In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, authors, including IUFRO Officeholders, provide the first comprehensive assessment of how ozone pollution can alter the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and, thus, threaten biodiversity. More…

Nelson Grima joined the Global Forest Expert Panels Programme (GFEP) on 1 September as one of two GFEP Project Managers. Nelson will follow Andre Purret, who has held this position for several years and will continue to work in IUFRO Headquarters. More…

This IUFRO regional conference, organized in collaboration with IBFRA and IFSA, will bring together scientists, educators and students from throughout Russia, countries of the Central and Northeast Asian region, and around the world. More…

The IUFRO-WFSE Side Event at the 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 9 July 2020 event discussed the role of forests and forestry in transformative change, the levers of change across complex systems and ways to accelerate the progress towards sustainability. More…

Both the EFI-IFSA-IUFRO project and the FAO-ITTO-IUFRO global forest education project have launched surveys on educating towards forest-related employment and the status of forest education, respectively. More…

The first digital General Assembly of the International Forestry Students' Association took place from 17-22 August 2020. IUFRO President John Parrotta delivered a welcome address and underlined the longstanding and excellent relationship between IUFRO and IFSA dating back to 2002. More…

IUFRO's Immediate Past President Mike Wingfield, University of Pretoria (UP), won the "Special Annual Theme Award: Plant Health", one of this year's National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards, also known as the "Science Oscars" of South Africa. More…

This award of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) recognizes broad and outstanding contributions to the field of forestry with emphasis on, but not limited to, policy and national or international activities. The award is presented at the SAF National Convention and will be presented this year on Oct. 29.  More…

In 2021, the CPF will award another individual for her/his outstanding achievements for forests during the XV World Forestry Congress on 24-28 May 2021, in Seoul, Korea. Nominate your candidates! More…

The 2020 Marcus Wallenberg Prize event will be held in the autumn of 2021. The Prize event was planned for October 2020. The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation has however decided to postpone the ceremony and symposium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More…

We are sad to inform you that the active IUFRO officeholder and promoter of IUFRO in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, Professor Nikolai Alexandrovich Moiseev, passed away on 23 July 2020 at the age of 90. More…

This book by Victor Teplyakov presents biographical sketches of recipients of the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award. More…

Stopping deforestation is crucial for the future of our planet. This book edited by William Nikolakis and John Innes, both of UBC, Canada, addresses the problems with balancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which inevitably have crosscutting effects on initiatives to address deforestation. More…

IUFRO Division 4 - Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management - has started a newsletter to keep everyone connected and updated on Research Group and Working Party activities – as well as IUFRO-wide news. More…

IUFRO-J now has a New Chair, Dr. Tohru Nakashizuka. News Issue No. 128 contains a message from him. Reports of the IUFRO International Council Meetings in Curitiba and an annual report of IUFRO-J activities are also included in this issue. More…

IUFRO put the Spotlight on the IUFRO Task Force on Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products, which aims to support the integration of non-timber forest products into bioeconomic approaches worldwide. More…

MSU and Michigan Tech researchers study using lignin from wood and agricultural waste to replace petroleum-based polyols in polyurethane foams and adhesives. Guest blog by Lauren Noel, Communications Manager for the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University (IUFRO Member Organization) More…

Communities work together to restore forests - an example from Nepal: Jalthal forest is a 6,000 ha forested land in the densely populated region in the lowland of Southeastern Nepal. For the last two decades the forest has been vastly invaded by Mikania micrantha, which is among the 100 worst invasive species. Guest blog by Lila Nath Sharma, PhD, from IUFRO Member Organization ForestAction Nepal.  More…

Read this interview with Dr. Andrey Krasovskiy published in French. Dr. Krasovskiy is a Research Scholar working with the Ecosystems Services and Management Program (ESM) of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and a member of the IUFRO Task Force "Fire$: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity": More…

Read about a new rapid DNA detection method developed at the University of British Columbia can identify certain tree pests and pathogens. Also find an article entitled "La déforestation n'est pas une fatalité, mais un choix politique" published by CIRAD researchers in the French newspaper "Le Monde".  More…

This editorial of ‘Landscape Ecology' by João C. Azevedo, Sandra Luque, Cynnamon Dobbs, Giovanni Sanesi, Terry C. H. Sunderland is motivated by a webinar organized by the IUFRO Forest Landscape Ecology Working Party held on June24th, 2020. More…

This article in 'Forest Policy and Economics' by Jakob Derks, Lukas Giessen, Georg Winkel (EFI, Bonn, Germany) aims to illustrate the impact that the measures against the spread of COVID-19 have on forest recreation. More…