Dear FORPATHers, Please visit the IUFRO website of Division 7's Research Group on Forest Pathology for the first newsletter of the group (http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/newsletters/) I hope that you will find this new feature useful and enjoy reading about some of the forest pathology activities internationally. We encourage you all to send contributions (big or small) to us throughout the year and we will incorporate it in the newsletter. There are so many things happening that would be of interest to others that we never hear about, so please use this medium to tell others about it. Your contribution might just be the motivation to others, eg. a young forest pathologist, who needs a bit of encouragement to do something great! Let your voices be heard! Kind regards, Jolanda and Tod IUFRO RG 7.02 Coordinators Jolanda Roux (PhD) Professor DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Insitute (FABI) University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa Tel: 012 420 3938/9 Cellular: 0829093202 Email: jolanda.roux(a)fabi.up.ac.za KEEPING TREES HEALTHY POSTAL ADDRESS FABI Private bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa ADDRESS FOR PHYSICAL DELIVERIES FABI, University of Pretoria, Cnr. of Lynnwood and University Rds, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0083, South Africa Tod Ramsfield, PhD Research Scientist Forest Pathology | Chercheur, Pathologie forestière Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada Canadian Forest Service | Service canadien des forêts Northern Forestry Centre | Centre de foresterie du nord 5320 122 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5 Canada Tel : (780) 435 - 7394 Fax : (780) 435 - 7359 Email : Tod.Ramsfield(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca