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: Brigitte Burger <burger(a)iufro.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:24 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests
(IECF) - Mark your calendars!
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It is with immense pleasure that we announce the 1st International
Electronic Conference on Forests (IECF):
*Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation,
Interdisciplinarity*
*Virtual Conference*; *15-30 November 2020*
Forests and forestry activities provide an opportunity to address the
pressing challenge of climate change through sustainable production.
Forests also play a strategic role in mitigating critical issues, including
biodiversity conservation, water regulation, energy efficiency, pollution
reduction and mitigation, production of raw biological materials, food
safety, and human and ecosystem health and poverty.
Forests contribute to the improvement of some important development issues
focused on sustainability and responsible forest management as a shared and
essential factor to address global challenges and guarantee the
conservation and enhancement of the global forest heritage as well as the
socio-economic development of production, environmental, and socio-cultural
chains.
The global pandemic has forced us to reduce travel and to reflect on our
ability to leave scientific acquisitions as a legacy to future generations.
This reduced mobility stimulates us to maintain connections with the
scientific network using emerging technologies. This conference is an
opportunity to communicate our shared passion for forests, forest products
and services, and forest biodiversity.
The conference will discuss the state of the art of forestry operations,
wood supply chains, and ecosystem services, and objectives for the future
will be sought. Sharing and discussing the latest research findings with
the global community of scientists in the field of forests is the central
purpose of this virtual meeting.
*Topics of the conference include*:
- Forest Ecology, Management and Restoration
- Forest Genetics, Ecophysiology and Biology
- Forests and Urban Forest Sustainability
- Forest Inventory, Quantitative Methods and Remote Sensing
- Wood Science, Production Chains and Fuelwood
- Forest Operations and Engineering
- Fire Risks and Other Natural Hazards
IECF is a *virtual conference* sponsored by Forests (ISSN 1999-4907; Impact
Factor 2.116 (2018)). Participation is free of charge for authors and
attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the proceedings of the
conference. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a
Forests conference Special Issue with a 20% discount applied to the article
processing charge (
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/Forests/special_issues/IECF2020)
IECF offers you the opportunity to participate in this international,
scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of
travel—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would
like to invite you to “attend” this conference by presenting your latest
work.
For more information on IECF, please visit the conference website (
https://iecf2020.sciforum.net/) or contact us by email (iecf2020(a)mdpi.com)
*Dr. Angela Lo MonacoDr. Cate Macinnis-Ng*
*Chairs of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests*
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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: Lukas Giessen <Lukas.Giessen(a)efi.int>
Date: Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:29 AM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 9] COVID-19 & FORESTS as critical infrastructure
To: div6(a)lists.iufro.org <div6(a)lists.iufro.org>, div9(a)lists.iufro.org <
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Dear colleagues,
for some of us and society at large, forests are something we take for
granted.
The COVID-19 pandemic teaches us differently: The attached commentary study
shows *exploding forest visitor numbers during the lockdown, thus revealing
forests as part of the critical infrastructure during a pandemic*. Based on
the lessons from Germany, it starts discussing some implications for forest
management and policy, with the potential to inform decisions in other
places as well. So please feel free to distribute.
Best regards
Lukas Giessen
*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
*PD Lukas Giessen, PhD *- *Principal Scientist* “Forest Governance”
European Forest Institute (EFI), Bonn Office
*- Adjunct Professor, IPB Indonesia - Editor in Chief, Forest Policy and
Economics (Elsevier): *
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-policy-and-economics/
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.de/citations?hl=en&user=voULQt4AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo…
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Giessen
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
This announcement may be of interest.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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Dear Colleagues
I am writing to inform that I am co-editing a special issue (SI) of
Forest Ecology and Management, entitled "Active restoration of timber
production and other ecosystem services in secondary and degraded
forest". From your research focus, I feel that you may contribute to
this special issue.
Forest Ecology and Management is a peer reviewed journal that publishes
scientific articles linking forest ecology with forest management. 2019
IF: 3.170. 5-year IF: 3.581. Website:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management
The Open call of the SI is located at:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/forest-ecology-and-management/call-for-pa…
The submission portal will be opened from the 1st of September and until
the 1st of December 2020.
All submissions will go through the normal FEM review process. The
handling editor of this SI is Cindy Prescott (Cindy.Prescott(a)ubc.ca)
the guest editors are Plinio Sist, Bryan Finegan and my self.
We aim to have the SI ready by December 2021.
We look forward to reading your Manuscript. Please inform your
colleagues of this opportunity.
--
Marie Ange NGO BIENG
UR Forêts et Sociétés. CIRAD
Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Programa Bosques, Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico. CATIE
Edificio principal. Turrialba. Cartago.
30501. Costa Rica
marie-ange.ngo_bieng(a)cirad.fr <mailto:marie-ange.ngo_bieng@cirad.fr>
MarieAnge.Ngo(a)catie.ac.cr <mailto:MarieAnge.Ngo@catie.ac.cr>
Skype: Ngo Bieng Marie Ange
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
I hope you are all staying well in these difficult times.
Below is the announcement for the World Forestry Congress 24-28 May 2021
in Seoul, Korea. This is different from the IUFRO World Congresses.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 5:50 AM
Subject: XV World Forestry Congress - Call for Abstracts and Side Events
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
XV World Forestry Congress - Call for Abstracts and Side Events
Dear IUFRO Officeholders,
The *XV World Forestry Congress will be hosted by the Government of the
Republic of Korea from 24 to 28 May 2021* and held at the COEX Convention
and Exhibition Center *in Seoul*.
The Congress will bring together global forest stakeholders to review and
analyze key challenges facing the sector and ways to address these. *IUFRO
has always played a very active role at the WFC contributing alongside
diverse participants from all regions and sectors*; including the public
and private sector, NGOs, CSOs, scientific or professional bodies, and
forestry societies. The theme of the XV World Forestry Congress is *Building
a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests*.
It is our pleasure to inform you that the XV World Forestry Congress
Secretariat is calling for *submissions of abstracts for papers and posters*
that illustrate ideas and examples of innovation, research findings, best
practices and pathways that are relevant to the overall theme and one more
sub-themes. The *call for papers, posters and side events is open until
August 31st, 2020*, so be quick to make your submission via the WFC website.
*For abstracts for voluntary papers, posters and videos*:
http://wfc2021korea.org/sub02/abstract.html
<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwfc2021kor…>
*For side events*: http://wfc2021korea.org/sub02/side_events.html
<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwfc2021kor…>
We welcome you to notify IUFRO HQ about any side events that your Unit
decides to submit.
Alexander Buck
*Executive Director*
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #76. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:49 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #76 - Transforming Forest Landscapes to Meet
Current and Future Needs and Challenges
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #76 - Transforming Forest Landscapes to Meet Current and
Future Needs and Challenges
*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. The *IUFRO Spotlight* findings will
be distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.
*________________________________*
Transforming Forest Landscapes to Meet Current and Future Needs and
Challenges
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight7…>
[image: Photo showing Treatment of regenerating natural tropical forests
aiming at enhancing productivity, biodiversity and resilience. Photo:
Michael Kleine, IUFRO.]
Treatment of regenerating natural tropical forests aiming at enhancing
productivity, biodiversity and resilience. Photo: Michael Kleine, IUFRO.
"Forest landscapes (FLs) are often the basis of local economies and social
identity," said Professor Andreas Bolte, Head of Institute at the Thünen
Institute of Forest Ecosystems in Eberswalde Germany.
"In past, many forests have been heavily degraded by unsustainable
practices, and today they are still under heavy pressure worldwide through
the loss and degradation of forests, conversion to other land uses and,
increasingly, climate change," he said.
Dr. Bolte is coordinator of the IUFRO Task Force (TF) entitled: *Transforming
Forest Landscapes for Future Climates and Human Well-being*.
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/transforming-forest-landscapes/>
This "new IUFRO TF is dedicated to providing and communicating the
scientific basis for transforming FLs to climate-resilient land use systems
that provide a full spectrum of ecosystem services for current and future
societies," he said.
"Our major goal," he said, "is to develop practical pathways for FL
transformation that lead to landscapes that better fulfill future needs of
local stakeholders and society at large throughout the world."
By facilitating the collaboration of researchers in many different science
fields – natural, social, and educational sciences – the TF will achieve
its goals, Dr. Bolte said.
As important as the multi-disciplinary areas of expertise of the TF
researchers, is the aspect of translating global Forest Landscape
Restoration (FLR) concepts into local contexts, he said. That is because
all forests – and the societies that dwell in or near them and depend on
them – are not the same.
Those sentiments were echoed by Dr. Mercy Afua Adutwumwaa Derkyi, a deputy
coordinator of the TF. "Our TF team," she said, "comes from different
continents, regions, ethnicities and genders and has expertise in natural
and in social sciences.
"It's a major step to bridge the different cultures and ethnicities – and
the different forests with their different stressors and management
issues," she said.
Dr. Derkyi is Dean of the School of Natural Resources and a senior lecturer
at the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani, in the Bono
Region of Ghana.
To illustrate her point about different management approaches, she said:
"In Ghana one cannot use the same standards and principles to restore
forest reserves under total state management that one would use with
"off-reserve forests" (forests interacting with other land uses –
agriculture, mining, etc.)
That is because "there are different management regimes, stakeholder
dynamics and interests, tenure issues, benefit sharing mechanisms, policies
and legislation, etc.," she said.
Dr. Bolte added: "In any forest the integration of biophysical conditions
(site, climate, etc.) with societal needs and perceptions, as well as
technical options for FL transformation are the focus.
"By neglecting any one of these factors you significantly reduce the
success possibilities of FL transformation processes.
"Implementing FLR on the ground requires translating the FLR concept into a
local context; through a proper process in which multiple stakeholders are
key. That's our most important challenge," he said.
Dr. Bolte said the TF will use a "best practice" approach to illustrate FL
transformation options that have worked well in certain regions and may be
transferred and adapted to work in others.
As one example of such a best practice, a "decision tree" model was cited.
[image: Decision tree for choosing the appropriate restoration method,
depending upon objectives and site conditions. Decision nodes are strategy,
amount of overstory present, and how much of the area will be treated. In:
Stanturf et al. 2017. Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration: A
Practitioner's Guide.
https://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/netw/flr/flr/pract-guide/]
Decision tree for choosing the appropriate restoration method, depending
upon objectives and site conditions. Decision nodes are strategy, amount of
overstory present, and how much of the area will be treated. In: Stanturf
et al. 2017. Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration: A Practitioner's
Guide. https://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/netw/flr/flr/pract-guide/
The decision tree shows the appropriate restoration method, depending on
management objectives (reconciled with local stakeholders and
beneficiaries) and prevailing site conditions (local climate, soils,
vegetation structure etc.).
It offers two paths forward – passive or active restoration – including
starting conditions, treated area and method for restocking the area with
trees (natural regeneration, planting, etc.)
Such a system allows restoration practitioners to select the most
appropriate option, and one that is acceptable to local stakeholders, for a
given site/forest.
"Targeted education and training activities are crucial," said Dr. Bolte.
"It's important to elaborate the right tools to bring FL transformation in
the desired direction. This can include guidelines, scientific papers,
online portals, etc. It is critical to address the decision makers and
local communities with educational measures and training.
"The preferred outcome of the TF will be if FLR professionals and landscape
managers in various regions are informed about, and welcome, the TF
knowledge and training products for application in their local contexts,"
he said.
And Dr. Derkyi said: "For me, success is translating our scientific outputs
into outcomes that will have impacts on the ground. Given the depth and
variety of our TF team, I believe we will achieve this."
*Find out more about the IUFRO Task Force on Transforming Forest Landscapes
for Future Climates and Human Well-Being here: *
*https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/transforming-forest-landscapes/*
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/transforming-forest-landscapes/>
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Suggestions for reports and findings that could be promoted through *IUFRO
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Dear Meliaceae E-lst-
See message and video below from IUFRO about World Wood Day.
Sheila
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:44 PM
Subject: Message by the President and Executive Director of IUFRO
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<http://www.iufro.org/>
* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
Message by the President and Executive Director of IUFRO
Dear members of the IUFRO Network, dear colleagues,
On 21 March the world should be celebrating the International Day of
Forests and World Wood Day to draw attention to the importance of forests,
trees and forest products for all life on earth.
Sadly, most public celebrations had to be cancelled, including the main
World Wood Day events, because of the unprecedented health crisis so many
countries all over the globe are currently facing.
The current pandemic dramatically demonstrates the need for effective
collaboration at a global scale and for unbiased scientific evidence.
People are now depending on scientists to provide clear explanations,
sensible guidance and effective solutions to overcome this crisis and to be
better prepared for similar situations in the future. This goes far beyond
medical and pharmaceutical research, as the crisis will have major social,
economic and environmental consequences. Intense global research
collaboration and knowledge-sharing in all fields, including forest
sciences, will be more important than ever.
Against this background, we would like to assure you that the IUFRO Network
is in place to support your collaborative efforts, especially by
disseminating relevant news and information through all IUFRO communication
channels.
IUFRO Headquarters is fully functioning and will be happy to receive and
publish reports and announcements for IUFRO News, the blog and our social
media (contact: wolfrum(a)iufro.org, burger(a)iufro.org)
We would like to wish you and your families all the best in these difficult
times, and invite you to watch IUFRO’s short video message recorded for
World Wood Day: http://www.worldwoodday.org/2020/home?p=395394559
Kind regards,
John Parrotta
*IUFRO President *
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director*
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Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the 2020 2/3 IUFRO newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter can
be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Sheila Ward
Deputy Coordinator
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:38 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2020
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 2/3, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2020
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
Amid the global anxiety surrounding the present COVID-19 pandemic, we trust
that you, your families and colleagues are taking the necessary precautions
to remain well.
Although many upcoming IUFRO activities and events have had to be postponed
or cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary level of
communications 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.
Best wishes,
John Parrotta, *IUFRO President*
and Alexander Buck, *IUFRO Executive Director*
*IUFRO News Double Issue 2&3 newsletter is also available for download as a
PDF or Word file at:*
https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
*To find out more about IUFRO, just visit* https://www.iufro.org and follow
our blog http://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <http://twitter.com/IUFRO>
and IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro>.
*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>*
International Day of Forests
Forests are home to about 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity.
Biodiversity is under serious threat from deforestation, forest degradation
and climate change. Managing forests sustainably, and restoring them when
needed, is crucial for people, biodiversity and climate.
Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation: Lessons learned from selected
landscapes in Africa, Asia and Latin America
IUFRO Occasional Paper 33: A publication prepared by contributors to the
FLR Snapshot Scientific Analysis Project led by the IUFRO Special Programme
for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC). *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29826>…*
IUFRO Starts Follow-up Study on Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+
[image: Photo by Peter Tarasiewicz.]
The United Nations have declared 2020 the "super year" for biodiversity
and, accordingly, the theme of this year's International Day of Forests is
"forests and biodiversity". Against this background, IUFRO is announcing
the start of a comprehensive review and update process of its global
assessment. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29825>…*
IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) Met in Nairobi to Discuss
Forest and Poverty Interlinkages
Following a first meeting of the GFEP Expert Panel on Forests and Poverty
in late August 2019, the main authors of the upcoming GFEP assessment
report met 29-31 January 2020 at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in
Nairobi, Kenya. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29824>…*
Forest Research Innovation Potential in National and International
Scenarios
[image: IUFRO President John Parrotta signs the visiting scientist book of
CREA Research Centre for Forestry and Wood at the presence of the Director
Piermaria Corona. Photo provided by J Parrotta.]
The workshop on 29 January 2020 at CREA Research Centre for Forestry and
Wood, Arezzo, Italy, aimed to promote hands-on networking and exchanges
about innovation and developing priorities among the forest research
community. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29823>…*
News from IUFRO Headquarters
*Janice Burns Assumes New Position as IUFRO-SPDC Deputy Coordinator*
In support of the expanding scope of work and diversity of activities, we
are pleased to report that Ms Janice Burns from Canada, who has been
involved in IUFRO-SPDC activities since 2016, has agreed to assume the
position of IUFRO-SPDC Deputy Coordinator. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29821>…
[image: Photo by Gerda Wolfrum, IUFRO.]
*IFSA-IUFRO Workshop at the IUFRO HQ*
*I*In the week of the International Day of Forests, we would like to shine
a light on the future of our forests, namely, forestry students. IUFRO
hosted a workshop for IFSA officials on the 5th of February at the IUFRO
Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29820>…*
Publications
Photo by Willfried Wende, Pixabay.
*Climate Change and Sustainable Supply of Softwood. An Outlook for the
21st Century. The Case of Central Europe.*
In pursuit of IUFRO's strategic goal of providing analysis, insights and
options for practical use by stakeholders, IUFRO started to intensify
cooperation with the forest industry. * More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29818>…*
[image: IUFRO Vice-President Shirong Liu at 2019 IUFRO World Congress in
Curitiba, Brazil. Photo courtesy of Congress Organizing Committee.]
*IUFRO Task Forces: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Addressing Forest
Challenges around the Globe*
This is the first in a series of IUFRO Spotlight articles that will
highlight the work of IUFRO Task Forces. Current forest-related challenges
are best addressed from a multi-disciplinary perspective. That's one of the
primary reasons underlying the IUFRO Task Forces (TFs). *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29817>…*
*Forest Education in Japan*
Historical Review; Current Forestry Practices, Forest Management, and Wood
Processing Education; and Future Expectations - Tama Forest Science Garden.
*More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29816>…
Other Information
Other publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29830>
Awards <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29833>
News from IUFRO Members and Partner Organizations
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29836>
Position Announcements <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29837>
Courses <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29838>
IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29806>
Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6948#c29805>
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #75. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
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Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 1:15 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] IUFRO Spotlight #75 - IUFRO Task Forces: A
multi-disciplinary approach to addressing forest challenges around the globe
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IUFRO Spotlight #75 - IUFRO Task Forces: A multi-disciplinary approach to
addressing forest challenges around the globe
*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. The *IUFRO Spotlight* findings will
be distributed in a periodic series of emails as well as blog postings.
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IUFRO Task Forces: A multi-disciplinary approach to addressing forest
challenges around the globe
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/publications/spotlights/spotlight7…>
[image: Photo showing IUFRO Vice-President Shirong Liu at 2019 IUFRO World
Congress in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo courtesy of Congress Organizing
Committee.]
IUFRO Vice-President Shirong Liu at 2019 IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba,
Brazil. Photo courtesy of Congress Organizing Committee.
Current forest-related challenges are best addressed from a
multi-disciplinary perspective.
Integrating knowledge from biophysical and socioeconomic sciences can
provide more complete analyses of forest issues. These, in turn, are of
more direct value to forest decision makers and practitioners.
That's one of the primary reasons underlying the IUFRO Task Forces (TFs).
"The TFs serve as the platforms for scientists from different disciplines
to work together and contribute their wisdom to the most pressing forest
issues and international challenges," said Dr. Shirong Liu, IUFRO
Vice-President for Task Forces.
Professor Liu, Chief Research Scientist in Forest Ecology and Hydrology at
the Chinese Academy of Forestry, where he also serves as President of the
Academy, noted that the TFs – there are currently nine – have been
established to run during the present five-year period (2019-2024), and
focus on new or emerging topics that are centered on priority areas of
IUFRO Strategy.
"This encourages activities across the full spectrum of IUFRO's
disciplinary expertise and enables IUFRO to establish new TFs periodically
as new challenges or opportunities arise," he said.
The nine Task Forces he will oversee are:
- Forest Education
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forest-education/>
- Monitoring Global Tree Mortality Patterns and Trends
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/>
- Fire$: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/global-wildland-fire-activity/>
- Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/forests-water-interaction-changin…>
- Gender Equality in Forestry
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/gender-equality-in-forestry/>
- Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/resilient-planted-forests/>
- 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/>
- Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/bioeconomy-and-non-timber-forest-…>
- Transforming Forest Landscapes for Futures Climates and Human
Well-Being
<https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/transforming-forest-landscapes/>
Each TF links back to, and will address challenges relating to, IUFRO's
overarching themes of Forests for People; Forests and Climate Change;
Forests and Forest-based Products for a Greener Future; Forest, Soil and
Water Interactions; and Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological
Invasions.
The TFs are led by a Coordinator and usually involve a small group (up to
four) of Deputy Coordinators. That group works with a much larger network
of individuals from within and outside of IUFRO who are engaged to varying
extents in particular sub-projects, involved in workshops and other
meetings organized by the TF, and contribute to the publications and other
major products of the TF.
[image: Photo showing IUFRO President John Parrotta. Photo by Michael
Kleine, IUFRO.]
IUFRO President John Parrotta. Photo by Michael Kleine, IUFRO.
IUFRO President John Parrotta said: "What all recent TFs have had in common
is a very high level of activity and productivity, thanks to the excellent
leadership of their coordinators (or coordination teams) and the sustained
energy that these often very large multi-disciplinary groups seem to
generate."
Dr. Parrotta, National Research Program Leader for International Science
Issues with the U.S. Forest Service, is also a former IUFRO Vice-President
in charge of TFs.
Dr. Liu has high expectations for the TFs. "I expect every TF can
accomplish their objectives and goals, as set," he said. "And their
outcomes and achievements can improve our knowledge, produce solutions, and
assist in better informed decision making and science based policy and
governance in forest management.
"Secondly, I hope the inter-divisional and cross-disciplinary cooperative
and synergistic actions derived from the TFs can contribute to IUFRO's
strategic goals through both their work outcomes and their experience in
mobilizing cooperation.
"And finally, because the TFs involve various stakeholders from different
circles, both inside and outside IUFRO, I hope they will deepen
understanding about the expectations of different stakeholders toward IUFRO
and better serve the science-policy interface," Dr. Liu said.
Not all forests are alike. Nor are cultures and perspectives. So Dr. Liu is
enthusiastic about the diversity in the makeup of the TFs.
Of the eight TFs that have complete membership, there are 282 members from
more than 52 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania and
North America representing universities, research institutes, international
organizations, government departments, intergovernmental organizations,
foundations, charities, forest societies and enterprises.
>From a gender perspective, for the nine TFs there are six women among the
19 deputy coordinators. And the joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest
Education is co-coordinated by a woman and a man.
Dr. Parrotta noted that during his 2014-2019 term as Vice-President in
charge of TFs "we saw a much higher and consistent level of activity among
our TFs.
"I think this is due to two factors. First, TFs are initiated by
officeholders from within Divisions who are highly incentivized to expand
the work of their units (Research Groups or Working Parties) to include a
broader range of disciplinary expertise on their selected TF topics. We
also instituted a more thorough and demanding process for TF proposals that
involved two rounds of review by Board members; this ensured compliance
with a number of criteria related to broad inclusion (in TF teams), clarity
and feasibility of workplans, and availability of resources for
accomplishment of TF objectives.
"Most of the Task Forces established during the 2014-2019 term greatly
exceeded expectations in terms of their productivity, impact, contributions
to major international scientific meetings, and establishment of durable
working relations with new partners within and outside of the scientific
community," Dr. Parrotta said.
Dr. Liu complimented Dr. Parrotta for laying "a solid evolving basis for
managing the task forces" and said in his own TF overseer role he will "try
my best to make full use of the valuable assets accomplished by my
predecessors to motivate, coordinate and encourage the alignment of work
from all IUFRO Task Forces."
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Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the IUFRO Issue 1 2020 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 1, 2020
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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Issue 1, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 1, 2020
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 1 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49. The
newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.
You are welcome to pass on this newsletter to your colleagues!
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Seed Orchards and Climate Change
The IUFRO Seed Orchard Conference 2019 in Nanjing, China, covered a broad
variety of topics, from seed orchard design and management, fertility
variation and genetic diversity of seed crops, seed processing and
treatment to gene conservation, and adaptation of forest trees to changing
climate. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29697>…*
Korean Pine Biology and Silviculture
The II International Symposium on Korean Pine Biology and Silviculture in
Vladivostok, Russia, brought together scientists and practitioners from
different countries with an interest in various aspects of *Pinus
koraiensis* research to review the progress in this particular research
field and present new ideas. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29696>…*
Silviculture of Maritime Pine
[image: Photo showing Plantation of maritime pine (Portugal) during
confernce in Coimbra, November 2019. Photo: Centro PINUS.]
In Portugal the consumption of maritime pine (*Pinus pinaster *Ait.) wood
has been increasing, and, in parallel, the area occupied by the species has
been decreasing, mainly due to forest fires. In this meeting in Coimbra,
Portugal, case studies of pine forest management were presented,
emphasizing, among other things, the technical difficulty in managing some
naturally regenerated stands after fire. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29695>…*
Linking Higher Education to the Bioeconomy in Vietnam
[image: Photo showing conference participants in session. Photo by VNFU,
also see: https://bit.ly/35XQ8N9]
In Vietnam forests provide the bio-economy sector with its most important,
versatile and affordable renewable raw material: wood. The international
conference held at the Vietnam National University of Forestry (VNUF) aimed
at the improvement and dissemination of knowledge and understanding on
methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainable forest
resources management and bio-economy development. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29694>*…*
The International Conference "Wood Science and Engineering in the 3rd
Millennium" (ICWSE)
[image: Photo showing The participants at the 12th edition of ICWSE, in
front of the assembly hall of Transilvania University of Brasov. Photo: Pro
Ligno Brasov.]
The 12th edition of ICSWE at Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania,
brought together over 100 participants from 24 countries and four
continents on 7-9 November 2020. Ten sessions covered a variety of topics
including Wood Structure and Properties, Mechanical Wood Processing,
Wood-Based Materials, Renewable Energy from Wooden Biomass, Furniture
Design and Wood Construction. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29693>…*
2022 All-Division 5 Conference - Call for Bids
The next All Division 5 Conference is planned to take place in 2022. If you
wish to prepare a bid for the conference, please send in your proposal by
March 15, 2020. The IUFRO Division 5 Conference is held every 5 years. This
is an apolitical, international forum for the exchange of information on
forest products related subjects. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29692>…*
Blog Series on Forest Landscape Restoration Experiences
The 10-part weekly blog series featuring "FLR Snapshot Analysis" landscapes
one by one aims to share knowledge on FLR implementation and increase
visibility of the FLR Snapshot Analysis results of the related IUFRO World
Congress side-event. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29700>
*…*
Best Practice Call - Sustainable Forest Management and Wood-based Solutions
Austrian World Summit – The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative and brainbows
call for best practice projects in the field of sustainable forest
management, biobased solutions and responsible use of forest products in
developing and emerging countries. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29701>…*
Congratulations to Organizers of IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba 2019
We are happy to inform you that the team of Congress organizers received
the "Curitiba Ambassadors Award", 2019 edition, in December. Also, Curitiba
Mayor Rafael Greca enjoyed the Congress so much that he invited the
Congress Exhibition woodworking artisans to occupy an area to show their
art in a building that belongs to the Curitiba City Hall. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29702>…*
IUFRO Distinguished Service Awards
[image: Photo showing From left to right: Alexander Buck, Elizaveta
Kiriakidi, Viktor K. Teplyakov, John Parrotta. Photo by IUFRO.]
Congratulations to Victor Teplyakov and Valentin S. Shalaev, both Russian
Federation, for receiving the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award in
recognition of their important contributions to IUFRO, especially also for
co-authoring a book entitled "A History of IUFRO Congresses, Forest
Research and Russia's Participation"! *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29691>…*
Wishing Margareta Khorchidi All the Best on Her Retirement!
After thirty-five years with IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of
Capacities (SPDC), Margareta Khorchidi has retired at the end of November
2019. She had been involved in the establishment of this very first special
programme of IUFRO in 1983/84 that provides support to forest scientists in
economically disadvantaged countries. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29703>…*
IFSA Student Experiences at IUFRO HQ - Amaitum Joshua Elukut, Uganda
[image: Photo showing Joshua Amaitum. Photo provided by Joshua Amaitum.]
Joshua is a Ugandan student pursuing a Bachelor of Conservation Forestry
and Products Technology at Makerere University Kampala. Between December
2019 and January 2020, he served as an intern at IUFRO HQ in Vienna,
Austria. This was made possible through a collaboration between IUFRO and
IFSA. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29704>…*
Dare to Explore! Traineeship Experience – Rodrigo Mendes, Brazil
[image: Photo showing IUFRO Trainee Rodrigo. Photo by Lisa Prior, Joint
EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Capacity Development Project]
Rodrigo, a Brazilian student doing the master's program in European
Forestry at the University of Eastern Finland (Finland) and Transilvania
University of Brasov (Romania), I completed his *Dare to Explore!*
Traineeship (DTE) at IUFRO HQ in Vienna, Austria. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29705>…*
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