IUFRO News 9, 2023Dear Reader of IUFRO News: IUFRO News is widely distributed among IUFRO Members, officeholders and other interested groups. If you would like to publish in IUFRO News and/or contribute to the IUFRO website content, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO Headquarters: office@iufro.org IUFRO Scientific Visits: A Gateway to Research Opportunities for Young Forest ScientistsWithin the portfolio of the IUFRO-SPDC Scientist Assistance Programme (SAP), Scientific Visits grants are offered to early-career forest scientists affiliated with IUFRO Member Organizations to visit a forest research organization abroad. Read reports from three grantees! More …
Looking Forward to the XXVI IUFRO World Congress in Sweden in 2024Apply for Scientist Assistance (SAP) for IUFRO2024! - Browse Through the Choice of IUFRO2024 Excursions! - Hear About the IUFRO2024 Themes in the IUFRO Podcast! - Read About IUFRO2024 Record Submission of Abstracts! - Publication of Papers Presented in IUFRO2024 Sessions! More…
New IFSA President Presents Joint #IUFRO2024 and Other ActivitiesIsabelle Claire Dela Paz, a recent Bachelor of Science in Forestry graduate at the University of the Philippines Los Baños is the current President of the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) for 2023/2024 after 3 years of previous service, where she collaborated with IUFRO. More…
Welcoming Viola Belohrad to IUFRO Headquarters!Viola Belohrad joined the Science-Policy Programme of IUFRO as a Project Manager in September 2023 following Dikshya Devkota, who has taken up a position at the Global Environment Facility. Viola has over ten years' experience working on sustainable natural resource management and human development with a focus on tropical forests. More…
Sandesh K C, the Newest Intern at IUFRO HeadquartersA little over a year ago, Sandesh K C was an intern at a District Forest Office in Nepal, writing his bachelor's thesis and freelancing as a writer on forestry topics. Then he was awarded the Erasmus Mundus scholarship to pursue a dual master's degree in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management in Europe and became an active member of the International Forestry Students' Association. More…
Highlighting Upcoming Activities of IUFRO's Science-Policy ProgrammeThe SciPol Programme of IUFRO serves as focal point for international policy processes and facilitates IUFRO's input and representation in science-policy forums. This October, Deputy Programme Coordinator Dr. Nelson Grima will attend two important science and policy meetings in Nairoibi, Kenya, and present upcoming publications by SciPol. More…
UN SDG Summit: Launch of CPF Call to Action for Forests towards 2030The 2023 SDG Summit in September marked the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. To generate awareness of the role of forests in contributing to achieving the SDGs, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) convened a high-level event at the summit and launched a "Call to Action for Forests towards 2030". More…
20th IBFRA Conference: Climate Resilient and Sustainable Forest ManagementWith this year's theme of "Climate Resilient and Sustainable Forest Management", the 20th International Boreal Forest Research Association's (IBFRA) Conference aimed to explore ways to address the challenges caused by these changes. It included a demonstration session on sensor technologies and gamification and a forest science-policy-practice interactive afternoon. More…
Global Challenges and Innovative Management of Bark and Wood Borers in Planted and Natural ForestsThe IUFRO conference "Global challenges and innovative management of bark and wood borers in planted and natural forests" took place on 29-31 August 2023 in Bordeaux, France, and was kindly hosted by IEFC and INRAE and supported by ONF, LUTHYL project (Ecophyto, France Bois Forêt). More…
Advancing Silvicultural TechnologyFrom 22 to 24 August 2023, over 90 participants from 13 countries and four continents joined the conference titled "Advancing Silvicultural Technology" either on site in Umeå, Sweden, or online. The event, which involved IUFRO Research Group 3.02.00, was a jointly organized by IUFRO, SLU, LUKE, NIBIO, SILAVA, InNovaSilva ApS and the Estonian University of Life Sciences. More…
Teaching at the Interface of Machine Learning and ForestryResearchers from the University of Eastern Finland and INRAE gave a joint summer school on machine learning and forest resilience in Joensuu, Finland, supported by IUFRO Division 8 Forest Environment. A week of field visits was followed by a week of application of machine learning. More…
European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum 2023: Moving Towards the TransformationThe urgent need for transformation towards a sustainable bioeconomy was at the center of the European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum (EBSF) 2023 held in Vienna on 6-8 September 2023. The forum was organized by The Centre for Bioeconomy of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria, and included IUFRO officeholders as speakers. More…
Learning to Create TogetherThe Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald (SDW) organized the 17th European Forest Pedagogics Congress in Bonn, Germany, between 20 and 22 September with the motto 'Learning to create together'. IUFRO's Jose Bolaños seized the opportunity to promote IUFRO activities related to forest education. More…
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