[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Forest Pest Rap

Dear all - Take 2 minutes, if you can, to enjoy my Forest Pest Rap, written to advertise the new FAO Guide re Forest Pests described in Sandy Liebhold's email below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-0ighGsrUE FAO's communications specialist Tullia Baldassarri did a great job on this. Please can you help us go "viral" by sending this to relevant colleagues???? We particularly hope to reach all sectors of forest industry with advice on pest management and info about the international phytosanitary standards that can/will affect their business. Plant health regulators can learn about forestry from this Guide, and researchers can learn how the International Plant Protection Convention works to prevent pest spread. Something for everyone, so please spread the word! Kerry PS: The Guide is the result of over a year's effort by many global forest pest experts (see Guide link below for the list), led by Gillian Allard of FAO. Dr. Kerry Britton National Pathologist for U.S. Forest Service Research & Development 1601 N. Kent Street, RPC-4 Arlington, VA 22209 phone: 703-605-4170 FAX: 703-605-5133 email: kbritton01(a)fs.fed.us Andrew Liebhold <aliebhold(a)gmail.com> Sent by: rg70300-forent-bounces(a)lists.iufro.org 03/30/2011 01:51 PM Please respond to "IUFRO RG 7.03.00" <rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org> To rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org, rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org cc Subject [IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] New FAO paper of interest Hello FORENT and FORPATH subscribers, You may be interested in the recent publication of: "FAO Forestry Paper 164 - Guide to implementation of Phytosanitary Standards in Forestry" This is an important reference work that provides easy to understand information on International Standards for Phytosanitary measures (ISPM's) and how forest management practices can play a role in minimizing pest prevalence and spread. It is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish and can be freely downloaded at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2080e/i2080e00.htm -- Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com Northern Research Station 304-285-1512 USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX 180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile Morgantown, WV 26505 USA _______________________________________________ IUFRO Mailing List To post a message to all list members, send email to: rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org List info and Archive: http://www.iufro.org/science/iufro-mailing-lists/overview/