Dear forent and forpath subscribers,

I am forwarding a message from Richard Sniezko regarding the IUFRO co-sponsored meeting on…

Rusts of Forest Trees, and genetics/conservation of 5-needle pines (white pine)

In June 2014 – see below and http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-genetics-conference/

Please note the deadline for abstract submission at the end of this month!

This is co-sponsored by the following two IUFRO WPs:

 IUFRO 7.02.05 – Rusts of Forest Trees

 IUFRO 2.02.15 – Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines

Please direct any questions to Richard at rsniezko@fs.fed.us

Best regards,

Eckehard (Ecki) Brockerhoff, Coordinator, IUFRO Div. 7 (Forest Health)

From: Sniezko, Richard -FS
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:32 AM
To: Christel Palmberg; Ducci Fulvio; Luukkanen Olavi; Raunio Anna-Liisa; Kageyama Paulo; Souvannavong Oudara; Nikiema Albert; Kollert Walter; Ortiz Chour Hivy; Durst Patrick; Foday.Bojang@fao.org
Cc: Sniezko, Richard -FS
Subject: Abstracts due Jan 31 (for those applying for funding for June conference) RE: Candidates for sponsorship for attending IUFRO 2.02.15/7.02.05 June 2014conference

We’ll gather abstracts for these candidates early (requesting by Jan 31)

The focus of the meeting is [a] Rust of Forest Trees, and [b] 5-needle pine (white pine) genetics/conservation.

That will give the committee time to evaluate and IUFRO time to process.

There is potentially a chance to update an abstract by the March 5^th date when other abstracts are due.

June 2014 Conference: http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-genetics-conference/

NOTE: This meeting is separate from the IUFRO World Congress which will be held in the U.S.A. in early Oct 2014 (I am not involved in that meeting)

RICHARD A. SNIEZKO

Center Geneticist

USDA Forest Service - Dorena Genetic Resource Center

34963 Shoreview Road, Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A. 97424

Phone: (541) 767-5716 Fax: (541) 767-5709

Cell: (541) 954-6793

email: rsniezko@fs.fed.us

website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena

IUFRO 2.02.15 – Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines webpage:

http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/

June 2014 Conference: http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-genetics-conference/

Hello and Happy New Year!

We may have an unique opportunity to “support a maximum of 3 scientists (e.g. one each from Africa, Asia and Latin America) to attend the “Five needle pine genetics (2.02.15) & Rust of Forest Trees (7.02.05)” conference in June 2014. Some of you may know outstanding candidates around the world that normally would not have a chance to attend and contribute to this type of meeting.

I would like to ask for your assistance locating candidates (short deadline on this) - those qualifying for sponsorship are from “low income” and “lower middle income” countries that I have indicated in red on the list below (I’ve done this quickly, so subject to verification, the source pdf is attached). Our IUFRO conference organisers/scientific committee selects the candidates for sponsorship (based on abstract submitted). Please note that an approved oral or poster is a considered a pre-condition for sponsorship. There are several steps to go through in this process of sponsorship, so we need to locate suitable candidates as soon as possible.

Some possibilities: There are 5-needle pines (white pine) species in parts of Asia that we know little of; I’m sure there are many rusts of forest trees that we know little of.

Information about the IUFRO Working Groups and the conference can be found at the link below

June 2014 Conference: http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-genetics-conference/

We have limited funding opportunity here, so if you know good qualified candidates, that will help the committee in its decision.

***Please send names/emails to me at rsniezko@fs.fed.us, or have the candidates send me their information (name, institute, email address, species working on, proposed title(s) of presentation. The call for abstracts will also be out soon (next week).

Best regards,

Richard

World Bank list of economies (July 2012)

(Bold indicates a change of classification)

1	Economy Afghanistan	Code AFG	Region South Asia	Income group Low income	Lending category IDA	Other HIPC
2	Albania	ALB	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	IBRD
3	Algeria	DZA	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
4	American Samoa	ASM	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	..
5	Andorra	ADO	..	High income: nonOECD	..
6	Angola	AGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IDA
7	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
8	Argentina	ARG	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
9	Armenia	ARM	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	Blend
10	Aruba	ABW	..	High income: nonOECD	..
11	Australia	AUS	..	High income: OECD	..
12	Austria	AUT	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
13	Azerbaijan	AZE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
14	Bahamas, The	BHS	..	High income: nonOECD	..
15	Bahrain	BHR	..	High income: nonOECD	..
16	Bangladesh	BGD	South Asia	Low income	IDA
17	Barbados	BRB	..	High income: nonOECD	..
18	Belarus	BLR	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
19	Belgium	BEL	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
20	Belize	BLZ	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	IBRD
21	Benin	BEN	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
22	Bermuda	BMU	..	High income: nonOECD	..
23	Bhutan	BTN	South Asia	Lower middle income	IDA
24	Bolivia	BOL	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	Blend	HIPC
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	Blend
26	Botswana	BWA	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
27	Brazil	BRA	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
28	Brunei Darussalam	BRN	..	High income: nonOECD	..
29	Bulgaria	BGR	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
30	Burkina Faso	BFA	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
31	Burundi	BDI	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
32	Cambodia	KHM	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	IDA
33	Cameroon	CMR	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
34	Canada	CAN	..	High income: OECD	..
35	Cape Verde	CPV	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	Blend
36	Cayman Islands	CYM	..	High income: nonOECD	..
37	Central African Republic	CAF	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
38	Chad	TCD	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
39	Channel Islands	CHI	..	High income: nonOECD

80	Guinea-Bissau	GNB	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
81	Guyana	GUY	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
82	Haiti	HTI	Latin America & Caribbean	Low income	IDA	HIPC
83	Honduras	HND	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
84	Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG	..	High income: nonOECD	..
85	Hungary	HUN	..	High income: OECD	..
86	Iceland	ISL	..	High income: OECD	..
87	India	IND	South Asia	Lower middle income	Blend
88	Indonesia	IDN	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IBRD
89	Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
90	Iraq	IRQ	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	IBRD
91	Ireland	IRL	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
92	Isle of Man	IMY	..	High income: nonOECD	..
93	Israel	ISR	..	High income: OECD	..
94	Italy	ITA	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
95	Jamaica	JAM	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
96	Japan	JPN	..	High income: OECD	..
97	Jordan	JOR	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
98	Kazakhstan	KAZ	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
99	Kenya	KEN	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA
100	Kiribati	KIR	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
101	Korea, Dem. Rep.	PRK	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	..
102	Korea, Rep.	KOR	..	High income: OECD	IBRD
103	Kosovo	KSV	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	IDA
104	Kuwait	KWT	..	High income: nonOECD	..
105	Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	Europe & Central Asia	Low income	IDA
106	Lao PDR	LAO	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
107	Latvia	LVA	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	..
108	Lebanon	LBN	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
109	Lesotho	LSO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA
110	Liberia	LBR	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
111	Libya	LBY	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
112	Liechtenstein	LIE	..	High income: nonOECD	..
113	Lithuania	LTU	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	..
114	Luxembourg	LUX	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
115	Macao SAR, China	MAC	..	High income: nonOECD	..
116	Macedonia, FYR	MKD	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
117	Madagascar	MDG	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
118	Malawi	MWI	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
119	Malaysia	MYS	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	IBRD
120	Maldives	MDV	South Asia	Upper middle income	IDA
121	Mali	MLI	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
122	Malta	MLT	..	High income: nonOECD	..	EMU
123	Marshall Islands	MHL	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
124	Mauritania	MRT	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
125	Mauritius	MUS	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
126	Mexico	MEX	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
127	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	FSM	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
128	Moldova	MDA	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income	IDA
129	Monaco	MCO	..	High income: nonOECD	..
130	Mongolia	MNG	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	Blend
131	Montenegro	MNE	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
132	Morocco	MAR	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	IBRD
133	Mozambique	MOZ	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
134	Myanmar	MMR	East Asia & Pacific	Low income	IDA
135	Namibia	NAM	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
136	Nepal	NPL	South Asia	Low income	IDA
137	Netherlands	NLD	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
138	New Caledonia	NCL	..	High income: nonOECD	..
139	New Zealand	NZL	..	High income: OECD	..
140	Nicaragua	NIC	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
141	Niger	NER	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
142	Nigeria	NGA	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA
143	Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	..	High income: nonOECD	..
144	Norway	NOR	..	High income: OECD	..
145	Oman	OMN	..	High income: nonOECD	..
146	Pakistan	PAK	South Asia	Lower middle income	Blend
147	Palau	PLW	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	IBRD
148	Panama	PAN	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
149	Papua New Guinea	PNG	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	Blend
150	Paraguay	PRY	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income	IBRD
151	Peru	PER	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
152	Philippines	PHL	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IBRD
153	Poland	POL	..	High income: OECD	IBRD
154	Portugal	PRT	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
155	Puerto Rico	PRI	..	High income: nonOECD	..
156	Qatar	QAT	..	High income: nonOECD	..
157	Romania	ROM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
158	Russian Federation	RUS	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
159	Rwanda	RWA	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
160	Samoa	WSM	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
161	San Marino	SMR	..	High income: nonOECD	..
162	São Tomé and Principe	STP	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
163	Saudi Arabia	SAU	..	High income: nonOECD	..
164	Senegal	SEN	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
165	Serbia	SRB	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
166	Seychelles	SYC	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
167	Sierra Leone	SLE	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
168	Singapore	SGP	..	High income: nonOECD	..
169	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	SXM	..	High income: nonOECD	..
170	Slovak Republic	SVK	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
171	Slovenia	SVN	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
172	Solomon Islands	SLB	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
173	Somalia	SOM	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
174	South Africa	ZAF	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
175	South Sudan	SSD	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	..
176	Spain	ESP	..	High income: OECD	..	EMU
177	Sri Lanka	LKA	South Asia	Lower middle income	Blend
178	St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA	Latin America & Caribbean	High income: nonOECD	IBRD
179	St. Lucia	LCA	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	Blend
180	St. Martin (French part)	MAF	..	High income: nonOECD	..
181	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	Blend
182	Sudan	SDN	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IDA	HIPC
183	Suriname	SUR	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income	IBRD
184	Swaziland	SWZ	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income	IBRD
185	Sweden	SWE	..	High income: OECD	..
186	Switzerland	CHE	..	High income: OECD	..
187	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income	IBRD
188	Tajikistan	TJK	Europe & Central Asia	Low income	IDA
189	Tanzania	TZA	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
190	Thailand	THA	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	IBRD
191	Timor-Leste	TMP	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
192	Togo	TGO	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income	IDA	HIPC
193	Tonga	TON	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income	IDA
194	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	..	High income: nonOECD	IBRD
195	Tunisia	TUN	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income	IBRD
196	Turkey	TUR	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
197	Turkmenistan	TKM	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income	IBRD
198	Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	..	High income: nonOECD	..
199	Tuvalu	TUV	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income	IDA

Low & middle income

LMY

East Asia & Pacific

EAP

Europe & Central Asia

ECA

Latin America & Caribbean

LAC

Middle East & North Africa

MNA

South Asia

SAS

Sub-Saharan Africa

SSA

High income

HIC

Euro area

EMU

High income: OECD

OEC

High income: nonOECD

NOC

Arab World

ARB

East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)

EAS

Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)

ECS

European Union

EUU

Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

HPC

Latin America & the Caribbean (all income levels) LCN

Least developed countries: UN classification

LDC

Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)

MEA

North America

NAC

OECD members

OED

Small states

SST

Caribbean small states

CSS

Pacific island small states

PSS

Other small states

OSS

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

SSF

79 Guinea GIN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income

RICHARD A. SNIEZKO

Center Geneticist

USDA Forest Service - Dorena Genetic Resource Center

34963 Shoreview Road, Cottage Grove, Oregon, U.S.A. 97424

Phone: (541) 767-5716 Fax: (541) 767-5709

Cell: (541) 954-6793

email: rsniezko@fs.fed.us

website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena

IUFRO 2.02.15 – Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines webpage:

http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/

June 2014 Conference: http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-genetics-conference/

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