IUFRO News
Issue 11/12, 2020

 

IUFRO NEWS 11/12, 2020

Dear Reader of IUFRO News:

We are happy to present to you double issue 11/12 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49.

Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social media and online conferencing.

These activities, along with your continued communications with IUFRO Headquarters, keep our global network thriving despite the uncertainties of these times. For this, we are most grateful.

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With Season's Greetings,

Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director

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The Science under the Christmas Tree

Photo showing Coning research: Michigan State University researchers are working to reduce precocious cone production in Fraser fir Christmas tree plantations. Photo by B. Cregg

Science and technology behind plantation Christmas tree production have developed rapidly in the last 20-30 years, particularly in Europe and North America. Find out more about current trends and research needs in this interview with Dr. Bert Cregg and Dr. Inger Sundheim Fløistad, members of IUFRO's Christmas Trees Working Party coordination team. More

 

Pathways of Forest Bioeconomy: The Past, the Present and the Future of Forest Bioeconomy

Photo showing IUFRO RG5.10.00 - Pathways to bioeconomy online conference, September 2020. Screenshot provided by Anne Toppinen.

Forest bioeconomy development is gaining ground across different continents, with repercussions of changing markets, industry renewal processes. Read about the findings of this online conference of IUFRO Research Group 5.10.00 Forest Products Marketing and Business Management. More

 

 

Forest Roads: Regional Perspectives from Around the World

Photo showing a forest road being built. Photo by Kevin Lyons.

This online seminar series is hosted by IUFRO Working Party 3.01.02 Road Engineering and Management. The series provides regional perspectives on the design, construction, and management of forest road systems. The first seminar focused on "Forest Roads in Western North America". More

 

 

IUFRO-SPDC Strengthens Skills Needed in an Increasingly Complex World

Photo and quote by Haiwen WU, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Learn about the online course "Systematic Evidence Evaluation on Forest Landscape Restoration", a collaboration between IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC) and the University of Oxford, UK. Participants were introduced to software and tools required for systematic reviews of forest-related science. More

 

 

 

 

Governance and Restoration of Forest Heritage Systems

Photo showing Damage by contemporary forestry extraction, North Yorkshire, England. Photo by Ian Rotherham

As part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the European Landscape Convention, IUFRO Research Group 9.03.00 Forest History and Traditional Knowledge organized a special session to address issues of forest landscape heritage with partners across Europe, and from elsewhere around the world. More

 

 

Four Operational Challenges to Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Photo showing the use of remote sensing and Collect Earth to monitor landscape restoration in Nicaragua. Photo by René Zamora Cristales, World Resources Institute

This webinar, which was kindly hosted and supported by the World Resources Institute, Initiative 20x20, IUFRO Research Group 3.09.00 Sustainable Operations for Forest Landscape Restoration, and the International Society of Tropical Foresters, showcased innovative strategies to overcome four operational challenges for establishing, managing, and implementing restoration. More

 

Seminar Kick-off Meeting: Global Forest Monitoring Using Satellite Data

Photo showing Matt Hansen presenting recent findings during the online seminar. Screenshot provided by Henrik Hartmann.

The first in a series of online meetings organized by the IUFRO Task Force Monitoring Global Tree MortalityPatterns and Trends was a great success. It was attended by 396 participants from 59 countries worldwide. Among the speakers was Professor Matt Hansonfrom the University of Maryland, USA, the organizer of the Global Forest Watch.  More

9th International Symposium: Forest and Sustainable Development

Photo showing IUFRO presentation by Bogdan Strimbu (first from the left) on Youtube.com

This conference was kindly hosted by the University of Transilvania, Brasov, Romania, and supported by IUFRO Research Group 4.03.00 Uncertainty Analysis, Computational Ecology, and Decision Support and IUFRO Working Party 4.03.02 Machine Learning and Computational Ecology. It addressed almost all facets of forest research. More

 

MEDLENTISK – the Next Steps

Photo showing screenshot of Zoom meeting, provided by B. Stiti

News from INRGREF, Tunisia, a Member Organization of IUFRO: On November 12, the partners of MEDLENTISK, a project that is aimed to foster the transmission of knowledge on the mastic tree, a forest resource that can be found all around the Mediterranean, met again in a video conference to discuss current and future activities.  More

 

News from IUFRO Headquarters: Welcoming New Team Member Dikshya Devkota

Dikshya Devkota joined the Global Forest Expert Panels Programme (GFEP) as a Project Manager on November 1, 2020 and has been working from her home office in the United States so far due to the Covid-19 restrictions. We are very much looking forward to meeting her in person in Vienna soon. More

 

 

 

Dr. Richard Guldin Received Sir William Schlich Memorial Award

Photo showing Rich Gulding with award. Photo provided by Rich Guldin

On October 29, Dr. Richard Guldin was presented this prestigious award of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of forestry. More

 

 

Obituary: Dr. Maliwan Haruthaithanasan

Photo showing Maliwan Haruthaithanasan. Photo provided by Viktor Bruckman

IUFRO officeholder Dr. Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, director of Kasetsart Agricultural and Agro-industrial Product Improvement Institute (KAPI) of Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, passed away on 29 November 2020. The international forestry community has lost a visionary mind, but perhaps more importantly, a great colleague, friend and mother. More

 

Publications

Enabling Factors to Scale Up Forest Landscape Restoration: The Roles of Governance and Economics - Full Report with Case Studies

For this study by Stephanie Mansourian WWF and IUFRO have come together to push the forest restoration agenda forward using their combined scientific, policy and field implementation expertise. More

 

 

 

 

UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery

"The Roadmap is a commitment and a guide to make use of research to determine how COVID-19 socio-economic recovery efforts can be purposefully designed to stimulate equity, resilience, sustainability and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." More

 

 

 

Future Specialized Forestry Education for Africa

Photo showing Sokoine University of Agriculture. Photo: Facebook

This paper by Professor A. B. Temu, Professor S. A. O. Chamshama and Professor A. D. Yaye cross-examines Africa's state of forestry education. Major changes in African forestry education including expansion into several forestry-related degree programs are needed in order to address future needs. More

 

 

Rediscovering the Contributions of Forests and Trees to Transition Global Food Systems

Photo showing Baobab fruit. Photo by Nici Keil on Pixabay

This paper by James L. Chamberlain, Dietrich Darr and Kathrin Meinhold uses examples of various plants, such as baobab, to explore ways forests and trees provide for food security and nutrition and illustrate elements of a framework to encourage integration of forests and trees. More

 

 

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