Fwd: [IUFRO Div 6] Division 6 Newsletter Issue 2 - Jan 2021
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae e-list:
This forwarded report may be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator, 1.02.04
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Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 8:21 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 6] Division 6 Newsletter Issue 2 - Jan 2021
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Dear IUFRO Division 6 colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to send you the 2nd issue of our Division
Newsletter, with some updates on what is happening in our Division. You can
also get to know one of our Deputy Division Coordinators, Taylor Stein.
In the newsletter you’ll also find information about the first event in our
new Division webinar series, on the topic of forests, urban nature, and
public space during the current pandemic. The webinar will present
interesting studies from across the globe on the important role of urban
nature and urban forests during the Covid19 pandemic. This event will take
place on Friday March 19th, from 14 to 15 hrs Central European Time. To
secure your place (as seats will be limited to 100 participants), register
at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlf-2urj8jG9L_-UHESASaEfXV4ezEd9….
(Registration is required for this event.)
As always, you are encouraged to send us your contributions for the
newsletter (brief reports and articles, news about events and publications,
etc.). The next issue will be compiled in May.
Kind regards,
Cecil and Purabi
(Cecil Konijnendijk, Coordinator of IUFRO Division 6)
(Purabi Bose, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Division 6 and Newsletter Editor)
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 7] IUFRO NEWS 1, 2021
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae E-list:
Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 1 2021. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 4:45 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 7] IUFRO NEWS 1, 2021
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <div7(a)lists.iufro.org>
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Issue 1, 2021
IUFRO NEWS 1, 2021
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you issue 1 of IUFRO News 2021, volume 50!
Encouraged by the extraordinary level of communication that continued among
IUFRO units via email, social media and online conferencing throughout
2020, we are optimistic about 2021. We already see that many of you have
started planning new activities, virtual, hybrid and physical meetings,
joint publication projects and more.
These activities, along with your continued communications with IUFRO
Headquarters, keep our global network thriving despite the uncertainties of
these times. For this, we are most grateful.
IUFRO News Issue 1, 2021 is also available for download as a PDF or Word
file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
*Please share this newsletter widely with your colleagues and interested
audiences and publish the link on your organization's website!*
Best wishes,
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
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follow our blog https://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro
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contribute to the IUFRO website content or promote a publication via IUFRO
Spotlight, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO Headquarters:
office(a)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org>*
Landscape Ecology, Finite Resources and the Coronavirus Pandemic
[image: Photo showing aerial view of forested landscape. Photo by Daria
Nepriakhina on Pixabay]
In this in-depth interview IUFRO's Landscape Ecology Working Party
Coordinators talk about the purpose and importance of landscape ecology and
especially its use in forestry. You will also learn about recent and
upcoming webinars that address critical emerging issues. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31961>*…*
Capacity Building for Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation in Malawi
and Sri Lanka
[image: Photo showing Malawi landscape by Graham Hobster on Pixabay]
IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of Capacities contributes to the
global movement on forest landscape restoration (FLR) through training
programs for forest scientists and practitioners in economically
disadvantaged countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This article
illustrates the approach to FLR and the scope of the IUFRO-SPDC training
program by showcasing current projects. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31960>…*
Forest Roads in Europe
[image: Photo showing forest road being constructed. Photo by Dr Stelian
Alexandru Borz]
The seminar series "Forest Roads: Regional Perspectives from around the
World" is hosted by IUFRO Working Party 3.01.02 Road engineering and
management, and provides regional perspectives on the design, construction
and management of forest road systems. The intent is to provide the
participants with regional views of what forest roads are and the major
factors affecting them. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31959>…*
Wood Anatomy and Wood Science
[image: Photo showing Dr. Pekka Saranpää, the Coordinator of IUFRO
Division-5, giving a welcome speech by video.]
The seventh annual meeting of the IAWA-China Group with the theme
"Strengthening the Protection and Utilization of Forestry Resources,
Broadening the Research Fields of Wood Anatomy and Wood Science" was held
in person from 28-29 November 2020 at Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry
University (ZAFU), China. It involved IUFRO Research Groups 5.16.00 Wood
identification and 5.06.00 Properties and utilization of plantation wood. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31958>…*
4th All-Russian Conference on Sustainable Forest Management
[image: Photo showing a Screenshot from a conference presentation]
Read about the 4th all-Russian scientific conference with international
participation entitled "Scientific Basis for Sustainable Forest Management"
that took place in hybrid format (online and in Moscow) on 27-30 October
2020. The meeting was co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 8.01.06 Boreal
and Alpine Forest Ecosystems. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31957>…*
Global Experts Collaborate Towards Policy Actions for Non- Wood Forest
Products (NWFPs)
[image: Photo showing a cork. Photo by Dirk Dewulf on Pixabay]
In early September 2020, the IUFRO Task Force Unlocking the Bioeconomy and
Non-Timber Forest Products participated in a science-based review of policy
recommendations of the INCREDIBLE project, an innovation network for cork,
resins and edibles. There will be another online policy forum titled
"Untapping the potential of non-wood forest products for Europe's green
economy" on 2 and 3 February 2021. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31955>…*
News from IUFRO Members
Building a House with Eucalyptus Wood
[image: Photo showing a Screenshot from PPT]
The first webinar SIN DIA NI HORARIO (anytime) in Spanish entitled
"Construcción de la casa de madera de Eucalipto en INTA Concordia" is
presented by Martín Sánchez Acosta, Ciro Mastrandrea and Ana Cerúsico of
INTA Concordia, Argentina. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31954>…*
Impacts of Urbanization on U.S. Watersheds
[image: Photo showing a fire hydrant in a landscape with trees. Photo by
Ryan Qualls, on Pixabay]
Urbanization has a detrimental effect on watersheds by decreasing
vegetation and increasing impermeable surfaces, says new research by USDA
Southern Research Station scientists. "Forests serve as powerful biological
pumps and can return more than half of precipitation back to the air, and
thus can greatly reduce urban runoff," says co-author Ge Sun, member of
IUFRO's TF Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31953>…*
Innovations in Forest Industry and Engineering Design
[image: Photo showing a Screenshot from conference website]
Тhe 10th International Scientific and Technical Conference INNO 2020
organized by the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Forestry,
Bulgaria, took place in Sofia on 1-3 October 2020. Conference participants
had the opportunity to learn about the latest innovations in industry from
papers delivered by representatives of various companies. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31952>…*
Congratulations: Khosro Sagheb-Talebi Receives Prestigious Award
[image: Photo showing Khosro Sagheb-Talebi with award certificate. Photo
provided by Khosro Sagheb-Talebi]
On December 5, 2020 Prof Khosro Sagheb-Talebi was honored as National Top
Researcher by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) and
the Ministry of Agriculture (MA) of Iran for his long-term research on
Hyrcanian old-growth forests and the application of his results on close to
nature management of Hyrcanian forests. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31950>*…*
FORESTIST - Journal of İstanbul University - Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Forestry
Forestist is an international, scientific, open access periodical published
in accordance with independent, unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review
principles. The journal is the official publication of İstanbul University
- Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Forestry and has been published since 1951. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31949>…*
News from IUFRO Headquarters
50th Volume of IUFRO News!
This year we are starting IUFRO News Volume 50! Issue 1 of IUFRO News
Volume 1 was published in September 1972 just prior to the IUFRO
Secretariat's move to its permanent location in Vienna, Austria. It started
with a message from the then IUFRO President Ivar Samset from Norway. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31947>*…*
Helpful Documents for Meeting Organizers
Do you want to organize IUFRO meetings? Find information and helpful
documents in your Unit's toolbox and here:
https://www.iufro.org/media/general-background/.
For example, you might find the "Quick guide on steps to take before,
during and after an event" very useful.
IUFRO HQ Citation Style
In order to homogenize the different citation styles used by authors
publishing with the Headquarters of the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO HQ), at HQ we have developed a simple and
harmonized citation style that will be available from the databases of the
most commonly used reference management software. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31965>*…*
Obituary: Dusan MLINŠEK
On 15 December 2020 IUFRO Honorary Member and former President Professor Dr
Dusan Mlinšek passed away in his home in Ljubljana, Slovenia, at the age of
95. IUFRO and the forest community have lost an extraordinary teacher,
scientist, colleague and friend, His outstanding contributions to
silviculture are an important legacy to future generations of foresters. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31966>…*
Obituary: Fujio KOBAYASHI
We are sad to inform you that Dr Fujio Kobayashi passed away on December 6,
2020 at the age of 88. He received the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award in
2000 for his important contributions to promoting and enhancing IUFRO's
presence in the Asia-Pacific region. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31967>…*
Publications
IUFRO Spotlight #86 - Analyzing the Complicated Forest-Water Relationship
[image: Photo showing leaves on tree in rain. iStock: Keikona]
Forests play an integral role in the water cycle by enhancing the world's
supply of clean water. Much of the globe's freshwater is provided through
forested catchments. The IUFRO Task Force on Forests and Water Interactions
in a Changing Environment examines interactions and feedbacks of forests
and water in a broad context. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31944>…*
Call for Submissions!
[image: Photo showing young tree with protection around them. Photo by
Monika P on Pixabay]
This is an invitation to submit papers to a special issue of 'Forests' by
25 August 2021. Contributions should ideally provide novel models for the
implementation of genomics and remote sensing tools to accelerate and
assist forest genetic adaptation to secure production and biodiversity. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31943>…*
China-Europe Forest Bioeconomy: Assessment and Outlook
A new study from the European Forest Institute provides the first
systematic assessment of the potential challenges and possibilities for the
future and policy implications for Europe-China forest-based bioeconomy
development. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31942>…*
FAO Policy Brief on COVID-19 Impacts to Wood Value Chains
[image: Photo showing a pile of cut wood. Photo G. Wolfrum, IUFRO]
This policy brief summarizes findings from a global survey on the impacts
of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on wood value chains and recovery
measures from the forest sector. The survey received responses from 237
stakeholders registered in the Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World
(SW4SW) network. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31941>…*
One World, One Health: Recommendations for Harnessing the Power of
Landscapes
Recognizing the potential of the landscape approach to contribute towards
biodiversity targets, the Global Landscapes Forum and the Youth in
Landscapes Initiative (YIL) facilitated the co-creation of the GLF
Biodiversity Policy Recommendations. This report brings together
perspectives from the GLF community as represented in the GLF Biodiversity
Digital Conference sessions and inputs from partner and youth
organizations. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31968>…*
Announcements
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Cheska Poon on Pixabay]
This issue of IUFRO News offers a variety of announcements including
information on positions, Master's programs, upcoming IUFRO and other
meetings and webinars, calls for participation in collaborative activities
and *more <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7181#c31948>…*
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 5] IUFRO Spotlight #86 - Analyzing the complicated forest-water relationship
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #86. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:56 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 5] IUFRO Spotlight #86 - Analyzing the complicated
forest-water relationship
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <div5(a)lists.iufro.org>
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IUFRO Spotlight #86 - Analyzing the complicated forest-water relationship
*IUFRO Spotlight is an initiative of the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations. Its aim is to introduce, in a timely fashion,
significant findings in forest research from IUFRO officeholders and member
organizations to a worldwide network of decision makers, policy makers and
researchers. IUFRO will encapsulate, and distribute in plain language,
brief, topical and policy-relevant highlights of those findings, along with
information on where/how to access the full documents.*
*Occasionally, IUFRO Spotlight also presents special activities such as
sessions at major IUFRO congresses or the work of the IUFRO Task Forces.
These focus on emerging key issues that contribute to international
processes and activities and are of great interest to policy makers and to
groups inside and outside the forest sector. With those criteria in mind,
the Spotlights for the next several months will highlight the undertakings
and goals of the IUFRO Task Forces. The IUFRO Spotlights will be
distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.*
Analyzing the complicated forest-water relationship
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[image: Photo showing Riparian vegetation and landscape in Mongolia, a
country where freshwater resources are scarce – Photo by Alexander Buck,
IUFRO]
Riparian vegetation and landscape in Mongolia, a country where freshwater
resources are scarce – Photo by Alexander Buck, IUFRO
More than 500 years ago Leonardo da Vinci said: "Water is the driving force
of all nature."
There is a corollary that could easily be added to da Vinci's truism: Water
is greatly aided and abetted in that role by forests.
Forests play an integral role in the water cycle by enhancing the world's
supply of clean water. Much of the globe's freshwater is provided through
forested catchments.
Forests protect water quality, flow regimes, aquatic systems, soil and have
critical interactions with climate.
Any forest changes, whether through nature or through human action, can
significantly affect water resources and water-related ecological functions
and services, often in a negative fashion.
A recent global assessment on forests and water demonstrated that forests,
water and climate should all be assessed and managed in an integrated way
at all spatial and temporal scales.
The assessment also identified critical research gaps among which
forests/forest carbon, climate and water interactions and their effects on
forest water use, water supply and flow regime were seen as among the top
emerging priorities.
One result of that assessment has been a IUFRO Task Force (TF): *Forests
and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment*, organized to focus
specifically on those research gaps.
"The relationship between forests and water is complicated," said Dr. Adam
Wei of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Science at the
University of British Columbia, Canada, and coordinator of the TF.
"There are large variations in the forest-water relationship due to the
interactions and feedbacks of climate, forests and watershed properties. In
addition, the relationship is not only about science, but also about
cultures, policy and governance. What all that means is that we need a
systematic approach to look at all the interactions effectively.
"Fortunately, in our TF we have a good, mixed pool of expertise from all
continents – world-leading scientists in their respective fields – and we
include some experts from the social sciences and policy areas."
The TF will examine interactions and feedbacks of forests and water in a
broad context that will consider impacts of – and on – climate, variability
and change, as well as emerging climate change mitigation strategies,
markets and adaptive forest and water management.
"Climate change," said Prof. Richard Harper, from Australia's Murdoch
University and a deputy coordinator of the TF, "is a significant issue. Not
only does it directly affect water supplies, but it also indirectly
influences water by its impact on forests through disturbance such as
wildfire, drought and mortality.
"To address climate change impacts and sequester more carbon in forests,
large-scale reforestation projects are proposed, and some are being
implemented. Similarly, there are ambitious international forest
restoration targets. However, while restoration is becoming an important
activity globally, in some regions it can cause reductions in water yields
and, if not done properly, may also affect water quality.
[image: Photo showing Leaf area is an important measure for the water use
of trees - © iStock: Keikona]
Leaf area is an important measure for the water use of trees - © iStock:
Keikona
"As one example, reforestation or afforestation can reduce the total annual
water yield from a watershed, because more trees transpire more water. This
results in smaller amounts of water in rivers or in groundwater systems.
"On the other hand," Prof. Harper continued, "forest restoration activities
can have beneficial effects on other hydrological variables, for instance,
decreasing peak flows so there's less chance of flooding. There are also
well-documented examples of improvements in watershed water quality.
"What it all means is that we need to take a good look at all the different
aspects of hydrological functions and use science to devise better forest
management systems."
Dr. Shirong Liu, President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry,
Vice-President of IUFRO, and also deputy coordinator of the TF said: "In
2018, the *TF Forests, Soil and Water Interactions* played a key role in
developing a global assessment on forests and water. While that report
supports high-level dialogue and discussion, there is a need to develop
guidance for on-the-ground forest practices.
"We have also noted a lack of science-based operational guidelines to
support management practices in regard to water protection," he added.
The TF will evaluate the interaction between science and related policy
responses concerning the decline of water values in some forest areas,
global forest decline and inter-related climate and landscape scale forest
disturbance impacts.
Among other objectives, the TF will examine and evaluate the impacts of
vegetation restoration projects on water supply in arid and semi-arid
ecosystems and take a look at the effects on forest and water interactions
by forest management, afforestation and reforestation at local and regional
scales.
Dr. Wei said: "Given the pool of expertise in our TF and our plan to work
with other IUFRO TFs and Divisions, I see this as a great opportunity to
promote synergy and collaboration across different parts of the world and
among different disciplines. One good example is that our TF members are
working with a team led by FAO to develop a publication on how to manage
forest for water, including how to monitor, implement on-the-ground
practices and build a business case. The publication: *A Guide to
Forest-Water Management *will be released later this year.
"We also plan to develop a special journal issue of synthesized papers to
assist forest management practices in the context of water protection. This
will benefit forest industries, researchers, municipalities and planners,"
he added.
*###Forest and Water on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and
Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment Report. Editors: Irena F.
Creed and Meine van Noordwijk (GFEP - Expert Panel on Forests and Water
2018): *
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-wat…
*IUFRO Task Force 'Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing
Environment': *
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forests-water-interaction-changin…
*(Preceded by the Task Force ‘Forests, Soil and Water Interactions':*
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/former-task-forces/forests-soil-w…
*)*
*The IUFRO Task Forces are established on a temporary basis during each
5-year IUFRO Board term and focus on emerging key forest-related issues.
The nine current TFs will run till 2024 at which time their relevance will
be assessed in relation to the forest issues of the day. *
*________________________________*
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circulate these findings to a broad audience but, in doing so, acts only as
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Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through *IUFRO
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policy implications and be applicable to more than one country. If you
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The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
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*IUFRO Spotlight #86, published in January 2021*
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