From: Myburg, AA, Prof [zandermyburg(a)sun.ac.za] <zandermyburg(a)sun.ac.za>
Sent: Wednesday, 2. September 2026 12:53
Subject: NEWSLETTER1: Registration and Abstract Submission Reminder - IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2027 Conference
Dear Colleagues
Since many of the Tree Biotechnology community members in the Northern Hemisphere have been away on summer break over the past weeks, we would like to make use of this opportunity to remind everybody that registration and abstract submission are now officially open for the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2027<https://www.treebiotech2027.org/>!
We are also delighted to share our first Newsletter (attached and online<https://www.treebiotech2027.org/_files/ugd/893aaf_5d770836e2404db8aaad9c2b8…>) including important information on the scientific programme, our main plenary speaker (Prof Ed Buckler from Cornell University) and opportunities for sponsorship and exhibition.
Stellenbosch University and the University of Pretoria are co-hosting this biennial conference, which will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 25-30 April 2027. The topic for this meeting will be Intelligent Forests - Facing the Future.
Key Information:
Conference Dates: 25-30 April 2027
Venue: Protea Hotel and Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 October 2026
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 22 January 2027
Website: https://www.treebiotech2027.org/ <https://www.treebiotech2027.org/>
We encourage you to circulate this announcement and the Newsletter to students, colleagues and collaborators who may be interested in attending and presenting.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Stellenbosch Winelands for an unforgettable conference.
The IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2027 Organising Committee
Professor Zander Myburg PhD Genetics and Forestry (NC State University)
Department of Genetics | Faculty of AgriSciences | Stellenbosch University
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Von: Myburg, AA, Prof [zandermyburg(a)sun.ac.za] <zandermyburg(a)sun.ac.za>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. August 2026 00:09
Betreff: NEWSFLASH: Registrations have Opened! IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2027
Dear Colleagues
We are delighted to announce that registrations are now officially open for the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2027<https://www.treebiotech2027.org/>!
Stellenbosch University and the University of Pretoria are co-hosting this biennial conference, which will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 25-30 April 2027. The topic for this meeting will be Intelligent Forests - Facing the Future.
The meeting will bring together researchers, students, and industry leaders to discuss discoveries, exchange ideas, form collaborations, and share insights in forest tree genomics, genetics and tree development, biotechnology, abiotic and biotic stress, physiology, molecular breeding, and data science/AI.
Key Information:
Conference Dates: 25-30 April 2027
Venue: Protea Hotel and Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 October 2026
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 22 January 2027
Website: https://www.treebiotech2027.org/ <https://www.treebiotech2027.org/>
We encourage you to circulate this announcement to students, colleagues and collaborators who may be interested in attending and presenting.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Stellenbosch Winelands for an unforgettable conference.
Yours sincerely,
The IUFRO Tree Biotechnology 2027 Organising Committee
Professor Zander Myburg PhD Genetics and Forestry (NC State University)
Department of Genetics | Faculty of AgriSciences | Stellenbosch University
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[cid:image003.jpg@01DC57BE.0F6AC310]Dear Colleagues:
The Call for Abstracts is open for the:
International Conference on Population and Conservation Genetics
28-30 January 2026; Coimbatore, India
Climate change versus vulnerability of forest ecosystems is a rising concern to tree biologists. Rapid decline in genetic resources and diversity is a critical and crucial factor to forest health and resilience. Comprehending population diversity and its inherent dynamics is the keystone to conservation, domestication and effective utilization of tree genetic resources.
The conference will primarily focus on the population dynamics of forest tree genetic resources in the context of countering ecological and climatic challenges.
⚡️Abstract submission closes on 30 November!
Details: https://icpcgindia2026.in/
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Ivan SCOTTI
Unité de recherche Écologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes (URFM)
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Phone: +33 4 32 72 29 56 - Mobile: +33 6 66 78 94 85
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De: Claire Paulette Depardieu <claire-paulette.depardieu.1(a)ulaval.ca>
Objet: Proposal for a new IUFRO task force on forest living labs
Date: 27 août 2024 à 14:34:51 UTC+2
À: "ivan.scotti(a)inrae.fr" <ivan.scotti(a)inrae.fr>, "Rosanegc68(a)icloud.com" <Rosanegc68(a)icloud.com>, "rgcollevatti(a)gmail.com" <rgcollevatti(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Philippe Rozenberg <philippe.rozenberg(a)inrae.fr>
Dear Ivan and Rosane Collevatti,
We are excited to propose the establishment of a new IUFRO Task Force: "A Permanent International Network of Forest Living Labs for the Sustainable Climate Adaptation of Forest and Agroforestry Socio-Ecosystems." Your IUFRO unit, 2.04.00 Genetics, might find this task force of interest.
Task Force Overview
The proposed Task Force aims to create a global network of forestry living labs, fostering long-term collaborations between diverse sectors and strengthening partnerships between science and society. Please find attached the draft concept note.
These forest living labs will:
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Serve as platforms for testing and refining adaptation strategies in real forest environments
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Involve local communities, practitioners, and government agencies
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Support knowledge transfer and accelerate the implementation of adaptation techniques
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Provide practical recommendations for policymakers
Mission and Objectives
Our mission includes:
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Consolidating the concept of forest living labs within the scientific community
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Developing a methodological research framework
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Establishing a pilot international network of 8-10 living labs across five continents
The ultimate goal is to enhance global collaboration, share resources, and develop innovative solutions for climate change challenges in forest and agroforestry systems.
Call for Participation
We are currently forming a coordination group of 10 members, with 9 individuals already confirmed. Additionally, we are developing a consortium to include all interested individuals and stakeholders.
We invite you to join this groundbreaking initiative. Please respond by August 30 to claire-paulette.depardieu.1(a)ulaval.ca<mailto:claire-paulette.depardieu.1@ulaval.ca>, indicating:
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Your interest in joining the Task Force or Consortium
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Suggestions for other potential participants or organizations
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Information on existing or developing living labs or forest-related data and resources that could benefit the network
Your expertise and participation would be invaluable in shaping the future of forest and agroforestry adaptation to climate change.
Best regards,
Claire Depardieu and Philippe Rozenberg
Members of the coordination group of the proposed Task Force
Dr. Claire DEPARDIEU (elle / she)
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Projet FastTRAC II (http://fasttracproject.ca/en/home/)
Project co-leaders: Jean Bousquet and Patrick Lenz
Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval
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From: Williams, Geoffrey (CTR) - FS, OR
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2023 2:10:44 PM
Dear colleagues and contacts in the forest genetics world,
Please consider submitting to the following and share with your networks.
We invite you to submit "Resilience of Forest Biodiversity to Climate Change and Pests: Civic Engagement and Conservation in Seed Banks, Public Gardens, and Wild, Urban, and Agroforestry Landscapes". This session is organized by members of the Society of American Foresters, Kew Gardens, Morton Arboretum, and the US Forest Service, and one of eight linked to the International Society of Tropical Foresters. The deadline for abstract submissions is 2 June 2023 (3 weeks from today). The session proposal is included below.
NOTE: Presently, we cannot offer funding for travel and registration; we are exploring options and appreciate any leads you may have.
Session description
To conserve biodiversity, multiple approaches can be taken on the ground. This mini-symposium (Panel, Flash-talks & Posters) represents experts who focus on complementary aspects of conservation and reforestation; threat assessment, seed collecting and banking from wild trees, collective action and civic engagement, the roles of public gardens in conserving genetic resources, developing genetic resistance to pests to conserve biodiversity, and the importance of conserving genetic diversity in the face of pests and climate change.
Seed is the unit by which biodiversity is propagated, and therefore, protected. There is ever increasing pollination disruption with shifting local climate conditions and more fragmented and degraded native ecosystems. As forests and genetic diversity are lost, so are mother trees for seed collection, in a time when people want to greatly scale reforestation efforts. In addition to potential declines in seed crops, global trade, biodiversity loss, and fragmentation increase the threat of emergent insect and pathogen outbreaks, resulting in local or range-wide extinction of iconic tree species. Therefore, there is a global need for threat assessments, seed collection and banking of native tree species.
In the context of the above challenges and solutions, public gardens and arboreta are critical to the resilience of forests and society. In addition to acting as living collections, seed sources, and refugia of tree species, public gardens serve as biodiversity hotspots in cities, and meeting places for public and volunteer conservation efforts and outreach. As sentinels, trees in public gardens can be used to proactively detect emergent disease threats. Through collective action, exchange of information, public engagement, and local expert knowledge, "think global, act local" could be applied to aid proactive efforts to protect forest biodiversity from the next major pests across the world. Local experts and civic ecologists can accomplish this by collecting seed and observing trees in native environments, plantations, public gardens, and urban forests. Breeding or human-directed genetic improvement presents a practical solution for restoration of species that are impacted by emergent pest epidemics, climate change, or other threats. The utility of breeding to protect biodiversity also depends on the prior establishments of seed banks and other germplasm resources. It is critical to generate a prior understanding of the diversity of populations of tree species valued for their ecological, horticultural, or economic and commercial characteristics, the observed or potential effects of threats to those populations, and the role diversity could play in recovery of species.
Topic areas
1: collecting seed, 2: seed banking, 3: assessing threats, 4: think global act local to address threats with civic ecology and urban forests and botanical gardens, 5: public gardens supporting conservation efforts, and 6/7: developing genetic resistance to conserve biodiversity and conserving biodiversity.
Abstract submission details
The call for abstracts for IUFRO 2024 is at https://iufro2024.com/call-for-congress-abstracts/. The abstract announcement is at https://iufro2024.com/wp-content/uploads/IUFRO_2024-Call_for_Abstracts-1-2.…. (NOTE THAT THE SESSION ABSTRACT DEADLINE HAS PASSED. THE CALL NOW IS FOR PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS).
Download the book of IUFRO 2024 sessions t https://iufro2024.com/wp-content/uploads/IUFRO_2024-List_of_Sessions-1-1.pdf.
Submit your abstract at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=iufro2024abstracts
Abstract submission instructions
SESSION: (Search for the session of interest)
TITLE: Spell out words, do not use abbreviations. The title or text is not to indicate the country of origin, unless it is pertinent to the topic.
AUTHORS: Names and surnames for each author must be provided. Do not include degrees or titles. The presenting author's name will be published in bold.
AFFILITATIONS: Each author should be listed by University/Hospital, Department and Country. Please make sure to include this complete information in the Affiliation text box.
TEXT: The abstract must be in English, mention one of the topic areas above, and should be a maximum of 300 words, excluding the title. It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific fact will be published as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection. The Programme Committee will accept abstracts for the Scientific Programme (oral or poster presentation) on scientific merit.
"Only Abstracts of registered participants will be printed. At least one of the authors must be registered for the Conference."
We look forward to seeing you in Stockholm for IUFRO 2024.
Regards,
Jill Wagner, Geoff Williams, Denita Hadziabdic-Guerry, Sean Hoban, Lara Salido
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Dear members of the IUFRO 2.04 « Genetics » Unit,
as a warm-up to next year’s 2024 IUFRO Congress, I’d like to launch a sort of « contest » (but nothing to win, alas!) to collect ideas we could share / debate as a side event at the congress (format to be decided) and / or become the backbone of a position / opinion paper.
The concept is the following: I’d like to know what would be, in your opinion, the most exciting research topic(s) for forest genetics in what remains of the XXI Century.
What are the breakthroughs we need to make forest genetics really progress?
What are the unanswered questions that still haunt / motivate us?
What methods, technologies, concepts would we need to incorporate in our research field to answer such questions?
What other questions, besides those listed above, should be answered?
Please drop your ideas in this Google Drive Folder<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u4vv1YS9eisWPwvTivOKWgpmSKMhRqFM?us…> until 8 August 2023 (in six months), in any format (a text, a figure, a diagram, a poem, a song, a video, a mathematical function, …) (don’t forget to add your coordinates to your files, so that we know who has proposed what). It can be very short, but also very long. It can have plenty of references, or not at all.
If you wish, contribute to other people’s ideas as well.
We’ll see what’s in our treasure chest in six months from now, and then I’ll propose a way to wrap it all up.
To your imagination!
Best regards,
Ivan
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ivan.scotti(a)inrae.fr<mailto:ivan.scotti@inrae.fr>
Phone: +33 4 32 72 29 56 - Mobile: +33 6 66 78 94 85
Domaine Saint Paul
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Site Agroparc - CS 40509
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Coordinator of the H2020 FORGENIUS project<http://www.forgenius.eu>
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Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data.
We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Invitation to join the email list for IUFRO 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data. We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Please contact tropfordata(a)gmail.com with any questions or comments.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Dear IUFRO 2.04.00 - GENETICS members,
this is my 'hello, world' message to you as the Coordinator of this
research Group.
I'll be back to you all with a longer message as soon as things get back
to reasonably normal in everybody's professional and personal lives.
Meanwhile, please find attached to this message a Job announcement for a
professorship in Freiburg, Germany.
All the best,
Ivan
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Sujet : Chair of forest genetics at Freiburg University
Date : Thu, 7 May 2020 22:55:55 +0200
De : Jürgen Bauhus <juergen.bauhus(a)waldbau.uni-freiburg.de>
Pour : ivan.scotti(a)inrae.fr <ivan.scotti(a)inrae.fr>
Dear Dr Scotti,
I was wondering whether you could forward the attached position
advertisement for a professorship in forest genetics at the University
of Freiburg, Germany, to the IUFRO Genetics Email-List.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Kind regards
Jürgen Bauhus
Prof. Jürgen Bauhus
Chair of Silviculture
Institute of Forest Sciences
Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Freiburg
Tennenbacherstr. 4
79106 Freiburg
Tel. 0761 203 3678
http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/
Email: juergen.bauhus(a)waldbau.uni-freiburg.de
<mailto:juergen.bauhus@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de>
New book: http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783662545515
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