Dear colleagues, I would like to let you know that the Congress Scientific Committee for the upcoming IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress (to be held in Freiburg, Germany, 19-22 September, 2017) has accepted our proposal for a session, “Improved role of forests for people through favourable forest laws and environmental legislation” (session number 70), for inclusion in the Congress program. The call for abstracts is now open at <http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts> http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts and the deadline for abstract submission is 30 November. Now, I would like to encourage you, as the prospective speakers for our session, to submit your abstracts indicating proposal number 70, “Improved role of forests for people through favourable forest laws and environmental legislation” in the Congress segment: All Division 9 (Forest Policy and Economics) Meeting. I thank you for your cooperation and if there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am already looking forward to meet you next year in Freiburg! Best regards, Rastislav Sulek IUFRO 9.06.00 Forest law and environmental legislation Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Šulek, Ph.D. Department of Forest Economics and Management Faculty of Forestry Technical University in Zvolen T. G. Masaryka 24, SK-96053 Zvolen, Slovak Republic tel.: +421-45-5206325 fax: +421-45-5332654 e-mail: <mailto:sulek@tuzvo.sk> sulek(a)tuzvo.sk __________ Informacia od ESET NOD32 Antivirus, verzia databazy 14222 (20161004) __________ Tuto spravu preveril ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.sk