New Year and 21 Symposuim_Sopron,Hungary
by Līga Menģele-Stillere
Dear friends,
It is the last working day of 2025 or holiday for some of you 😊 I am there with happy New year wishes and first call of our next year Symposium in Sopron, Hungary!
We all will start to plan events of 2026 after some days (some of you have plans already long time ahead 😊) and I’ll be glad if you could find time to attend the IUFRO Research Group 9.06.00 21.Symposium in Hungary next fall.
I am pleased to send out the first call with basic information about 21st International Symposium on Legal aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development, that will take place in Sopron, Hungary September 29- October 2, 2026. University of Hungary, Faculty of Forestry, Institute of Natural Resources and Forest Management will be the host of our next meeting.
You can decide, if you would like to be part of the event, make registration till March 1, 2026 and start to work on your contribution (presentation or poster) to share your experience in the Symposium next year.
I am 100% sure our upcoming meeting will be as excellent as all previous ones because of our willingness to participate and be part of our IUFRO Research group.
I wish you all good luck, happiness and many interesting and exciting scientific and other adventures in 2026!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Best regards
Liga Mengele-Stillere
IUFRO RG 9.06.00 Coordinator
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Attend online the closing event: RESSAC-KNOWGLOBAL Knowledge Transfer and Strengthening of Capacities in Global Change Context (Central Africa)
by Böcher, Michael
Dear colleagues,
join us on Tuesday, 03 March 2026, at La Falaise Hotel, Yaoundé, or online
for the closing event of the KnowGlobal Project, a flagship effort under the RESSAC initiative led by CIFOR-ICRAF with support from the European Union.
Over the past years, KnowGlobal has strengthened capacities, advanced scientific collaboration, and integrated indigenous knowledge to support sustainable forest management across Cameroon, DRC, and Gabon.
Based on the RIU model of scientific knowledge transfer, KnowGlobal examined knowledge transfer and integration processes at various governance levels.
As part of the project, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg collaborated with the University of Dschang (Cameroon) and FODER - Forêts et Développement Rural.
https://www.cifor-icraf.org/ressac/transfert-des-savoirs-et-renforcement-de…
This event brings together government actors, researchers, indigenous communities, youth and women's groups, the private sector, and technical and financial partners to reflect on achievements and chart the path forward.
A key highlight will be the roundtable science-policy dialogue on integrating scientific and indigenous knowledge systems in the Congo Basin, followed by the official launch of our policy briefs, which capture the project's most significant insights and recommendations.
Be part of the conversation shaping the future of knowledge transfer and forest governance in Central Africa.
Attached you find the programme.
The event will be held partly in English and partly in French
You can take part via ZOOM:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://ovgu.zoom-x.de/j/62235508253
Meeting ID: 622 3550 8253
Passcode: 141855
#OVGU
#KnowGlobalproject
#CongoBasin
Best regards
Michael Böcher & Maria Enow Ayuk
[ovgu]
Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg | Institute for Social Sciences
Chair of Political Science and Sustainable Development
Universitätsplatz 2 | 39106 Magdeburg |GERMANY
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Boecher
GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=XKU8jTAAAAAJ&hl=de
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2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry Conference - 1st Call for Abstracts
by Brigitte Burger
From: noreply(a)wsu.edu <noreply(a)wsu.edu>
Sent: Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2026 19:45
Subject: [iufrosmallscale] 2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry Conference - 1st Call for Abstracts
2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry and Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Joint Conference
The Supply of Forest Products and Services from Small-Scale Forests, Agroforestry, Farms, and Community Lands
[cid:image003.jpg@01DCA4F9.80160150]Call for Abstracts
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Small-scale Forestry and the Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 21-Jul-2026 through 23-Jul-2026, followed by an optional three-day post-conference tour. The objective of this conference is to exchange knowledge among researchers and other professionals on family and community forest ownership and management, historical facts and narratives of forests, traditional ways of knowing about forests, and related fields. The conference website is https://www.kefri.org/components/IUFRO_smallscale/smallscale.html<https://lists.cahnrs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/iufrosmallscale/511682…>.
The theme of the conference is "The Supply of Forest Products and Services from Small-Scale Forests, Agroforestry, Farms, and Community Lands." The conference will bring together researchers, managers, policymakers, and community representatives from across the world in one of the globe’s longest-inhabited landscapes providing a unique focus on understanding how traditional approaches to managing small areas of forests and trees (whether owned individually, by family, or collectively) can be supported and enhanced to ensure sustainable provision of a wide range of products and services. While most human societies have developed ways of sustainably managing and using small areas of forests and trees, the social, environmental and institutional characteristics that enable this are highly variable. It is important to know how traditional and small-scale forest management can be supported and enhanced to ensure sustainable provision of products and services, especially under pressures of climate change, poverty, and industrialisation. Recognising that much of the world’s forest research is oriented to large-scale management by governments and industry, this conference highlights the essential role of small-scale landowners and local people and their forests and trees in addressing the global challenges.
In addition to topics related to the theme, all papers that address one or more of the topics related to Small-scale Forestry or Forest History and Traditional Knowledge will be considered. These additional topics include, but are not limited to:
● Strengths and challenges of small-scale forestry
● Understanding long-term changes in people and landscapes
● Sustainable supply of timber and non-timber products
● Social benefits and impacts for owners, communities, and stakeholders
● Enhancing returns from marketing, forest co-operatives, growers’ organizations, and other arrangements
● Innovations in modeling landowner behavior and decision support systems
● Adapting traditional forest management to address new problems
● Traditional knowledge (re)shaping the values and practices of forests
● Forest histories as a frame to informing present and future forest management
● Forest tenure and governance systems
● The role and effectiveness of government policies, programs, and subsidies
● Research, education, and extension for small-scale and community forest owners and managers
● Developing and adapting management techniques and technologies specific for the needs of small-scale and community forest owners and managers
Submission Process and Decision Criteria
All abstracts will be reviewed by at least two members of the conference scientific committee. The materials will be assessed based on relevance to the conference, scientific contribution, novelty/innovativeness, adequacy of the research/study methods, and the organization and writing quality of the abstract. Acceptance decisions, and any comments from the reviewers, will be returned to the lead author.
The link below should be used to submit proposals. The information requested includes a presentation title, an abstract (maximum of 1,500 characters), a list of authors and affiliations, and desired presentation type (full oral presentation or speed talk). The speed talks are in place of poster presentations.
To submit a proposal, please use this online form: https://umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0OiqpF2mHdKyBVA<https://lists.cahnrs.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/iufrosmallscale/412983…>.
Timeline
● Announcement of first call for papers: 16-Feb-2026
● First call for papers ends: 16-Mar-2026
● Announcement of decisions from first call for papers: 6-Apr-2026
Additional information
For additional information, please contact us at smallscaleiufro2026(a)kefri.org<mailto:smallscaleiufro2026@kefri.org>.
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by IUFRO
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<p>In our new <i>Season 3 of Branching out: the forest podcast</i>, we explore how scientists collaborate across disciplines to tackle emerging topics. This work happens through IUFRO Task Forces. We kick off the Season with the topic of <strong>bioeconomy</strong> and the <i>Task Force on Building an Integrated Vision of the Forest-Based Sector within a Bioeconomy</i>.<br /><br />Host <strong>Gerda Wolfrum</strong> and co-host <strong>Fernanda Gonzalez</strong> from IUFRO HQ spoke with <strong>Ivana Živojinović</strong>, a senior scientist at BOKU University in Vienna (Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy and the Center for Bioeconomy), and <strong>Ricardo Vargas Carpintero</strong>, who recently completed his PhD at the University of Hohenheim, Germany and is now based in Colombia. They shared their insights on how the forest-based sector can contribute to a bioeconomy.<br /><br />The concept of bioeconomy is not new, but it has broadened into a more holistic framing that connects the ways how we produce, how we use and value biological resources within larger sustainability goals. The aim is to provide sustainable solutions across different economic sectors, by shifting from fossil-based inputs and linear economical models towards circular and regenerative systems. <br /><br />Ivana explained, "<i>This includes aspects of reuse, recycling, using resource efficiency, and ensuring that value creation does not come at the expense of biodiversity, of water or even people's rights and livelihoods</i>." Bioeconomy is not a single model; countries and regions emphasize different pathways.<br /><br />In this context, Ricardo talked about the situation in Latin America where biodiversity plays a key role. He said, <i>"Incorporating biodiversity in the bioeconomy to create economic value and contribute to the environment, for example, by restoring degraded lands or providing ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, is one of these visions that is quite important in the Latin American context."</i> <br /><br />The forest-based sector is integral to a bioeconomy, but its scope is still quite narrow and mainly focused on timber, fiber and carbon. To make the scope of the forest sector within a bioeconomy broader and multifunctional, further innovation - not only technical or technological innovation, also institutional, organizational and social innovation – is required. In addition, cooperation between policymakers, public sector, primary producers, industry, and society must be enhanced. As Ivana pointed out, "<i>Bioeconomy transition as such will be successful only if it's coherent and inclusive and really grounded in diversity. This silo thinking will not help much."</i><br /><br />Tune in to <a href="http://url8074.news.iufro.org/ls/click?upn=u001.C6oMVBOd8j-2B22go-2BVoSNM5U…><span style="color:hsl(240,100%,50%);"><strong><u>Branching Out: the forest podcast</u></strong></span></a>! Listen wherever you enjoy your podcasts, on <a href="http://url8074.news.iufro.org/ls/click?upn=u001.C6oMVBOd8j-2B22go-2BVoSNM8j…><span style="color:hsl(240,100%,50%);"><u>Spotify</u></span></a> and <a href="http://url8074.news.iufro.org/ls/click?upn=u001.GABaIVtqWQ-2F2hdnWUJ-2FFtM3…><span style="color:hsl(240,100%,50%);"><u>Apple Podcasts</u></span></a>, and don't forget to follow us!</p>
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by Brigitte Burger
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Brigitte Burger
IUFRO Headquarters
From: 'Savannah Moore' via International Extension Forestry <iufro-eke(a)umd.edu>
Sent: Dienstag, 3. Februar 2026 22:19
Subject: Submit Items for IUFRO EKE quarterly newsletter
Hi everyone,
Please share any resources, exciting news, or updates you'd like included in the March edition of the IUFRO EKE newsletter.
As a reminder, any resource related to forest resources, knowledge exchange, outreach, and extension is relevant. Please include a summary of the resource, the link or document you'd like shared, and any photos you'd like included.
Send your submission to me at tsjones7(a)ncsu.edu<mailto:tsjones7@ncsu.edu> by February 27th, and reach out if you have any questions. Thank you!
All the best,
Savannah
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Invitation – Yale Tropical Forest Leadership Summit 2026 (Hybrid, Feb 5–7)
by International Society of Tropical Foresters
Hello,
You’re invited to join the Tropical Forest Leadership Summit (TFLS) 2026, a global conference on tropical forests and climate solutions hosted by Yale University (Feb 5–7, 2026). The summit is hybrid, and online participation is welcome.
What to expect: Three days of high-impact discussions on tropical forest conservation, biodiversity and climate justice, environmental governance, and innovative finance. The program includes keynotes, interactive panels, workshops and more.
Featured keynote speakers include:
🎬 Kartiki Gonsalves, Academy Award–winning storyteller
🏛️ Carlos Correa, former Minister of Environment
🌿 Mark Plotkin, founder of Amazon Conservation Team
🌎 Carlos Nobre, renowned Earth System scientist
…and many more!
Why it’s relevant: TFLS brings together people working across conservation, climate, policy, finance, science, and storytelling to share practical lessons and build partnerships that translate commitments into action. Whether you work in research, advocacy, government, business, or community leadership, you’ll leave with new perspectives, concrete examples you can apply, and connections to collaborators tackling similar challenges in tropical forest regions worldwide.
Register here: https://bit.ly/TFLS2026
Thank you, and feel free to share this invitation with your networks.
Best,
2026 TFLS Conference Team
istf(a)yale.edu | ISTF 2026 website<https://istf.yale.edu/>
Yale School of the Environment
enviroment.yale.edu<https://environment.yale.edu/>
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