With apologies to all those who have already received this announcement........ "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry" 18-21 March 2014, Hue, Vietnam This is a joint conference of the recently formed IUFRO Working Party WP 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture, WP1.02.06 on Ecology and Silviculture of Acacia and WP 2.04.01 on Population, Ecological and Conservation Genetics and will be hosted by the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences (VAFS). The conference will include invited and contributed presentations and posters, discussion sessions, satellite and business meetings, and in-conference and post-conference tours. This 4 days' conference with the theme, "Sustaining the Future of Acacia Plantation Forestry" will be structured so as to promote discussion between geneticists, breeders and scientists concerned with management regime development and interactions of the crop with its biotic and abiotic environment. This broad ranging review should provide scientific support to those responsible for developing and implementing forest plantation management policies. While our primary interest is in tropical acacias we recognize that there is a much more established tradition of planting temperate species such as A. mearnsii, and we will welcome contributions from scientists working on those crops. To be included in the mailing list for updates on the conference, please contact: Ms Jane Harbard School of Plant Science University of Tasmania Private Bag 55 Hobart 7001 Tasmania, Australia Email: J.L.Harbard@utas.edu.au<mailto:J.L.Harbard@utas.edu.au> For more information please follow the link: http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20800/20807/ And please accept my apologies for duplicate emails on the occasion of this 1st Announcement. Jane -------------------------------------------- Jane Harbard The University of Tasmania School of Plant Science Private Bag 55 Hobart TAS 7001 Australia J.L.Harbard(a)utas.edu.au Tel: +61 3 6226 7657 Fax: +61 3 6226 2698 -------------------------------------