Fwd: IUFRO: President's Letter to Members and Officeholders
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
The following message from the IUFRO President may be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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Subject: IUFRO: President's Letter to Members and Officeholders
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
IUFRO: President's Letter to Members and Officeholders
Letter by President: PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/circulars/president-to-members-off…>
*From*:
Dr. John Parrotta, IUFRO President
IUFRO Headquarters – Secretariat
*To*:
IUFRO Members and IUFRO Officeholders
*Subject*:
Circular letter by the IUFRO President
Dear IUFRO members,
Dear IUFRO officeholders,
As we approach the end of the 2020, I would like to take this opportunity
to thank you, as members and officeholders of IUFRO, for your commitment
and enthusiasm. This has ensured that IUFRO - *the* global network for
forest science collaboration - has remained strong, active and resilient in
its response to the challenges and new realities that this past year
presented.
I can proudly say that, through all our efforts, IUFRO has maintained and
in some ways even enhanced collaboration in forest science despite the
obstacles we faced during this past memorable year. A dynamic, adaptive and
inclusive IUFRO network remains essential if we are to deal effectively
with the many environmental and social challenges that have certainly not
gone away, although most of the world’s attention this year has focused on
the human health and economic crises that the pandemic ushered in.
Towards this end, I am pleased to inform you that the IUFRO Board, during
its first ever virtual meeting in September, finalized our *post-2020
Strategy
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/science/divisions/toolbox/iufro-st…>*
and an associated comprehensive Strategy Action Plan. These are designed to
enhance research excellence in forest science worldwide, improve
communications and embrace diversity within our network, and to increase
IUFRO’s visibility, outreach and education activities. I am grateful to the
many IUFRO officeholders and their scientific units, member organizations
and stakeholders who have provided valuable inputs to the development of
the Strategy and the Action Plan, and am confident that these documents
will effectively guide our collective work in the years to come and make
our network stronger and even more beneficial.
We have also taken a close look at our current and evolving modes of
networking which, until very recently, have relied heavily on physical
meetings, and are working towards a more diversified set of options –
particularly digital and hybrid formats. This is reflected in the
paper "*Enhancing
networking capabilities and participation in IUFRO activities in a changing
world
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/science/divisions/toolbox/iufro-ac…>*",
with additional supporting resources for meeting organizers available on
the *IUFRO webpage <https://www.iufro.org/media/general-background/>*.
Embracing this diversity of meeting formats will help us enhance
flexibility and expand involvement of a larger and far more diverse group
of scientists and stakeholders in our activities, while reducing our
collective “carbon footprint” associated with international travel.
Although our lives, our work and many of our societies have been severely
disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have also been reminded of the
values of compassion, solidarity, truth, shared sacrifice, and commitment
for the good of our human family and the biosphere that sustains us. Global
recovery and human well-being will more than ever also depend on forest
science to harness the potential of forests and trees to contribute to
sustainable development while avoiding and mitigating the threats affecting
forests.
Once again, I thank each and every one of you for your dedication and
contributions to forest science and the IUFRO “family” during 2020 and look
forward to your continued active participation in our efforts to
interconnect forests, science and people. Please do not hesitate to get in
touch with me or IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna at any time.
With warm regards and best wishes,
John Parrotta
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 1] IUFRO NEWS 11/12, 2020
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae E-list:
Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 11/12 2020. 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: Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] IUFRO NEWS 11/12, 2020
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <div1(a)lists.iufro.org>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 11/12, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 11/12, 2020
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you double issue 11/12 of IUFRO News 2020,
volume 49.
Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be
postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary
level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social
media and online conferencing.
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 11/12 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file
at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
*You are welcome to share this newsletter with your colleagues and publish
the link on your organization's website!*
With Season's Greetings,
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
______________________________________________
*To find out more about IUFRO, just visit* https://www.iufro.org and
follow our blog https://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro
<https://twitter.com/IUFRO>, IUFRO Facebook entries
<https://www.facebook.com/iufro> and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/iufro_media/>.
*IUFRO News is widely distributed among IUFRO Members, officeholders and
other interested groups. If you would like to publish in IUFRO News,
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>*
The Science under the Christmas Tree
[image: Photo showing Coning research: Michigan State University
researchers are working to reduce precocious cone production in Fraser fir
Christmas tree plantations. Photo by B. Cregg]
Science and technology behind plantation Christmas tree production have
developed rapidly in the last 20-30 years, particularly in Europe and North
America. Find out more about current trends and research needs in this
interview with Dr. Bert Cregg and Dr. Inger Sundheim Fløistad, members of
IUFRO's Christmas Trees Working Party coordination team. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31575>…*
Pathways of Forest Bioeconomy: The Past, the Present and the Future of
Forest Bioeconomy
[image: Photo showing IUFRO RG5.10.00 - Pathways to bioeconomy online
conference, September 2020. Screenshot provided by Anne Toppinen.]
Forest bioeconomy development is gaining ground across different
continents, with repercussions of changing markets, industry renewal
processes. Read about the findings of this online conference of IUFRO
Research Group 5.10.00 Forest Products Marketing and Business Management. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31574>…*
Forest Roads: Regional Perspectives from Around the World
[image: Photo showing a forest road being built. Photo by Kevin Lyons.]
This online seminar series is hosted by IUFRO Working Party 3.01.02 Road
Engineering and Management. The series provides regional perspectives on
the design, construction, and management of forest road systems. The first
seminar focused on "Forest Roads in Western North America". *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31573>…*
IUFRO-SPDC Strengthens Skills Needed in an Increasingly Complex World
[image: Photo and quote by Haiwen WU, Chinese Academy of Forestry]
Learn about the online course "Systematic Evidence Evaluation on Forest
Landscape Restoration", a collaboration between IUFRO's Special Programme
for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC) and the University of Oxford,
UK. Participants were introduced to software and tools required for
systematic reviews of forest-related science. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31572>…*
Governance and Restoration of Forest Heritage Systems
[image: Photo showing Damage by contemporary forestry extraction, North
Yorkshire, England. Photo by Ian Rotherham]
As part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the European
Landscape Convention, IUFRO Research Group 9.03.00 Forest History and
Traditional Knowledge organized a special session to address issues of
forest landscape heritage with partners across Europe, and from elsewhere
around the world. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31570>…*
Four Operational Challenges to Landscape Restoration in Latin America
[image: Photo showing the use of remote sensing and Collect Earth to
monitor landscape restoration in Nicaragua. Photo by René Zamora Cristales,
World Resources Institute]
This webinar, which was kindly hosted and supported by the World Resources
Institute, Initiative 20x20, IUFRO Research Group 3.09.00 Sustainable
Operations for Forest Landscape Restoration, and the International Society
of Tropical Foresters, showcased innovative strategies to overcome four
operational challenges for establishing, managing, and implementing
restoration. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31569>…*
Seminar Kick-off Meeting: Global Forest Monitoring Using Satellite Data
[image: Photo showing Matt Hansen presenting recent findings during the
online seminar. Screenshot provided by Henrik Hartmann.]
The first in a series of online meetings organized by the IUFRO Task Force
Monitoring Global Tree MortalityPatterns and Trends was a great success. It
was attended by 396 participants from 59 countries worldwide. Among the
speakers was Professor Matt Hansonfrom the University of Maryland, USA, the
organizer of the Global Forest Watch. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31567>…*
9th International Symposium: Forest and Sustainable Development
[image: Photo showing IUFRO presentation by Bogdan Strimbu (first from the
left) on Youtube.com]
This conference was kindly hosted by the University of Transilvania,
Brasov, Romania, and supported by IUFRO Research Group 4.03.00 Uncertainty
Analysis, Computational Ecology, and Decision Support and IUFRO Working
Party 4.03.02 Machine Learning and Computational Ecology. It addressed
almost all facets of forest research. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31566>…*
MEDLENTISK – the Next Steps
[image: Photo showing screenshot of Zoom meeting, provided by B. Stiti]
News from INRGREF, Tunisia, a Member Organization of IUFRO: On November 12,
the partners of MEDLENTISK, a project that is aimed to foster the
transmission of knowledge on the mastic tree, a forest resource that can be
found all around the Mediterranean, met again in a video conference to
discuss current and future activities. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31564>…*
News from IUFRO Headquarters: Welcoming New Team Member Dikshya Devkota
Dikshya Devkota joined the Global Forest Expert Panels Programme (GFEP) as
a Project Manager on November 1, 2020 and has been working from her home
office in the United States so far due to the Covid-19 restrictions. We are
very much looking forward to meeting her in person in Vienna soon. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31563>…*
Dr. Richard Guldin Received Sir William Schlich Memorial Award
[image: Photo showing Rich Gulding with award. Photo provided by Rich
Guldin]
On October 29, Dr. Richard Guldin was presented this prestigious award of
the Society of American Foresters (SAF) in recognition of his outstanding
contributions to the field of forestry. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31562>…*
Obituary: Dr. Maliwan Haruthaithanasan
[image: Photo showing Maliwan Haruthaithanasan. Photo provided by Viktor
Bruckman]
IUFRO officeholder Dr. Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, director of Kasetsart
Agricultural and Agro-industrial Product Improvement Institute (KAPI) of
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, passed away on 29 November 2020.
The international forestry community has lost a visionary mind, but perhaps
more importantly, a great colleague, friend and mother. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31561>…*
Publications
Enabling Factors to Scale Up Forest Landscape Restoration: The Roles of
Governance and Economics - Full Report with Case Studies
For this study by Stephanie Mansourian WWF and IUFRO have come together to
push the forest restoration agenda forward using their combined scientific,
policy and field implementation expertise. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31560>…*
UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery
"The Roadmap is a commitment and a guide to make use of research to
determine how COVID-19 socio-economic recovery efforts can be purposefully
designed to stimulate equity, resilience, sustainability and progress
towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31559>…*
Future Specialized Forestry Education for Africa
[image: Photo showing Sokoine University of Agriculture. Photo: Facebook]
This paper by Professor A. B. Temu, Professor S. A. O. Chamshama and
Professor A. D. Yaye cross-examines Africa's state of forestry education.
Major changes in African forestry education including expansion into
several forestry-related degree programs are needed in order to address
future needs. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31558>…*
Rediscovering the Contributions of Forests and Trees to Transition Global
Food Systems
[image: Photo showing Baobab fruit. Photo by Nici Keil on Pixabay]
This paper by James L. Chamberlain, Dietrich Darr and Kathrin Meinhold uses
examples of various plants, such as baobab, to explore ways forests and
trees provide for food security and nutrition and illustrate elements of a
framework to encourage integration of forests and trees. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7157#c31557>…*
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 8] IUFRO Spotlight #85 - Variety: the spice of life, also for future forests
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #85. 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: Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:51 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 8] IUFRO Spotlight #85 - Variety: the spice of life,
also for future forests
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <div8(a)lists.iufro.org>
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IUFRO Spotlight #85 - Variety: the spice of life, also for future forests
*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.*
Variety: the spice of life, also for future forests
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight8…>
[image: Photo showing Cork oak seeds (Viterbo, Italy). Photo by Dr.
Giovanbattista de Dato]
Cork oak seeds (Viterbo, Italy). Photo by Dr. Giovanbattista de Dato
Forests in the Mediterranean and similar biodiversity hotspot regions are
degrading rapidly due to the interaction of multiple stressors – both
natural and anthropogenic.
The accelerated degradation poses a serious threat to the diversity of
forest genetic resources (FGR).
To that end, a IUFRO Task Force (TF): *Strengthening Mediterranean Nursery
Systems for Forest Reproductive Material Procurement to Adapt to the
Effects of Climate Change*, has been organized to investigate the issue.
While the TF title may be somewhat unwieldy, the TF's role is clear: to
provide the basic scientific information needed to maintain diversity in
the forest nursery production chain; to apply serious and scrupulous
certification criteria; and to support the adaptation of future forests to
environmental changes.
At this time, "there is an increasing risk of irreversible losses of many
endemic forest tree species/populations or of unique marginal/peripheral
ecotypes harbored in biodiversity hotspot regions due to climate change
effects," said Dr. Giovanbattista de Dato, of Italy's Council for
Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) and Coordinator of the TF.
The TF is focusing on how to improve the quality and suitability of the
forest reproductive material (FRM) used in forest plantings, how to
preserve high levels of genetic diversity in the produced FRM and how to
avoid extensive losses in forests caused by using FRM that is maladapted or
has low genetic variation; parameters that are especially important for the
resilience and sustainability of forests in the face of climate change.
This requires the collected FRM to be as diverse as possible. The above
goal can be achieved by securing the selection of different (non-related)
mother trees within and among populations.
A high degree of diversity is needed in the case of FRM transfer to distant
areas or to different climates, to ensure the local adaptation of the
transferred planting material.
"Diversity is the fundamental element of ecosystems, species and
populations that safeguards their survival, growth, long-term adaptation
and evolution.
"There is a need to initiate a process to collect, catalogue and combine
the existing knowledge on the availability and use of forest basic
reproductive material in the Mediterranean basin in order to achieve the
harmonization of all required steps," Dr. de Dato said.
"Economic and societal aspects have to be overcome," said Dr. Fulvio Ducci,
a colleague of Dr. de Dato at CREA. "Especially in the Mediterranean basin
it's not rare that the forest economy is a subsistence economy, the forest
nurseries are not well equipped, and their personnel often may not be
well-trained. And, frankly, there is often little attention paid to the FRM
certification and identification systems."
One of the major challenges, according to Dr. Paraskevi Alizoti, of the
Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Deputy Coordinator of the
TF, is that nurseries often gravitate toward fast-growing seedlings. While
this may facilitate a quick turnover, it results in culling seedlings that,
due to their genetic makeup, may be slow growth starters but tend to grow
faster later in the course of their development, or bear other traits of
adaptive significance that would assist in adaptation and survival in an
environment that, due to climate change, is continuously changing.
[image: Photo showing Juniperus phoenicea seedlings ready for planting, in
a Natural reserve in Sardinia (Italy), originating from seeds of
autochtnous plants. Photo by Dr. Giovanbattista de Dato]
Juniperus phoenicea seedlings ready for planting in a natural reserve in
Sardinia (Italy), originating from seeds of autochthonous plants. Photo by
Dr. Giovanbattista de Dato
To meet those challenges, the TF's goal is to raise awareness among nursery
managers, forest managers and owners on the importance of preserving the
genetic variability of FRM throughout the nursery system as it represents
an active form of adaptation.
"Disseminating a flowchart of the correct steps and actions that need to be
taken to maintain and use the forest genetic resources (FGR) to the nursery
managers, forest managers and nursery owners can be a major step forward,"
Dr. Alizoti said.
At the end of the TF's five-year lifespan a shared information base on the
seed forests of the Mediterranean regions will be one of the expected
results. Then, as Dr. Ducci noted, convincing the various countries to
adopt effective identification and certification systems could be a great
result.
And, Dr. de Dato added, another positive outcome would be the development
of guidelines for nursery managers, forest managers and owners, that
explain, clarify and stress the importance of conserving genetic
variability along the nursery chain, due to its key role in the adaptation
of species and populations to climate change.
"With more existing variation among the individuals within a population, it
is more likely that some of them will be better suited to the environmental
challenges to be faced.
"In other words, genetic diversity guarantees the greater ability of a
species or a population to adapt and survive in a continuously changing
environment due to climate change and this can be secured by the high level
of genetic variation harbored in the FRM produced by forest nurseries that
will then be used for forest plantings," he concluded.
*IUFRO Task Force "Strengthening Mediterranean Nursery Systems for Forest
Reproductive Material Procurement to Adapt to the Effects of Climate
Change": *
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/mediterranean-nursery-systems/
*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
a conduit. The quality and accuracy of the reports are the responsibility
of the member organization and the authors.
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
would like to have a publication highlighted by Spotlight, contact: Gerda
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*IUFRO Spotlight #85, published in December 2020*
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #84 - Task Force probes 'whys' behind increased tree mortality
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #84. 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: Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 7:18 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #84 - Task Force probes 'whys' behind increased
tree mortality
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #84 - Task Force probes 'whys' behind increased tree
mortality
*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.*
Task Force probes 'whys' behind increased tree mortality
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight8…>
[image: Photo showing: Several trees of different species died after the
strong hot and dry period during the 2015-16 El Niño drought in Central
Amazon (photo). Now scientists are trying to understand the impacts of this
drought event, and subsequent tree mortality, on the carbon stocks in the
Amazon basin. Photo by Adriane Esquivel Muelbert]
Several trees of different species died after the strong hot and dry period
during the 2015-16 El Niño drought in Central Amazon (photo). Now
scientists are trying to understand the impacts of this drought event, and
subsequent tree mortality, on the carbon stocks in the Amazon basin. Photo
by Adriane Esquivel Muelbert
Tree mortality appears to be increasing at unprecedented rates.
One may be tempted to think: So what? Trees regenerate. They'll grow back.
But, for a lot of reasons, it's not quite that simple.
"Forests are incredibly complex ecosystems that have taken centuries – even
millennia – to establish," says Dr. Henrik Hartmann, of the Max-Planck
Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany. He and four deputies,
Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, Aster Gebrekirstos, Nadine Ruehr and Bernhard
Schuldt, are coordinating IUFRO's *Monitoring Global Tree Mortality
Patterns and Trends* Task Force.
"Increased tree mortality means that forests can hold less carbon for a
shorter period of time. Therefore, there will be more carbon in the
atmosphere with known feedback dynamics on climate warming.
"The accelerating tree mortality rates may indicate a climate change risk
for forest survival. And forests are important for the Earth system and to
human welfare.
"We need to know how forests will cope with the changes we are imposing on
the Earth system." (The term "Earth system" refers to Earth's interacting
physical, chemical, and biological processes.) That, Dr. Hartmann says, is
one of the main drivers behind his Task Force (TF).
"Trees and forests that are hundreds of years old cannot be replaced as
quickly as they disappear and the migration of trees into regions that
become suitable for establishment is much slower than the rate of
disappearance," he says.
"These ecosystems," says Dr. Adriane Muelbert, lecturer in Global Forest
Ecology at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences of the
University of Birmingham, England, "once they are gone, or when they're
permanently disturbed, may not be able to recover, or they may recover in a
very different form.
"In some cases, losing a forest may change the local conditions that
allowed the forest to establish there in the first place and the forest
will be unable to grow back."
As an example, Dr. Bernhard Schuldt points to the island of Haiti/Dominican
Republic. There, it was human actions that made forests disappear.
"Deforestation caused intense soil erosion that still hinders forest
re-establishment. There is just not enough soil to have trees regenerate
and grow to maturity.
"Examples of climate-driven forest disappearance are not as well
documented, as this is a rather recent scientific branch. There are
indications of climate-induced desertification in the southwestern U.S.,
but data are still sparse," says Dr. Schuldt, who is with the
Julius-von-Sachs-Institute of Biological Sciences, Ecophysiology and
Vegetation Ecology at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
Dr. Hartmann notes "this TF is tackling a timely and urgent topic –
potential changes in trends of global tree mortality. Our mission is to
provide an empirical basis on global tree mortality for sustainable policy
making.
"This is important because currently we have no integrated large-scale
assessment on the general state of our forests, despite many independent
studies indicating that tree mortality is increasing.
"The TF aims to provide the information needed for today's policy makers
and forest managers to ensure forest persistence for generations to come,"
Dr. Hartmann says.
[image: Photo showing: Mortality of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) near the
city of Jena, Germany. Large tracks of pine stands have died following the
2018 drought in Central Europe despite the species' high drought tolerance.
Photo by Henrik Hartmann]
Mortality of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) near the city of Jena, Germany.
Large tracks of pine stands have died following the 2018 drought in Central
Europe despite the species' high drought tolerance. Photo by Henrik
Hartmann
Recognizing the many challenges ahead for the TF, Dr. Nadine Ruehr of the
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research at Germany's Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology in Garmisch-Partenkirchen says: "First and foremost
is to be able to reach all those who can contribute to our initiative.
Engaging with a global community is not straightforward. The real challenge
is to be truly inclusive, going beyond the academic circle and across
languages and cultures.
"Then there are huge technical and scientific challenges to harmonize
different data sets that have been collected based on a variety of
protocols."
One other challenge, noted by Dr. Aster Gebrekirstos of the World
Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya, is a lack of data from some
areas. She says: "There are regions, such as Siberia and the Congo Basin,
that are very understudied and where we have virtually no understanding of
forest dynamics. By integrating enough data from the field and satellite
observations we can understand how these forests are changing and
potentially bring attention to the community to steer more research efforts
into those areas."
"But, on the other hand," she says, "our goals would have been much more
difficult to achieve a few decades ago. Living in an era where we can
easily engage with the international community online, access satellite
data and have the necessary tools to process and store large amounts of
data, is definitely a fundamental factor to achieve our goals."
Dr. Hartmann adds: "This TF also reflects a truly global effort. We include
people from many different countries with different cultural and political
backgrounds. Their contributions will provide the input we need to make our
initiative successful in the different biomes of the world."
He says that ultimately the entire global population will benefit from the
persistence and continued existence of forests and that his TF envisions
generating a "coherent picture of global tree mortality and the causes,
which can be broadly used in research and policy making.
"Ideally, by the end of the TF's five-year 'lifespan', we will have
accessed and integrated most existing data sources on forest conditions,"
Dr. Hartmann says, "and can assess whether and where forest health is
threatened at the global, regional and local scale. That can then allow
policy makers and forest managers to make decisions that can alleviate
those threats."
*IUFRO Task Force Monitoring Global Tree Mortality Patterns and Trends: *
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
*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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Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 10, 2020
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae E-list:
Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 10 2020. 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: Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:12 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 10, 2020
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 10, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 10, 2020
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 10 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49.
Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be
postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary
level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social
media and online conferencing.
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 10 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file
at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
*You are welcome to share this newsletter with your colleagues and publish
the link on your organization's website!*
Best wishes,
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
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PUTTING ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FIRST
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – A Global Call to Action
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying call for the
protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, for the benefit
of people and nature.Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people's
livelihoods, counteract climate change, and stop the collapse of
biodiversity. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31537>…*
New: French Edition of IUFRO's Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR)
Practitioner's Guide
The guide edited by John Stanturf, Stephanie Mansourian and Michael Kleine,
is comprised of separate modules that address important aspects of FLR
implementation. A must-read for anyone who implements FLR in a specific
country or local context! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31536>…*
Guidelines and Policy Brief for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics
>From the very start IUFRO has been a key partner in the preparation of
these guidelines published by the International Tropical Timber
Organization (ITTO), which aim at helping policymakers, practitioners,
community-based organizations and others to put FLR into practice in the
field.. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31535>…*
Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative in Malawi among First GLFx Chapters
The GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference "One World - One Health" on 28 and
29 October 2020 put the spotlight on ecosystem restoration. During the
conference so-called GLFx Chapters were launched. These are independently
organized local initiatives, which foster action on the ground. IUFRO
supported the establishment of the GLFx Malawi Chapter. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31534>…*
Restoring the Earth - The Next Decade
Launched on 28 October at the GLF Digital Conference, the latest edition of
*Unasylva* outlines a series of new restoration initiatives and programs,
including of IUFRO, that are increasing funding, empowering local
stakeholders and enhancing technical assistance for forest and landscape
restoration. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31531>…*
FORESTS, WILDLIFE AND COVID-19
The COVID-19 Challenge: Zoonotic Diseases and Wildlife
The Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW), of
which IUFRO is a member, has elaborated four guiding principles to reduce
risk from zoonotic diseases and build more collaborative approaches in
human health and wildlife management. The statement was launched on 16
October 2020. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31529>…*
Towards Sustainability - Forest Solutions in Response to the COVID-19
Pandemic
In a joint statement launched on 12 October, the Collaborative Partnership
on Forests (CPF) urges everyone to turn the historic challenge of COVID-19
into an opportunity for forestry and sustainability. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31532>*…*
The Need to Improve Forest Education
Do we know enough about the world's forests to take care of them properly?
There is growing international concern over the quality and availability of
training and education needed both to prepare those, whose daily work and
decisions most closely impact the sustainable management of forests, and to
inform new generations who will look after forest resources in the
future. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31528>…*
Forests and Trees are Critical to Global Efforts to End Poverty
A comprehensive scientific assessment report of the IUFRO-led Global Forest
Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Poverty was successfully launched online
on 15 October 2020 just before the International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31526>…*
REPORTS FROM IUFRO MEETINGS
Towards a Forest Bio-economy Inclusive of Social and-or Ecological Value
Added
[image: Photo showing a pile of wooden planks. Photo IUFRO]
This IUFRO conference entitled "The social and ecological value added of
small-scale forestry to the bio-economy" was held online on 7-8 October
2020 hosted by EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31525>…*
Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects
[image: Photo showing several bugs and insects. Screenshot from webinar]
IUFRO Working Party 7.03.16 - *Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest
Insects* has organized a most successful series of webinars that have also
been recorded. The series offers five talks covering a wide range of topics
related to behavioral and chemical ecology of forest insects. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31524>…*
NEWS FROM IUFRO MEMBERS
The MEDLENTISK Project
[image: Photo showing Lentisk oil (Photo key-essence.com)
INRGREF (IUFRO Member in Tunisia) and its five partners are pleased to
announce the launch of the MEDLENTISK project, a *Mediterranean Partnership
to Improve and Exchange Scientific and Practical Knowledge on Lentisk Tree
Oil. **More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31522>…*
FPAC Partnership Award to Ellen Macdonald, University of Alberta, Canada,
for EMEND Project
[image: Photo showing Ellen Macdonald. Photo provided by Ellen Macdonald]
In the course of the 100th anniversary of National Forest Week in
September, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) announced the
recipients of its annual Awards of Excellence program. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31521>*…*
PUBLICATIONS
IUFRO Spotlight #83 - Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire: Where
There's Smoke, There's Finance
[image: Photo showing a wildfire. Photo by Nelson Grima]
"The world is ablaze. Or so it seems, and the scenario is repeating itself
every year now," says Dr. François-Nicolas Robinne, of the University of
Alberta's Department of Renewable Resources, and Coordinator of IUFRO's *Fire$:
Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity Task Force*. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31520>*…*
Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions
This open access book by USDA Forest Service (IUFRO Member) researchers
synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest
and rangeland soils of the United States. It offers ways to better
understand changing conditions and their impacts on soils, and explores
directions that positively affect the future of forest and rangeland soil
health. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31519>…*
New: Guía de Emprendimiento Forestal - 'Forest Entrepreneurship Guide'
A Spanish-language Forest Entrepreneurship Guide was launched on 7 October
2020 during the Latin American Education Seminar to promote rural
entrepreneurship. The Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education was a
partner in developing this guide published by Reforestamos México. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31518>…*
Further Publications
[image: Photo showing an open book. Photo by Pexels on Pixabay]
New Exogenous Application of Chemicals for Protecting Plants Against
Ambient Ozone Pollution: What Should Come Next? / Rediscovering the
Contributions of Forests and Trees to Transition Global Food Systems /
Achieving Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests / Forest Sector
Workforce in the UNECE Region... *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31517>*...
Journals and Paper Invitations
[image: Photo showing mistletoes in tree crown. Photo on Pixabay]
A special Issue of *Botany* has been published on the basis of the
Technical Session entitled *"Complex interactions of mistletoe, ecosystems,
and people"*, which was held during the 2019 IUFRO World Congress in
Curitiba, Brazil. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31583>…*
PARTICIPATE!
Photo Contest to Celebrate International Mountain Day
[image: Photo showing yellow flowers in meadow. Photo IUFRO]
Did you know that half of the world's biodiversity hotspots are found in
mountains? Help to celebrate this extraordinary mountain biodiversity by
entering the FAO photo contest for International Mountain Day on 11
December and you could win an action camera! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31515>…*
Global Survey: SDG Priorities in Mountains
Do you live or work in mountains and work on regional or sustainable
development? If so, you are invited to participate in this survey, which is
open until 15 December. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31512>…*
Survey: Collaborative Research for Data Collection on Pterocarpus erinaceus
(African Rosewood)
[image: Photo showing Flowering African Rosewood, by Marco Schmidt,
Wikimedia]
Sheila Ward, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO WP 1.02.04 *Sustainable management
and genetic resources in Meliaceae*, invites anyone who has information on
this important but endangered species to fill out a google form on
ECOWAS-PARI. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7156#c31511>…*
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Fwd: New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is a communication from IUFRO that might be of interest.
Regards, <https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 9:03 PM
Subject: New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural
poverty
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
New study: Forests are still underrated as allies to curb rural poverty
[image: Photo showing Harvesting acai (Euterpe oleracea) in the state of
Amapá, Brazil (Photo Reem Hajjar)]
Harvesting acai (Euterpe oleracea) in the state of Amapá, Brazil (Photo
Reem Hajjar)
- *In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the mounting threat of
climate change, forests and trees are vital for the rural poor in countries
around the world*
- *However, the poor are rarely able to capture the bulk of benefits
from forests*
- *A global science assessment analyses how forests can realize their
potential to reduce poverty in a fair and lasting manner*
(Vienna, 15 October 2020) Poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing
humanity. Globally, one out of every 10 people lives in extreme poverty,
defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1.90 per day. Many of
them live in rural areas where the poverty rate is 17.2 per cent - more
than three times higher than in urban areas. If current trends continue,
the number of hungry people will reach 840 million or one ninth of the
world’s population by 2030 according to the World Food Programme.
Poverty eradication has therefore found a place at the top of the United
Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. *"End poverty in all its
forms everywhere" *is the first Goal of this Agenda, which is supported by
all 193 UN member states. The international community is now stepping up
efforts to achieve this goal, especially in response to the severe setback
caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The zoonotic nature of the Covid-19 virus
has also illustrated the urgency to reduce human pressure on nature.
One way to relieve this pressure and alleviate poverty is to recognize and
further optimize the critical role of forests and trees as allies in the
fight against poverty. In the long run, losing forests means losing this
fight. This is the central finding of a *new global assessment report
entitled **“Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and
Limitations”. *
The report will be launched *online on Thursday, 15 October 2020, at 4-5:30
pm CEST*, two days ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty, one day ahead of World Food Day, and on the International Day of
Rural Women. All these official days underscore the urgent need for action.
The study consolidates available scientific evidence on the wide range of
contributions forests and trees outside forests make to curbing poverty and
on the effectiveness of diverse forest management policies, programs,
technologies and strategies. It does so based on an understanding of
poverty not only in terms of money but also as an obstacle that keeps
people from attaining a certain level of well-being and participating fully
in society.
“This global assessment comes at a critical time. More extreme weather
events associated with climate change, widening inequality, and the spread
of infectious diseases, among others, are making an already insecure
situation worse for the poor. It is therefore essential to review the role
of forests in development in general, and in achieving poverty eradication,
in particular.” says Hiroto Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, FAO, and
Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.
A core group of 21 internationally renowned expertsfrom different parts of
the world and different scientific backgrounds have worked together for
almost two years on the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and
Poverty. The Panel, chaired by Professor Daniel C. Miller of the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, and led by the
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), is an
initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) chaired by the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Professor Miller says, “Forests and trees are critical to the well-being of
many of the world’s poor people who have been able to harness the goods and
services they provide to manage and mitigate risk, especially in the face
of crises. To secure and improve this important function, we need to
adequately protect, manage and restore forests and to make forests and
trees more central in policy decisionmaking.”
“Our global assessment examines a variety of policy and management measures
implemented by governments, civil society organizations, and the private
sector for their potential and limitations to alleviate poverty. While
there is no one size fits all solution, we have found that some of the
strongest evidence for poverty reduction comes from agroforestry systems,
community forest management, ecotourism, and forest producer organisations,
among others,” Professor Miller explains.
However, benefits and costs from forests and trees to human well-being are
unevenly distributed. In many forest and wildlife-rich countries in Africa,
for example, timber and tourismare major contributors to national economic
accounts, but the benefits may not accrue at the local level - and, worse,
local communities may bear the cost of these activities through
environmental degradation and restricted access to protected areas.
There are several studies that show that protected areas can reduce
poverty, particularly where ecotourism opportunities exist (e.g. in Costa
Rica and Thailand) and where local people are involved as stakeholders.
However, it is often those who are better off who are more likely to
benefit, thus exacerbating local income inequalities.
Much case study evidence also points to clear benefits for the poor derived
fromcommunity forestry management(CFM), although its potential has not been
realised in most countries. Nepal is an exception as its CFM program is
considered one of the most successful of its kind in the world. And yet,
even there the benefits of CFM are unequally distributed among households,
with poor and low caste households benefitting less than more well-off
households.
Producer organisations are another relatively successful option to help
forest producers overcome challenges such as market access. For example, in
Burkina Faso’s largely female-dominated shea nut value chain 76% of
surveyed women noted improvements in their financial situation as a result
of their participation in shea producer groups. A shea union has helped to
build many members’ social capital and strengthen cohesion even as social
divisions along lines of gender, age and ethnicity still affect processes
of inclusion and exclusion along this important forest product value chain.
Vanilla production in Madagascar is an example of how agroforestry can
provide a pathway out of poverty.Approximately 80% of the world’s vanilla
is produced in Madagascar, largely in the north-eastern Sava region. There,
agroforestry systems focusing on vanilla have become the main source of
income for many farmers. However, benefits generally arise from contracts
with vanilla exporters or collectors and thus are concentrated among
smallholders able to obtain those contracts. Female-headed households, for
example, are much less likely to get contracts because of their significant
social disadvantages.
Thus, a key finding of the global assessment is that the poor are rarely
able to capture the bulk of benefits from forests even as forest and trees
are often vital in terms of subsistence. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic
has driven thousands of people back to rural areas and has cut remittances.
The full range of its effects on forests and rural livelihoods remains to
be seen.
###
*Online study launch – program and registration: *
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-pov…
*The report and policy brief are available electronically at:*
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-pov…
The *International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)* is a
world-wide organization devoted to forest research and related sciences.
Its members are research institutions, universities, and individual
scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other stakeholders
with a focus on forests and trees. https://www.iufro.org/
The IUFRO-led *Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP)* initiative
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/gfep-initiative/ of the *Collaborative
Partnership on Forests (CPF)* http://www.cpfweb.org/en/ established the
Expert Panel on “Forests and Poverty” to provide policymakers with a
stronger scientific basis for their decisions and policies related to the
contributions of forests to poverty alleviation.
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Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 9, 2020
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae E-list:
Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 9 2020. 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, Sep 30, 2020 at 1:18 PM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 9, 2020
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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Issue 9, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 9, 2020
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 9 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49.
Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be
postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary
level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social
media and online conferencing.
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 9 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
*You are welcome to share this newsletter with your colleagues and publish
the link on your organization's website!*
Best wishes,
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
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Forest Science for a Healthier World
[image: Photo showing Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) in Glen Ellen, Sonoma
County, California. Sadly, stands like this have been destroyed by the
historic ongoing forest fires on the US West Coast. Photo by J. Parrotta.]
*A Message from IUFRO President John Parrotta: *
As the world struggles to contain and address the staggering human costs of
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are forcefully reminded of the
indispensable value of science, international scientific collaboration, and
the importance of timely and effective communication of scientific
knowledge to the public and decision-makers. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31305>…*
Share Your Views on Forest Education!
Do you have a moment? Then take the EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Student survey to
provide insight into the future labor market; and-or the FAO-ITTO-IUFRO
global survey to determine the status of forest education. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31304>…*
Making Forest Research More Visible - the Communication Challenge
Knowing the influence that media coverage has on shaping opinions and
policies, it is important for a more balanced coverage to provide the media
with reliable sources and robust facts based on scientific findings. Two
IUFRO Working Parties focus on science communication and forests in the
media. Read this interview with their Coordinators! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31303>…*
Production Tables as a Tool to Support the Management of Maritime Pine
[image: Photo showing Maritime pine stands (Tâmega’s Valley, Portugal).
Photo by Teresa Fonseca]
A total of 108 participants from Portugal, Spain, UK, Brazil and India met
virtually on on 21 July 2020 to discuss “The production tables as a tool to
support the management of maritime pine”. The webcast was supported by
IUFRO Working Party 1.01.10 Ecology and Silviculture of Pine. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31302>…*
News from IUFRO HQ
IUFRO Directors' Forum
[image: Photo showing Alexander Buck (left) and Peter Mayer after signing
the agreement (Photo IUFRO)]
The IUFRO Directors’ Forum (DF) discusses management related issues of
IUFRO member organizations. We are happy to announce that a cooperation
agreement between IUFRO and the Austrian Research Centre for Forests in
support of the Directors’ Forum has been signed in September 2020. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31300>…*
Bidding Adieu to Renate Prueller
[image: Photo showing Renate Prüller. Photo IUFRO]
On 30 September 2020 Renate will retire from her position as Senior Officer
at IUFRO Headquarters and start a new chapter of her life. The manifold
ways and means in which she has contributed to IUFRO and supported our
collective work will be there for many years to come. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31299>…*
News from IUFRO Members
Embrapa Florestas, Brazil: Young scientist develops low-cost dressing made
from pine nanocellulose
[image: Photo showing artifial skin produced from pine nanocellulose. Photo
by Katia Pichelli]
Young scientist develops low-cost dressing made from pine nanocellulose.
With her projcect, a chemist from Paraná, is one of the four finalists
nominated by Brazil for the “Young Innovator of the BRICS” award. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31297>*…*
U.S. Forest Service R&D News: Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change
[image: Photo showing forest and sign announcing the Adaptive Silviculture
for Climate Change (ASCC) project. Photo credit: Molly Roske]
The Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change (ASCC) project is a
collaborative effort to establish a series of experimental silvicultural
trials across a network of different forest ecosystem types. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31308>…*
Publications
Join the Online Launch of the Global Assessment Report "Forests, Trees and
the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and Limitations"
[image: Photo showing Malawi forest landscape. Photo by Jennifer Zavaleta
Cheek]
A new and most comprehensive scientific assessment presented by the Global
Forest Experts Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Poverty reveals critical links
between forests, trees and poverty alleviation. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31295>*…
IUFRO Spotlight #81: Developing evidence-based cases for planted forests
[image: Photo showing a forest in sunlight. Photo IEFC]
Plantation forests get a bad rap. That’s the assessment of Christophe
Orazio, who is Coordinator of the IUFRO Task Force on Resilient Planted
Forests Serving Society and Bioeconomy. But is this negative reputation
justified? *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31294>*…*
IUFRO Spotlight #82: More local involvement one key to FLR success
[image: Photo showing young people working on the ground. Photo Michael
Kleine]
A recent survey paper: Forest Landscape Restoration – What Generates
Failure and Success, shows that failing to involve local stakeholders
and-or a mismatch between goals of local communities and restoration
managers can be major obstacles to success. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31293>…*
Hot off the Press: Division 6 Newsletter
[image: Photo showing logo of the new IUFRO Division 6 newsletter]
Read a message from the Coordinator Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch,
learn about D6 activities, discussions during the 59th Enlarged IUFRO Board
Meeting and more <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31292>!
Poplars and Willows - Science Briefs
[image: Photo from Science Brief showing Harvested hybrid poplars grown for
biomass production]
IUFRO Working Party 2.08.04 Poplars and willows started an exemplary series
of science briefs, which are two-page summaries of recent research
activities. Two of these briefs have already been published, more are in
the pipeline. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31291>…*
Masculinities in Forests: Representations of Diversity
[image: Photo showing cover of book: Masculinities in Forests:
Representations of Diversity]
The book by Carol Colfer demonstrates the wide variability in ideas about,
and practice of, masculinity in different forests, and how these relate to
forest management. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31290>…*
Post Paris Navigator Special Report Focus on Forests – Showcases, Success
Factors & Policy Recommendations
[image: Photo showing cover of publication: "Post Paris Navigator Special
Report Focus on Forests – Showcases, Success Factors & Policy
Recommendations"]
In the context of the Post Paris Navigator initiative of the Schwarzenegger
Climate Initiative, supported by the Austrian Development Agency, projects
were collected which benefit both climate and people in developing and
emerging countries. One of these projects is the WWF-Mondi Water
Stewardship Partnership.*More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31309>…*
MSU Researcher Poses the Question – What is the Future of the Amazon
Forest?
[image: Photo showing a forest canopy. Photo IUFRO]
"Reframing tropical savannization: linking changes in canopy structure to
energy balance alterations that impact climate" is the title of a study
published in *Ecosphere *by a researcher atMichigan State University's
Department of Forestry (IUFRO Member Organization) together with together
with a Brazilian and international team. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31310>…*
IUFRO Conference Proceedings
[image: Photo showing the cover of the conference proceedings: "Casuarinas
for green economy and environmental sustainability"]
Sixth International Casuarina Workshop: Casuarinas for green economy and
environmental sustainability, 21-25 October 2019, Krabi, Thailand,
organized by IUFRO WP 2.08.02 and the Task Force Forest Biomass Network. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31311>…*
Journals and Paper Invitations
[image: Photo showing yellow autumn leaves. Photo by Susanne Jutzeler on
Pixabay]
Read about the ranking of the journal *Forest Policy and Economics*, and
find out about a series of possibilities to contribute to special issues of
*Forests* and a *Frontiers Research Topic. **More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31312>…*
Awards
Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2021 – Deadline Extended to 15
October 2020
[image: Photo showing logo of Wangari Maathai Award]
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is awarding one
extraordinary individual for improving our forests and the lives of people
who depend on them! Nominate your candidate by October 15! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31288>*...
More Awards
Nominate GLF Landscape Heroes by 5 October! Find out about Climate 2021
Travel Awards! Keep your fingers crossed for BOKU scientist and IUFRO
coordinator to become “Austrian of the year” in the category entitled
“Climate Initiative”! *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31287>…*
Obituary
[image: Photo showing deceased IUFRO Board member and winner of IUFRO
Distinguished Service Award Hans-Friedrich Joachim. Photo source: IUFRO DSA
publication]
We are sad to inform you that Prof. Hans-Friedrich Joachim passed away at
the age of 95. Professor Joachim, was a Member of the IUFRO Board from 1991
to 1995: He received the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award for his
outstanding contributions to IUFRO activities, in particular to the IUFRO
Centennial Meeting in Eberswalde. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31285>…*
Positions
Post-doctoral Researcher for Functional Genomics of Forest Trees / Ph.D.
Graduate Research Assistantship in Forest Management and Economics /
Postdoctoral Researcher in Modeling Impacts of Catastrophic Wind
Disturbances / Find out *more
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31284>…*
Webinars and Online Courses
Online Lecture Series on Forest Roads
[image: Photo showing truck driving on a forest road, in sunshine. Photo
from flyer]
Working Party 3.01.02 Forest Roads starts an online lecture series of
entitled ‘Regional perspectives on the state of forest road design,
construction, and maintenance’. Lectures will take place every two months
starting in September and lasting until June 2021. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31315>…*
Webinar Series on Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects
[image: Photo showing piece of wood affected by bark beetles. By Foto-Rabe
on Pixabay]
Recently the IUFRO Working Party 7.03.16 was launched and we announce a
webinar series to promote both the new Working Party and the importance of
the behavioral and chemical ecology of forest insects, while providing a
platform for these research communities to engage and network. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31316>…*
Other Information
More Webinars and Online Courses
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7136#c31317>
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IUFRO Website Features
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #83 - Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire: Where There's Smoke, There's Finance
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #83. 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: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 3:58 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #83 - Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire:
Where There's Smoke, There's Finance
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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IUFRO Spotlight #83 - Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire: Where
There's Smoke, There's Finance
*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.*
Examining the Economic Drivers of Wildfire: Where There's Smoke, There's
Finance
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight8…>
[image: Photo showing Professional firefighters try to stop an advancing
fire with the help of local volunteers in Galicia, Spain. Photo by Nelson
Grima]
Professional firefighters try to stop an advancing fire with the help of
local volunteers in Galicia, Spain. Photo by Nelson Grima
"The world is ablaze. Or so it seems, and the scenario is repeating itself
every year now," says Dr. François-Nicolas Robinne, of the University of
Alberta's Department of Renewable Resources, and Coordinator of IUFRO's *Fire$:
Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity Task Force* (TF).
"So far in 2020, the Western USA has been burning out of control, with
California experiencing its largest fire in recorded history; over 20% of
the Pantanal, one of the most biodiverse wetlands in the world, has gone up
in smoke in Brazil; and record-breaking temperatures in Siberia have been
driving massive fires far above the Arctic circle, thereby releasing
megatons of carbon into the atmosphere.
"Climate change," he says, "is an obvious and legitimate culprit for
wildfires," and along with lightning strikes and other more naturally
occurring fire drivers, bring challenges that must be addressed. "But many
other drivers influence fires, and economic ones are often overlooked.
"The majority of global fire activity is human-caused and often linked to
land degradation for the production of goods traded on the international
market.
"The reality is that, in many parts of the world, fire activity and its
aftermath can be linked to economic forces: the trade market, subsidies,
insurance premiums, taxes, or something as simple – yet critical – as daily
subsistence."
His TF is looking into the nexus between the economic level of local
populations, fire activity and effects on the provision of ecosystem
services and the global appetite for international commodities (e.g. oil
palm in Indonesia or beef from Brazil).
There is no comprehensive assessment at this time of the economic drivers
of global fire activity – either as direct drivers linked to capital market
systems/cash economies, or as indirect drivers linked to the production of
non-market values from ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration.
"So, gathering this type of information into one robust and informative
product is one of the fundamental reasons for the TF."
He explains that the TF wants to depict the variety of fire activity and
fire use around the world, and to show that in many cases it can be a
vector of landscape conservation, risk reduction, and economic development
all at the same time.
"There is an annoying tendency to put all fires in the same basket, even
after all these years of research showing the importance of flames for many
ecosystems and historical landscapes, including in the wet tropics," Dr.
Robinne says.
"Tropical forests for instance, concentrate the essence of the problem the
TF would like to tackle: Indigenous communities living off the land, using
fire with parsimony and ancestral knowledge, who have been fighting
multinational corporations that take and burn the land," he says.
"We would like to provide a comprehensive review of the economic drivers of
fire activity across the world, from local issues (e.g., use of fire in
traditional agriculture) to planetary markets (e.g., trade of goods coming
from fire-degraded lands). Hopefully, this work can lead to better
education and – one can dream – to concrete action to act on some of these
main drivers," Dr. Robinne says.
Fire, he says, "triggers a strong emotional response – especially in the
Western psyche – and since fire is often human-caused and linked to land
degradation, by explaining to people that the goods they are buying come
from a fire-degraded area, perhaps the emotional response will kick in and
help build environmental awareness.
"Then too, one must think of firefighting expenditures," he adds. "Fuel
overloads are linked to fire suppression for timber protection. Communities
allow urban expansion in fire prone forests so they can leverage more
taxes, but they also have to think about budgets for fire mitigation
programs, insurance claims that will come to billions of dollars, and,
somewhat less obviously, foreseeable water pollution out of municipal
watersheds that will cost millions at the very least."
Dr. Robinne says most people realize that relying on warlike, full-scale
firefighting is not economically sustainable and that extreme wildfire
events seem to be taking an increasing economic toll on societies.
"We know of efficient alternative paths to learning to live with wildfires
and-or to reduce global wildfire activity, yet we still need to show that
these paths are economically viable and socially acceptable," he says.
*IUFRO Task Force Fire$: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire
Activity: *
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/global-wildland-fire-activity/
*Further reading: IUFRO Occasional Paper 32 - Global Fire Challenges in a
Warming World: *
https://www.iufro.org/news/article/2019/01/23/occasional-paper-32-global-fi…
*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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officeholders and member organizations. IUFRO is pleased to highlight and
circulate these findings to a broad audience but, in doing so, acts only as
a conduit. The quality and accuracy of the reports are the responsibility
of the member organization and the authors.
Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through *IUFRO
Spotlight* are encouraged. To be considered, reports should be fresh, have
policy implications and be applicable to more than one country. If you
would like to have a publication highlighted by Spotlight, contact: Gerda
Wolfrum, wolfrum(at)iufro.org <wolfrum(a)iufro.org>.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
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sciences. Its members are research institutions, universities, and
individual scientists as well as decision-making authorities and other
stakeholders with a focus on forests and trees.
Visit: https://www.iufro.org/
*________________________________*
*IUFRO Spotlight #83, published in October 2020*
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #82 - More local involvement one key to FLR success
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #82. 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: Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 10:54 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #82 - More local involvement one key to FLR success
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #82 - More local involvement one key to FLR success
*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.*
Developing evidence-based cases for planted forests
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight8…>
[image: Photo showing Involvement of local people is key to successful
forest landscape restoration (example from India). Photo credit: Michael
Kleine, IUFRO.]
Involvement of local people is key to successful forest landscape
restoration (example from India). Photo credit: Michael Kleine, IUFRO.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
That classic line from the Paul Newman movie, *Cool Hand Luke*, has since
become a catch phrase to describe situations – some comical, others quite
serious – that go awry when people aren't on the same page.
Used in its more serious sense, that phrase can explain the failure of many
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) projects.
A recent survey paper: *Forest Landscape Restoration – What Generates
Failure and Success*, shows that failing to involve local stakeholders
and-or a mismatch between goals of local communities and restoration
managers, as well as environmental, anthropogenic and technical barriers to
tree regeneration can be major obstacles to success.
Several members of an IUFRO Task Force (TF) entitled *Transforming Forest
Landscapes for Future Climates and Human Well-being* developed the paper.
It summarizes the information provided in a global online survey on
experiences with forest restoration and adaptation.
There are nine TFs currently operating under the IUFRO umbrella and
exploring a number of forest-related challenges across the globe. This
particular TF is dedicated to providing the scientific basis for
transforming forest landscapes to climate-resilient land-use systems that
fulfil the complete spectrum of ecosystem service requirements of current
and future societies.
The survey paper highlights various problems and success factors with FLR
projects on a global scale and notes that "there are high hopes for Forest
and Landscape Restoration to regain ecosystem integrity and enhance human
well-being in deforested and degraded areas."
But, as Markus Hoehl, of Germany's Thuenen Institute, and the main author
of the paper, points out, "when local communities, their goals and needs,
are disregarded in project planning and implementation, as reported from
various cases in our survey, there is a risk of project failure."
The paper warns that "failed projects and disappointed stakeholders, as
well as discouraged funders and policy-makers, could lessen the momentum of
global forest restoration ambitions."
FLR has been described as "more than just planting trees – it is restoring
a whole landscape to meet present and future needs and to offer multiple
benefits and land uses over time."
The paper describes the general results obtained in the survey and
highlights particular problems and possible solutions described by the
respondents. The identified issues are then discussed with respect to the
related literature to provide a current overview of the global challenges
and facilitating factors experienced during the practical implementations
of forest restoration.
Published tools to overcome common restoration obstacles are presented to
provide a solution-oriented reference for forestry experts.
All problems included in the paper were described by more than one
respondent. There was no single cause but several factors that contributed
to project failure for many unsuccessful projects.
Moreover, the problems were interrelated, and the participation of the
local community, or the lack thereof, was an overarching topic found in the
survey responses that connects to all other topics presented.
In identifying common obstacles and success factors for the implementation
of forest restoration, the paper notes that the majority of respondents
reported successful projects though some others reported drastic problems
and failed projects.
"While (many) promising FLR success stories are being prominently
showcased, many restoration projects fail to meet their expectations.
Success stories can provide lessons for future restoration projects and can
undoubtedly be necessary to convince potential FLR investors or
policy-makers," the paper notes.
However, it goes on to say, restoration failures are much more rarely
communicated and so the helpful lessons that could be learned from them,
such as avoidance of common mistakes, are not readily available.
The paper aims to share practical experiences – good and bad – in forest
restoration among the FLR community and beyond.
Among its conclusions, the paper notes: "Research is needed to gain a
better understanding of the perception of local communities towards
restoration activities. Further studies on the implementation of forest
restoration at the intersection of environmental factors, socioeconomic
conditions, forest regeneration/silviculture, and nursery production are
needed."
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 1] Join Online Launch of Global Forests & Poverty Assessment on 15 October
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working Party:
This announcement from IUFRO might be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
1.02.04 Deputy Coordinator
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:00 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] Join Online Launch of Global Forests & Poverty
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* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
Join Online Launch of Global Forests & Poverty Assessment on 15 October
Dear colleagues,
A new and most comprehensive scientific assessment presented by the Global
Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Poverty reveals critical links
between forests, trees and poverty alleviation.
The report entitled *“Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty:
Potential and Limitations”* and edited by Daniel C Miller, Stephanie
Mansourian and Christoph Wildburger will be presented online:
Date: *Thursday, 15 October 2020*
Time: *4-5:30 pm CEST, Vienna, Austria*
Language: *English*
Register here: *https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9045009670393049104
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The report makes a valuable contribution to achieving the first and
foremost of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aimed at
ending poverty. This is even more important in light of the current
pandemic under which efforts to fight poverty have suffered a severe
setback.
Join the launch event to learn more about the key findings and discuss with
the authors!
*Please see the attached program and-or go to*:
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Looking forward to seeing you there!
Gerda Wolfrum
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