Hello fellow forest entoids,

I want to remind everybody that we are very near to the 30 November (Wednesday!!!) deadline for submitting abstracts for the all IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health) meeting embedded within the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany, 19-22 Sept., 2017( http://iufro2017.com ). You are welcome to submit an abstract to any of the Forest Entomology related sessions listed below, or submit an abstract to an "open" (all subjects) session. Abstracts can also be submitted for poster presentations.

session 57 Invasive Alien Species and International Trade - Detection Prior to Introduction, Measures and Policy for Mitigation

session 59 Responses to the increasing threat of insect pests to sustainable plantation forestry

session 71 Early detection and monitoring of invasive forest pests and pathogens with citizen science

session 83 Are we doing the right things to deal with invasive forest pest and pathogens? Lessons from history and current strategies

session 85 Sustaining Ecological Services and Preservation in an Era of Climate Change, Fragmenting Boundaries, and Intensifying Native & Invasive Disturbances

session 86 The science of tree health and how we can use it: Multidisciplinary research from the Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity
Initiative (THAPBI).

session 120 Insect pests and pathogens of tree reproductive structures in a changing world: assessing vulnerability and mitigation strategies

session 122 Invasive species surveillance: New methods and tools for survey and early detection

session 161 Combined and interactive effects of multiple stressors on forest health

session 177 Forest Health in a Changing Climate

session 188 Managing pests and diseases in commercial plantations

session 192 Global decline of Fraxinus species caused by invasive pests and pathogens

session 198 Forest biodiversity and resistance to natural disturbances

session 199 Effects of global change on Mediterranean forest insects and interactions with pathogens

session 208 Social and Economic dimensions of forest health: Contributing to a biosecure future

A full list of all Division 7 sessions is at http://iufro2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IUFRO2017-AllDiv7-Sessions.pdf

Abstracts can be submitted online through 30 November at http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts

-Sandy Liebhold (coordinator of IUFRO RG 7.03 "Entomology" and chair of the Freiburg Congress Scientific Committee)

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