A Pre-World Forest Week high-level dialogue titled "WOOD for GLOBE:  Leading pathways to carbon neutrality and resilience" brought together around 400 participants in person and online. Throughout the session, participants called to scale up sustainable wood pathways and to join efforts to accelerate the adoption of wood-based solutions. More…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) marked the 75th anniversary of their collaboration for the benefit of forests and people worldwide in the week of the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry in Rome. More…

Filipino community leader Nida Collado won the 2024 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award for her outstanding achievements and steadfast commitment to forest conservation and restoration and improving livelihoods. The award was presented by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). More…

Outcomes of the 27th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 27) included, among other things, the approval of The State of the World's Forests (SOFO 2024) report and endorsement of the FAO Forestry Roadmap 2024-2031. SOFO 2024 says that there is evidence to suggest that climate change is making forests more vulnerable to stressors such as wildfires and pests. More…

The 2024 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference is the biennial meeting on genomics, molecular biology and biotechnology of forest trees, associated with the IUFRO Working Party 2.04.06. This year's meeting was held in Annapolis, MD, USA on August 4th to 8th. More…

Seed orchards represent an advanced seed breeding technology that incorporates knowledge from different fields such as population genetics, genomics, tree breeding, silviculture, and forest health. The meeting brought 86 participants from 18 countries to Brasov, Romania. It was hosted by "Marin Dracea" National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry. More…

A 2-hour Teak Session (T2.29) entitled "Strengthening Teak Forest Management for Sustainable Teakwood Supply Chains and Trade" was successfully organized by IUFRO Working Party 5.06.02 on 28th June 2024. At the session, TEAKNET Coordinator Dr. Sandeep S. presented the results of the "Global Teak Resources and Market Assessment 2022" (TRMA 2022). More…

IUFRO congratulates Dr. Kamal Gandhi on the receipt of the A.D. Hopkins Award of the Southern Forest Health Work Conference (SFHWC). The A.D. Hopkins Award is presented to an individual with an outstanding record of service to southern forest health. More…

Hello everyone, I'm Fernanda Gonzalez, a 26-year-old from Oaxaca, Mexico with a passion for forest, wildlife, conservation and statistics. Recently I completed my master's degree in Forest Resources Management at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. I started my two months' IFSA internship at IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna at the beginning of September. More…

This 2nd updated edition prepared by Victor K. Teplyakov presents biographical sketches of recipients of the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award including IUFRO World Congress awardees. The Honorary Membership and Scientific Achievement Award publications have also been updated. More…

This Scientific Background Paper is part of the project "Wood for Globe - Towards a Global Wood Policy Platform:  Sustainable Wood for a Carbon-Neutral Bioeconomy", led by IUFRO and funded through the Forest Fund of the Republic of Austria". More…

The manual, a project of IUFRO Working Party 9.01.02 Communication and public relations launched at the IUFRO World Congress now appears in a fresh look! The manual contains a wealth of new content, including a chapter on forest psychology and fresh perspectives on best practices illustrated through case studies. More…

Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a global priority aimed at reversing forest loss and degradation. While humans are central to restoration efforts, their role is often underrepresented in forest restoration projects. A new report by IUFRO, WWF, SER, and UNIL addresses this gap by focusing on the human dimensions of FLR. More…

The abstracts of papers and posters accepted for the IUFRO World Congress have been compiled and are now available for download from the IUFRO World Congress landing page. Also, you will find a selection of photos from the Congress (Flickr), videos and other information. More…

In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW) and international collaborators, including IUFRO officeholders, stress the crucial role of "assisted migration" – a strategy of selecting tree species and seed sources that are best adapted to future climate conditions. More…