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IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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*We look forward to continuing our work together towards a dynamic and
inclusive XV World Forestry Congress!*
*Reopening the call for abstracts for papers, posters, and videos*
*In light of the new Congress dates, the submission platform for abstracts
for papers, posters, and videos will be reopened from 28 April to 30 June
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world. For more information click **here*
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*Nous nous réjouissons de poursuivre notre travail ensemble en vue d'un XVe
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*Réouverture de l'appel à articles, posters et résumés vidéo*
*À la lumière des nouvelles dates du Congrès, la plateforme de soumission
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Congrès, afin de partager des connaissances, de renforcer les capacités, de
créer des réseaux et d’étudier des solutions exploitables pour relever les
défis du secteur forestier. Nous encourageons toutes les parties prenantes
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*¡Esperamos continuar juntos nuestro trabajo para un XV Congreso Forestal
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de resúmenes de trabajos, pósteres y videos se abrirá nuevamente del 28 de
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paralelos son una plataforma para interactuar con los participantes del
Congreso, compartir conocimientos y experiencias, desarrollar capacidades,
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*논문**, **포스터**, **동영상 초록 접수 일정 연장*
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*일부터** 7**월** 30**일까지로**, **관계자 분들의 많은 지원 바랍니다**. **자세한 사항은 **여기*
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Dear Meliaceae E-list:
Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 3 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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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 5:43 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 3, 2021
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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Issue 3, 2021
IUFRO NEWS 3, 2021
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 3 of IUFRO News 2021, volume 50!
IUFRO News Issue 3, 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!*
We are also pleased to announce *IUFRO WORLD DAY - Digital Forest Science
Forum 2021* – to be held on *28-29 September 2021*! This unique 24-hours
event aims to showcase the science covered by IUFRO research units and
Member Organizations, and to facilitate networking and communication.
*You will receive detailed information at the end of April!*
Best wishes,
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
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Spotlight, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO Headquarters:
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Towards Gender Mainstreaming in Forestry
Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the
17 goals (SDG5) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development. Although important progress has been made in several areas,
gender inequalities are still deeply rooted in societies worldwide. Read
this interview with IUFRO officeholders! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32249>…*
2021 World Wood Day: Carbon Capture and Storage in Forests, Wood and
Non-Wood Products
World Wood Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on 21 March in order to
highlight wood as an ecofriendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise
awareness on the key role wood plays in a sustainable world through
biodiversity and forest conservation. Find out about the scientific
symposium held on this occasion. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32248>…*
Forest Roads in Southern Africa
[image: Photo showing a forested landscape with roads. Photo by Dr Muedanyi
Ramantswana, November 27, 2020]
This seminar series 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=7201#c32247>…*
Forests, Nature and Public Space during the Global Pandemic
[image: Photo showing a skyscraper with a park in the forefront, in New
York City. Photo by melle1228 on Pixabay]
The first webinar of the new IUFRO Division 6 webinar series was
successfully held on 19 March 2021. It presented and discussed research on
the role of forests, nature, and public space in urban areas during the
Covid-19 pandemic. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32246>*
...
Forest Genetic Monitoring
[image: Photo showing a screenshot taken during the conference on breeding
and conservation of Meditearranean conifers.]
The meeting "Forest Science for Future Forests: Forest genetic monitoring
and biodiversity in changing environments" was held on 21-25 September 2020
at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. FGM aims at the assessment of the
current state of genetic variation and the quantification of its relevant
changes at a temporal scale. Its main goal is to preserve the long-term
adaptive evolutionary potential. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32245>…*
Webinars #3 and #4 of the Int'l Tree Mortality Network Now Online!
The recorded webinars entitled "Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems:
past, present and future" and "Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene"
are now available. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32244>*
...
IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture – Designing the Way Forwards
Fifty-two office holders of the IUFRO Silviculture Division got together in
an online meeting on 23 February 2021 to exchange views on strategic issues
and report on on-going activities and future plans. The meeting started
with four scientific and technical presentations. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32243>…*
News from Members
Cork Oak Research in Tunisia
[image: Photo showing a cork oak. Photo by maya7777 on Pixabay]
Report by Boutheina Stiti, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and
Fisheries, Tunisia, and Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Working Party 4.05.01 -
Managerial, social and environmental accounting, on the 10th International
Ecology Symposium and the 6th International Congress of Plant and Animal
Biodiversity - CIBVA6- 2020. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32242>…*
Forest Research Wins Funding for Collaborative Research into Oak Tree
Health
[image: Photo showing an oak tree. Photo by Robin Greenwood on Pixabay]
The project, named 'BAC-STOP' (Bacteria: Advancement of Control and
Knowledge to Save Threatened Oak and Protect them for Future Generations'),
will focus on Acute Oak Decline (AOD) - an emerging complex disease in
which bacteria cause stem lesions on native species of British oak:
BAC-STOP - BPD-UK. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32241>…*
100 Years of Forest Research in British Columbia, Canada
Exactly 100 years ago the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC)
started investing in forest research. It was 1921 when the BC Forest Branch
hired the first research scientist, J.L. Alexander, to work on forest
regeneration, growth and yield, and fire protection. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32240>*…*
Congratulations!
[image: Photo showing Daniela Kleinschmit. Photo COC Freiburg.]
On 1 April 2021 IUFRO Vice-President *Daniela Kleinschmit *joined the
Rectorate of the *University of Freiburg*, Germany as new part-time
Vice-President. The environmental social scientist *Professor Kleinschmit*
will be responsible for issues of internationalization and
sustainability. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32238>*...
Memories of the XXV IUFRO World Congress
[image: Photo showing the cover of the Memorias/Congress Report of the XXV
IUFRO World Congress, Curitiba, Brazil, 2019.]
All information on the XXV IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, has
now been compiled in a beautiful brochure by the Congress Organizing team
from Embrapa Forestry, Brazil. "Enjoy good memories, enjoy good times! The
effort to document each session and every detail of the IUFRO2019 Congress
has been done with you in mind!" *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32237>…*
Obituary Karl - Charly - Kleemayr
[image: Photo showing Karl Kleemayr, deceased.]
IUFRO Division 8 - Unit 8.03.00 *Natural hazards and risk management*, in
particular - mourns the loss of our colleague and friend Karl (Charly)
Kleemayr, who passed away on Friday 26 February 2021. We remember Charly's
enthusiasm and creativity in advancing the knowledge and value of
forest-based solutions for the prevention of natural hazards. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32236>*…*
Publications and FLR
French Version of "Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation”
IUFRO Occasional Paper 33 now also in French: 'Mise en œuvre de la
restauration des paysages forestiers: Leçons apprises de paysages
sélectionnés en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique latine'*. More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32235>…*
Take the Global Restoration Survey!
In preparation for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a coalition of
41 organizations prepared a global online survey to identify existing
capacity needs to scale up restoration. Participate until 15 April! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32234>…*
Latest IUFRO Spotlight: Getting everyone on board to succeed in forest
landscape restoration
[image: Photo showing Alignment and planting in SMM Komitibanda. Photo:
Forest College & Research Institute, Telangana, India.]
In many countries land degradation is severe and widespread, and
restoration will be a task for many years to come. So, capacities there
must be enhanced to help shape a more sustainable world. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32233>…*
Newsletters and Mailing Lists
IUFRO News in its 50th Year
Look back on early issues of IUFRO News, read news from Division 4.00.00 -
Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management, get latest updates on criteria
and indicators, or join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource
Data in the Tropics! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32252>…*
Papers, Proceedings, Journals
[image: Photo showing plants in hollow tree. Photo by Mike Goad on Pixabay.]
Find information on recent research papers and special journal issues,
newly published proceedings from IUFRO meetings, and calls for submissions
to journals! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32230>…*
Awards
[image: Photo showing a winner's trophy. Picture by Mohamed Hassan on
Pixabay.]
Calls for nominations for the Premi Ramon Margalef D'Ecologia and the
Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2021 are still open! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32229>…*
Other Information
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IUFRO Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32228>
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
The following announcement may be of interest. The recording of the webinar
below can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIOBl-THfkI
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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From: Sandra LUQUE <sandra.luque(a)inrae.fr>
Date: Wed, May 26, 2021 at 4:28 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 8] TR: [IUFRO WP 8.01.02] TOMORROW: IUFRO Landscape
Ecology Webinar 4 - Landscape ecology in the UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration
To: <div8(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear members,
Don't forget to attend our 4th webinar of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology WP
Series to take place tomorrow, 26 May, 2021, 15:00-16:15pm (CET), on
"Landscape ecology in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration", with the
participation of:
- Andreas Bolte, Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Germany
- Ida N. S. Djenontin, Michigan State University, USA
- James Reed, CIFOR, Indonesia, and Cambridge University, UK
- René Zamora Cristales, World Resources Institute (WRI), USA
Connect to the meeting through this link:
https://youtu.be/jIOBl-THfkI
More info in the webpage of the IUFRO LE WP at
https://iufrole-wp.weebly.com/webinars.html
See you tomorrow,
João Azevedo (on behalf of the WP)
--
João Azevedo, PhD
Prof. Coordenador
Escola Superior Agrária/Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO) Instituto
Politécnico de Bragança
Address:
Campus de Santa Apolónia
5300-253 BRAGANÇA
PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 273 303 341
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
The following announcement may be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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From: Hojka Kraigher <hojka.kraigher(a)gozdis.si>
Date: Thu, May 27, 2021 at 7:23 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 2] recording
To: div2(a)lists.iufro.org <div2(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear all,
The link to the EUFORGEN seminar on the LIFEGENMON Manual for forest
genetic monitoring: LifeGEnMon seminar - YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7UoXeK92g> (in english, from May 17th
2021)
Presented by Marko Bajc, and including discussion.
Aimed for implementation of FGM and national level, to support and being
supported by the EUFORGEN community, as part of the IUFRO unit 2.04.12
FOREST GENETIC MONITORING
Have a nice day!
Hojka
Prof. Dr. Hojka Kraigher, BSc. & MSc. Biol. & BSc. For. Eng.
Assoc. member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Head of Department for Forest Physiology and Genetics &
the Research Programme P4-0107
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Večna pot 2, SI – 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: 00 386 1 200 78 20 Fax: 00 386 1 257 3589
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #87. 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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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 3:32 PM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #87 - Getting everyone on board to succeed in
forest landscape restoration
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #87 - Getting everyone on board to succeed in forest
landscape restoration
*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. *
*IUFRO Spotlight** also aims to present activities such as sessions at
major IUFRO congresses or the work of IUFRO Task Forces with a focus on
emerging key issues that are of great interest to policy makers and groups
inside and outside the forest sector and contribute to international
processes and activities. The IUFRO Spotlight findings will be distributed
in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.*
Getting everyone on board to succeed in forest landscape restoration
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[image: Photo showing Alignment and planting in SMM Komitibanda. Photo:
Forest College & Research Institute, Telangana, India.]
Alignment and planting in SMM Komitibanda. Photo: Forest College & Research
Institute, Telangana, India.
The world is degraded. Worldwide, according to a 2018 UNESCO publication,
land degradation affects 3.2 billion people – about 40% of humanity.
The degradation is human caused, drives species extinction, intensifies
climate change, and adds to mass human migration and increased conflict,
the report indicated.
So, a critical question becomes: how do we build or, perhaps more
accurately, rebuild a sustainable world?
IUFRO, through its Special Programme for Development of Capacities (SPDC),
offers a significant part of the solution by emphasizing Forest Landscape
Restoration (FLR).
The FLR is designed as a multi-stakeholder process that aims at regaining,
improving and maintaining vital ecological functions and enhancing human
wellbeing. And, other studies have shown that about 15% of degraded land
worldwide is suitable for FLR.
The SPDC is headed by Dr. Michael Kleine, deputy executive director of
IUFRO. Its mandate is to build capacity in the forest science community in
economically disadvantaged countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America so
that forest science can contribute to the enhancement of sustainable
management of forest landscapes.
SPDC trains forest scientists and practitioners in FLR so they are better
able to manage and deal with the complex issues involved in land
management. To that end, the Programme has also developed guidance (in
English/Spanish/French) for the FLR process.
Training covers a wide array of FLR-relevant topics ranging from global
policies and governance issues to project planning, facilitation of
multi-stakeholder processes and implementation and monitoring of technical
operations on the ground.
[image: Photo showing Landscape in Ethiopia recovering from degradation.
Photo: Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute.]
Landscape in Ethiopia recovering from degradation. Photo: Ethiopian
Environment and Forest Research Institute.
FLR looks beyond the immediate forest area and identifies a broad range of
measures to improve the ecosystem: things like soils, nutrients, tree cover
and biodiversity. The aim is to build resilient landscapes and to generate
maximum benefits for local stakeholders and society at large.
Restoration is certainly not a quick-and-easy fix. To be successful,
everyone involved has to be on the same page. And that means all the
competing interests around land use must come together and work
collaboratively to achieve that common goal.
"Our past experiences show that sectoral approaches – agriculture-only;
forestry-only; biodiversity conservation-only – will not solve the complex
and interlinked problems of land management," said Dr. Kleine.
In many partner countries land degradation is severe and widespread, and
restoration will be a task for many years to come. So, capacities there
must be enhanced to help shape a more sustainable world.
"Our solution for restoring degraded landscapes is to encompass different
land uses – forestry, agriculture, wildlife, recreation, water management,
etc. FLR, as the name implies, takes a landscape approach aimed at
reconciling the many varied expectations and conflicting societal demands
that revolve around the natural environment," Dr. John Stanturf, retired
Senior Scientist with the US Forest Service and SPDC's lead trainer said.
"The collaborative effort among stakeholders needs to be facilitated or
moderated by those trained in FLR," said Janice Burns, IUFRO's Thematic
Networking Manager and SPDC's deputy coordinator. "These facilitators, by
understanding the FLR process, can work at the local level to help all
stakeholders – farmers, staff from forestry and agriculture departments,
green NGOs, politicians, indigenous people – to jointly decide on measures
to improve land management.
The process provides a systematic framework for stakeholder consultations,
enhances transparency, mobilizes political and financial support and, in
this way, eventually leads to joint decisions.
"It's essentially a multi-stakeholder process whereby different
stakeholders with an interest in forests and land use jointly decide about
measures to improve the ecological, social and economic condition of the
landscape," added Dr. András Darabant of Vienna's University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences and a member of the SPDC trainer team.
There are certainly challenges. In addition to competing interests, in some
instances there is a lack of transparency, or inequalities among affected
segments of society, and occasionally there is corruption; all of which is
compounded by global trade arrangements, and investment policies by rich
countries.
"But we want to make available a critical mass of FLR facilitators within a
country who can help guide the joint stakeholder decision making, the
implementation and collaborative monitoring of the outcome and the
improvements," Dr. Kleine said.
The success of the initiative will be seen in a more diverse and resilient
landscape, with less soil erosion, a diversity of plants and vegetation,
productive soils for food and material production and an ability to adapt
to a changing climate and associated risks.
*The IUFRO-SPDC FLR guidelines can be found at: *
https://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/netw/flr/flr/pract-guide/
*Further reading:*
John A. Stanturf, Michael Kleine, Stephanie Mansourian, John Parrotta,
Palle Madsen, Promode Kant, Janice Burns & Andreas Bolte, 2019.
Implementing forest landscape restoration under the Bonn Challenge: a
systematic approach. Annals of Forest Science volume 76, Article number: 50
(2019)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13595-019-0833-z
IUFRO Occasional Paper No. 33 (2020) - Forest Landscape Restoration
Implementation: Lessons learned from selected landscapes in Africa, Asia
and Latin America
https://www.iufro.org/publications/series/occasional-papers/article/2020/02…
Daniella Schweizer, Marijkevan Kuijk, JabouryGhazoula (2021)
Perceptions from non-governmental actors on forest and landscape
restoration, challenges and strategies for successful implementation across
Asia, Africa and Latin America | Initiative 20x20
<https://initiative20x20.org/publications/perceptions-non-governmental-actor…>.
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 286, 15 May 2021, 112251
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Dear Meliaceae E-List:
This facebook group for IUFRO Division 8 - the forest environment - may be
of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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From: Sandra LUQUE <sandra.luque(a)inrae.fr>
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:36 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 8] IUFRO - DIVISION 8 - FOREST ENVIRONMENT FB GROUP
To: <div8(a)lists.iufro.org>, <wp80102(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear all,
I do have the great pleasure to announce a new FB group dedicated to share
information for the IUFRO *Division 8*. Thanks to our communication
officers for the Division, Alessio Collalti with the support of Jean Luc
Maeght (both in cc), for setting up this Group. The success of the group
and the improvement in our communication channels depend on the effort of
each member of the Division including all the colleagues, young
researchers, students, experts, stakeholders that we can invite. The group
is Public but everybody needs to make a request to become a member – an
administrator needs to approve members and posts (we will take care of
this)
The aim of this FB Group is to improve communication within the Division
and beyond while sharing NEWS, publications, events related to forest
management and planning, including conservation of forested areas,
wildlife, soil sciences, forested landscapes and landscape ecology,
conservation biology, biodiversity, and physical environment. We
particularly welcome inputs towards a deeper understanding of hazards and
disturbances which could affect forest dynamics, such as fire, climate
change, pollution and winds.
You can share links to webinars and other related events. You can also
feed this site with relevant related information from others FB sites.
Looking forward to a dynamic exchange to enhance our knowledge and
awareness on the importance of forests and the environment
The Group is for the Division to make use of it, so please become a member
and share the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/iufro.division.8
Remember! this *Sunday 21st* is the International Day of Forests so please
use the opportunity to begin sharing information
<https://www.un.org/en/observances/forests-and-trees-day>
Looking forward to your inputs
My warmest wishes to all
Sandra
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*Sandra LUQUE PhD, DR HDR*
*Director of Research*
Chair IUFRO Division 8 - Forest Environment
INTECOL *Chair Science Committee*
*INRAE* National Research Institute on Agriculture, Food & the Environment
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Dear Meliaceae E-List:
This IUFRO World Forest Day activity (Sep 28-29, 2021) may be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:37 PM
Subject: Save the date! 28-29 September 2021 - IUFRO WORLD DAY - Digital
Forest Science Forum 2021
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
Save the date! 28-29 September 2021 - IUFRO WORLD DAY - Digital Forest
Science Forum 2021
*IUFRO World Day - Digital Forest Science Forum 2021 online 28-29 September
2021 *
One day after celebrating the International Day of Forests IUFRO is proud
to announce its own digital IUFRO WORLD DAY!
This unique 24-hours event aims to showcase the science covered by IUFRO
research units and Member Organizations, and to facilitate networking and
communication.
It will offer program elements for forest scientists, students, policy and
decision makers and everyone who wants to learn about what is going in the
world of forest science and IUFRO.
To enable participants from all over the world to take part in their own
time zone, the event will be structures into three major time zone groups
spreading over two days.
*The event is still in development and further details will follow soon, so
stay tuned:https://www.iufro.org/events/iufro-world-day/
<https://www.iufro.org/events/iufro-world-day/> *
Download IUFRO poster from
*https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/events/iufro-world-day/iufro-poster.pdf
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/events/iufro-world-day/iufro-poste…>*
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Dear Meliaceae E-List:
These recorded seminars may be of interest
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: Henrik Hartmann <hhart(a)bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Date: Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 10:41 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 4] WATCH NOW ONLINE Seminar by Nate McDowell on tree
mortality in the Anthropocene
To: <div4(a)lists.iufro.org>, <div7(a)lists.iufro.org>, <div8(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear all,
Seminar #4 of the International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of
the IUFRO Task Force on Monitoring Trends and Patterns of Global Tree
Mortality, is now available online.
Watch this seminar at:
https://youtu.be/vdAXQ8CibKA
*Dr. NATE MCDOWELL*
*Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene*
*Abstract*: Tree mortality is rising in most documented locations but the
drivers and mechanisms of this trend are unknown. Changes in atmospheric
carbon dioxide, temperature, and vapor pressure deficit, along with
drought, are primary potential drivers. Mechanisms linking these drivers to
mortality include water, carbon, and pathogen defense processes. These
processes are interdependent such that failure of one can lead to failure
of the others. Prediction of future mortality is challenged by our
understanding of the mechanisms, however, some evidence suggests the
growing mortality rates are likely to continue well into the future. I
conclude by reviewing the numerous challenges and opportunities for
predicting future tree mortality.
*Nate is a senior scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.* He
has studied tree mortality since the early 2000s, focusing on mechanisms
and prediction.
*Previous seminars:*
Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data
https://youtu.be/ya8XlQBS6DQ
Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon
https://youtu.be/KoC8E6P3Zu8
Seminar # 3: Belinda Medlyn - Tree mortality in Australia
https://youtu.be/hRlBc7oR328
Visit us at:
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/https://www.tree-mortality.net/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact: hhart(a)bgc-jena.mpg.de
Phone: +49.3641.576294
Mobile: +49.171.8188273
Website:
https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
*Initiatives*:
International Tree Mortality Network
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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Dear Meliacee E-List:
The recording below may be of interest.
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From: Konijnendijk, Cecil <cecil.konijnendijk(a)ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 2:16 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 6] IUFRO Division 6 webinar on Covid, forests, and
urban nature (March 19th) - recording now available
To: div6(a)lists.iufro.org <div6(a)lists.iufro.org>
Dear IUFRO Division 6 colleagues,
I hope that this message finds you well.
In case you missed this webinar on the role of forests, nature, and public
space during the global pandemic, you can now access the recording at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplGQeWq-N8. We had about 70 people joining
live for the event.
We plan to host a 2nd webinar in this new series within a couple of months.
Kind regards,
Cecil
(Cecil Konijnendijk, IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator)
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