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-gene… 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<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division/70000/70200/70205/…  IUFRO 2.02.15 – Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/2021… Please direct any questions to Richard at rsniezko@fs.fed.us<mailto: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(a)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 5th date when other abstracts are due. June 2014 Conference: http://www.westernforestry.org/Events/conference/2014-five-needle-pine-gene… 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<mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena<http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena-grc… 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-gene… 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-gene… 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<mailto: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 [cid:image001.png@01CF1501.A1A3F060] 2 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 [cid:image002.png@01CF1501.A1A3F060] 6 Low & middle income LMY 7 East Asia & Pacific EAP 8 Europe & Central Asia ECA 9 Latin America & Caribbean LAC 10 Middle East & North Africa MNA 11 South Asia SAS 12 Sub-Saharan Africa SSA 13 High income HIC 14 Euro area EMU 15 High income: OECD OEC 16 High income: nonOECD NOC 17 Arab World ARB 18 East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) EAS 19 Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) ECS 20 European Union EUU 21 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) HPC 22 Latin America & the Caribbean (all income levels) LCN 23 Least developed countries: UN classification LDC 24 Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) MEA 25 North America NAC 26 OECD members OED 27 Small states SST 28 Caribbean small states CSS 29 Pacific island small states PSS 30 Other small states OSS 31 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<mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> website: www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena<http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/r6/dorena-grc… 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-gene… This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. 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