science (ISA) Up to three awards to recognize outstanding individual achievements related to the main theme and sub-themes of the IUFRO World Congress made by Master's degree students (or equivalent), and to encourage their further work within the fields of research covered by the Union. Nominations can be made through IUFRO Members and through the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) via the IFSA Secretariat/Liaison Officer. Furthermore, the Congress will also offer Best Poster Award (BPA) To encourage public dissemination of high quality research and to recognize distinguished poster presentations by young scientists during the IUFRO World Congress. and IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award Honours a truly outstanding scientist from the Congress host country/countries who has elevated the profile of forest science and research accomplishments. https://www.iufro.org/news/article/2017/03/06/iufro-world-congress-2019-nomi nations-for-awards/