Fwd: IUFRO-GFEP Press Release: Report: Forests form buffer against water crisis
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
The announcement below may be of interest.
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Subject: IUFRO-GFEP Press Release: Report: Forests form buffer against
water crisis
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
IUFRO-GFEP Press Release: Report: Forests form buffer against water
crisis *Report:
Forests form buffer against water crisis*
*More than 50 scientists from 20 countries contributed to major assessment
of forests-water-climate-people link*
PDF of Press Release for download: English
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*Cloud forests in Rincón de la Vieja National Park in Costa Rica. Photo ©
iStock: PobladuraFCG*
*New York/Vienna (10 July 2018)*: A global water crisis is looming on the
horizon. In many places around the world it is at the doorstep rather than
the horizon, exacerbated by a growing global population and accelerated
climate change.
The solution may come, at least in part, from paying more attention to
forests. The relationships among forests, water, climate and people are
complex, go largely unrecognized and lead to the question: What can people
do with, to, and for, forests to ensure a sustainable quality and quantity
of water necessary to the health and wellbeing of both?
That question is addressed in a new and comprehensive scientific assessment
report released today at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum
(HLPF) on Sustainable Development in New York. The report underscores the
importance of embracing the complexity and uncertainty of
climate-forest-water-people linkages to prevent irrational decision-making
with unintended consequence.
The publication, entitled "*Forest and Water on a Changing Planet:
Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global Assessment
Report*" has been prepared by the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on
Forests and Water, an initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on
Forests (CPF) led by the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO).
"Governments and all stakeholders wanting to achieve the SDGs (the
Sustainable Development Goals related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development) need to understand that water is central to attaining almost
all of these goals, and forests are inseparably tied to water", says Hiroto
Mitsugi, Assistant Director-General, Forestry Department, FAO, and Chair of
the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. "Policy and management responses
must therefore tackle multiple water-related objectives across the range of
SDGs, and take a multiple benefits approach."
More than seven billion humans currently on this planet share it with
approximately three trillion trees. Both humans and trees need water.
Forests' role in the water cycle is at least as important as their role in
the carbon cycle in the face of climate change. In addition to being the
lungs of the planet, they also act as kidneys. Thus, addressing
forests-water-people-climate links wisely, comprehensively and
expeditiously is crucial to our long-term wellbeing, if not survival.
"In our assessment, we focused on the following key questions: *Do forests
matter? Who is responsible and what should be done? How can progress be
made and measured?*" Panel co-chair Meine van Noordwijk, of ICRAF and
Wageningen University, Netherlands, explains.
"Natural disturbances and human activities influence forest and water
relations with their impacts, depending on their timing, magnitude,
intensity and duration", says Panel co-chair Irena Creed (University of
Saskatchewan, Canada). "Under a changing climate, these influencing factors
vary more than ever, sometimes in unanticipated ways. Forest management for
the future must therefore factor in uncertainty," she concludes.
Unfortunately, water is rarely considered a priority in forest management.
"Perhaps," says Professor Creed "because the co-occurrence of forest and
water is so common. But natural forests, in particular, contribute to the
sustainable water supply for people in the face of growing risks. And it is
also possible to actively manage forests for water resilience." In the
Hindu Kush – Himalaya region, for instance, various countries are
successfully reviving dried up springs by paying more attention to
water-sensitive land management.
The same lack of attention to the importance of forests and trees for water
can be noted in international climate debates. "In view of the vital role
water plays, even in facilitating the continuous sequestration of carbon in
standing forests, a lack of understanding of landscape-scale effects
amongst the forest and water science communities and policymakers is of
increasing concern," warns Professor van Noordwijk.
In areas of water scarcity, water should be at the center of discussions of
forest-climate interactions because carbon-centered forest strategies will
have important consequences on water resources. Numerous forestation
projects, for example, have failed to consider adequately the water demands
of newly introduced foliage, or to use species that are well-adapted to
local conditions. In some cases, fast-growing species have been used
without thinking about the relative impacts on the locally available water
supply.
Forests can also disperse waters to relatively distant areas. Adding forest
and vegetation cover, for example, to upwind coasts where moisture released
in the air is likely to deliver water to drier inland areas represents one
possible win-win strategy. Availability of waters in the Nile River basin,
for instance, is potentially influenced by changes in the land use practice
in the Tropic forest belt across the West African Rainforest and the Congo
Basin. Consequently, managing forest-water interactions will require the
engagement of forest managers, water users and other stakeholders across
hydrologically connected landscapes.
Changes in forest-water relations will affect the quality and quantity of
related ecosystem services such as the supply of water or forest products
and will also have an impact on where, how and to whom these services will
be available. Therefore, it is necessary to consider questions of
distributional equity, fairness and justice in forest-water arrangements.
Already marginalized and vulnerable communities should not be exposed to
further risks.
As adaptive management strategies are developed, trade-offs may go beyond
timber and water and also include, as an example, non-timber forest
products. Poorer people throughout many parts of the world depend heavily
on the direct use of non-timber forest products for their livelihoods.
These are essential in the burgeoning discussion around ecosystem services
and the safety net they provide for subsistence households must not be
forgotten. These trade-offs will cause some conflicts.
The case of the Murray Darling basin, located in southeastern Australia, is
one example of a continuous and still unresolved conflict over ecological
water allocations. The basin covers over 1 million km2 (14% of Australia's
landmass) and contains over 30,000 wetlands. However, the introduction of
strict water allocation rules in response to threats to the basin's
capacity to cater to an increasing demand for water met with resistance
from farmers depending on irrigation. Meanwhile, many areas of the
floodplain forests of iconic Red Gums continue to decline. Conflicts
between land and water users remain, and many forest, and former wetland,
areas are consumed by bushfires that occur increasingly every year.
The report concludes that international governance can play a key role in
optimizing climate-forest-water relations by creating norms such as the
SDGs, by providing forums in which norms can be discussed, negotiated and
agreed upon, and by providing opportunities for assessing progress.
Similarly, new levels of collective action - especially across sectors and
across spatial scales – as well as stronger participatory approaches are
needed to shift policy goals away from more profit-oriented toward more
sustainability-oriented strategies.
There is, the report says, a clear policy gap in climate-forest-water
relations that is waiting to be filled.
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*Photo left: Riparian vegetation and landscape in Mongolia, a country where
freshwater resources are scarce - © Alexander Buck Photo right: Leaf area
is an important measure for the water use of trees - © iStock: Keikona *
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*Photo left: Spring in the temple forest of Dakshinkali, Nepal – © Dipak
Gyawali Photo right: Blue Nile falls in the Tis Abay, Ethiopia – © iStock:
Joel Carillet *
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The report and policy brief are available electronically at:
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/forests-and-water-panel/report/
<http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/forests-and-water-panel/report/>
The report will be launched at the *2018 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
on Sustainable Development* in the course of the side event "Forests and
Water on a Changing Planet: Scientific Insights for Building Sustainable
and Resilient Societies", held in New York on 10 July at 1.15-2.30 pm. The
side event is hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN and
co-hosted by IUFRO. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2018
The IUFRO-led *Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP)* initiative of the
*Collaborative
Partnership on Forests (CPF)* established the Expert Panel on "Forests and
Water" to provide policymakers with a stronger scientific basis for their
decisions and policies related to forests and water, and to specifically
inform relevant international policy processes and the discussions on the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related Sustainable Development
Goals.
https://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/forests-and-water-panel/
<http://www.iufro.org/science/gfep/forests-and-water-panel/>
The *International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)* is the
only 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/
For more information, please contact: Gerda Wolfrum at +43 1 877015117 or
wolfrum(at)iufro.org <wolfrum(a)iufro.org>
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Fwd: XXV IUFRO World Congress - Call for Session Proposals
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
Below please find the call for sessions for the IUFRO 2019 World Congress.
Sheila Ward
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Date: Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:13 AM
Subject: XXV IUFRO World Congress - Call for Session Proposals
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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* International Union of Forest Research Organizations *
XXV IUFRO World Congress - Call for Session Proposals
*XXV IUFRO World Congress 2019"Forest Research and Cooperation for
Sustainable Development"Curitiba, Brazil; 29 September - 5 October
2019Congress website: http://www.iufro2019.com/ <http://www.iufro2019.com/>*
*Call for Congress Session Proposals*
*Deadline for proposals: 1 August 2018*
The Congress Scientific Committee invites submission of session proposals
for the 2019 IUFRO World Congress. In keeping with the spirit of the
Congress title – Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable
Development ‐ the Congress Scientific Committee is developing a program
that will highlight the contributions that forest science is making to
address the significant environmental, social and economic challenges
facing our world. The Congress program will reflect the forest science
community’s diverse contributions across the full range of natural and
social science disciplines, with special emphasis on key issues and
research areas identified in IUFRO’s 2015‐2019 Strategy (
https://www.iufro.org/discover/strategy/) .
*Who may submit a session proposal? *
All who share an interest in the future of forests and forest science are
invited to submit session proposals. We encourage proposals that involve
collaboration between two or more IUFRO Divisions or Task Forces and/or
with organizations not formally associated with IUFRO, and from university
students at all levels. We strongly recommend IUFRO officeholders and
others actively involved in IUFRO Research Groups, Working Parties, and
Task Forces communicate with their respective Division representatives on
the CSC (or Task Force coordinators) before submitting proposals – this
will greatly facilitate broader involvement of IUFRO divisional units and
Task Forces in the scientific program and avoid overlaps among sessions.
Session proposals from non‐IUFRO member organizations are encouraged
although preference will be given to those that are prepared jointly with
IUFRO Divisional Units and Task Forces (see https://www.iufro.org/science/
for more information) – if assistance is needed to identify appropriate
partners within IUFRO, please contact any member of the CSC.
*Preparing and submitting a session proposal. *
Proposals should be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish, online at
www.iufro2019.com using the Session Proposal Form. *Proposals will not be
accepted after 1 August 2018*.
In addition to providing basic information on session organizer(s), session
title, alignment with Congress themes, and a short abstract of the session
proposal, those submitting proposals should submit (online) a more complete
proposal (following the template provided). The template will prompt
proposers about session objectives and content in relation to Congress
theme(s), proposed session format (i.e., presentation of individual papers
and/or posters, moderated panel discussion, or other forms of presentation)
and names of proposed speakers (if known), their organizational
affiliations and indicative titles of their presentations. Proposed
sessions should be organized to be nominally 2 hours in length. For
sessions involving oral presentations, we recommend that 15 minutes be
adopted for standard oral presentations. However, we encourage proponents
to be innovative, and to consider panel discussions, interactive poster
sessions and other ways to engage Congress participants.
Please note that the abstract submission process (later this year) will be
open to all, so session organizers may need to include papers or posters
that were not originally proposed for their sessions. Please be aware of
this possibility and the need for flexibility in designing your session .
In the event that the number of accepted abstracts for a particular session
exceeds the number that can be accommodated in a single session, organizers
may be given an additional session slot in the Congress program.
*Criteria for selection. *
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress
Scientific Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific
quality and relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be
considered are: the involvement of two or more IUFRO units (Divisions, Task
Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non‐IUFRO
organizations; geographic and gender diversity of proposed session
presenters; and the involvement of students and young scientists. We
strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the August 1 deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than 31 August 2018. An open
Call for Abstracts will be issued in September, with online abstract
submission until 15 December 2018, and acceptance decisions provided by 28
February 2019.
*Responsibilities of session organizers. *
Session organizers of accepted proposals are expected to communicate with
prospective presenters regarding submission of abstracts (online, from
mid-September to mid‐December 2018), and will be asked to review abstracts
submitted for their sessions during the abstract review period (i.e., in
midDecember 2018 to end February 2019). Session organizers may be asked to
assist the CSC in the editing of accepted abstracts. They will also be
responsible for moderating sessions (or assigning session moderation
responsibilities) and are encouraged to pursue publication options for
papers presented in their sessions.
Abstracts of papers and posters presented during the Congress will be
published in a special volume of the International Forestry Review, as was
done for the 2014 Congress in Salt Lake City. As formal Congress
proceedings with full papers will not be published, session organizers
should explore alternative publication options (books, special issues of
journals, etc.) for their sessions.
We look forward to hearing from you and for your active participation in
the design of an excellent scientific program for the 2019 IUFRO Congress
in Curitiba, Brazil.
*Timeline Summary*
*21 May 2018* – Call for Session Proposals
*1 August 2018* – Deadline for the submission of Session Proposals
*31 August 2018* – Decision advised on Session Proposals
*15 September 2018* – Call for abstracts
*15 December 2018*– Deadline for the submission of abstracts
*28 February 2019* – Authors advised of decisions on their abstracts
*31 May 2019* – Registration deadline for early-bird registrations and
presenting authors
*29 September 2019* – Congress begins
*The IUFRO 2019 Congress Scientific Committee *
*Jerry Vanclay* (Chair: jvanclay(a)scu.edu.au)
*Pil Sun Park* (Division 1: pspark(a)snu.ac.kr)
*Santiago González-Martínez* (Division 2: santiago.c.gonzalez.martinez@
gmail.com)
*Woodam Chung* (Division 3: woodam.chung(a)oregonstate.edu)
*Donald Hodges* (Division 4: dhodges2(a)utk.edu)
*Pekka Saranpää* (Division 5: pekka.saranpaa(a)luke.fi)
*Cecil Konijnendijk* (Division 6: cecil.konijnendijk(a)ubc.ca)
*Eckehard Brockerhoff* (Division 7: eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com)
*Sandra Luque* (Division 8: sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr)
*Alexia Stokes* (Division 8: alexia.stokes(a)cirad.fr)
*Daniela Kleinschmi*t (Division 9: daniela.kleinschmit(a)ifp.uni-freiburg.de)
*Björn Hånell* (Vice‐President, Divisions: bjorn.hanell(a)ssko.slu.se)
*John Parrotta* (Vice‐President, Task Forces, Special Programmes, Projects
and IUFRO‐led Initiatives: jparrotta(a)fs.fed.us)
*Salina Abraham* (International Forestry Students Association:
salina.ifsa(a)gmail.com)
*Joseph Cobbinah* (Africa representative: joe.cobbinah(a)ymail.com)
*Manuel Guariguata* (CIFOR representative: m.guariguata(a)cgiar.org)
*Patricia Mattos* (COC representative: patricia.mattos(a)embrapa.br)
_________________________________
*2019 Congress themes (based on IUFRO 2015-2019 Strategy) *
Forests and trees provide a wide range of environmental, economic, social
and cultural benefits to people in rural communities and urban centers
worldwide. Their conservation and sustainable management are closely linked
to globally important societal challenges related to environmental
protection, sustainable economic development, food security, human health,
water and energy resource provision, and climate change. The best available
scientific knowledge is needed to effectively address these issues at
multiple scales (locally, regionally and globally) and provide a strong
basis for forest, agroforest and forest landscape management practices and
policy decisions. The scientific program for the IUFRO 2019 World Congress
will bring together scientists of all ages, from throughout the world,
across the full range of forest‐related disciplines, who are engaged in
research, education and application of science‐based knowledge to address
these challenges and meet the changing needs of our increasingly globalized
society. The program will be organized along the following five themes:
Forests for People; Forests and Climate Change; Forests and Forest Products
for a Greener Future; Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological
Invasions; and Forests, Soil and Water Interactions.
*Forests for People *
Forests, woodlands and agroforests play a vital role in the lives of people
in both rural and urban communities, supporting livelihoods, food and
energy security, and human health and wellbeing. This theme, which focusses
on social, cultural and economic aspects of the management and use of
forest resources, covers a broad set of topics such as nature‐based
recreation and tourism, landscape planning and management, nature
protection, indigenous people and community forest management, forest work,
human health and wellbeing, agroforestry, integration of forestry in other
land uses, urban forestry, forest ethics, forest history and culture,
gender issues in forestry, rural development and community wellbeing.
Congress sessions within this theme will explore the linkages between human
well‐ being and quality of life related to the environmental, economic and
social goods and services provided by forests both for urban and rural
populations. They will also examine the roles of policy, planning, forest
governance, formal and traditional knowledge, communication, education and
training in the maintenance, enhancement, valuation and optimization of
benefits derived from forest ecosystems and forest products and services to
people at local, regional and broader spatial scales.
*Forests and Climate Change *
Understanding and anticipating the impacts of climate change on forest
ecosystems and the services they provide to people are critical to efforts
to develop and implement effective policies and management strategies for
climate change mitigation and adaptation. Sessions within this theme will
consider climate change effects on forest ecosystem structure and function;
interactions with other natural disturbance and forest management regimes;
monitoring and modelling of climate‐change related impacts on forest
ecosystems, landscapes, and communities; environmental, social and economic
implications of forest‐based climate change adaptation strategies and
mitigation opportunities (such as REDD+); silvicultural, planning and
policy options for managing and restoring natural and planted forests to
enhance carbon storage and other ecosystem services, as well as adapting
natural and planted forests to climate change; the role of sustainable
production and use of wood‐based products in climate change mitigation
(including wood‐based substitutes for less ”climate friendly” materials);
and the contributions of forest genetics, restoration ecology and landscape
ecology in climate change mitigation and adaptation, including incentives
and issues of trans‐ boundary emission trading schemes.
*Forests and Forest Products for a Greener Future *
The future of sustainable forest management in the face of forest loss and
ever‐increasing demands for food, timber and wood fiber, water and other
ecosystem services, and uncertainties posed by globalization and economic,
social and environmental uncertainty, is a fundamental challenge for the
forest research community. Innovation in the field of forest products,
goods and services together with sustainable and environmentally
responsible wood production systems and forest operations will play an
important role to meet these challenges. Sessions within this theme will
explore: trends in the demand for traditional and innovative forest
products, ecosystem goods and services; increased use of wood in
construction; managing conflicting needs of forest stakeholders; changing
societal values, and institutions and forest governance structures under
different socio‐cultural conditions and their role in sustainable
management and use of natural and planted forests in the future. Other
topics include development of new forest management approaches and
processing techniques for environmentally and socially acceptable products
and services; emerging landscape management (i.e., green infrastructure)
approaches; valuation of benefits derived from non‐wood forest products and
ecosystem services; bioenergy and the bioeconomy; and forestry education,
research and training to meet future needs.
*Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions *
The conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity (at genetic,
species and ecosystem levels) is fundamental to the maintenance of habitats
responsible for providing environmental, economic, social and cultural
goods and services on which people in both rural and urban communities
depend. Addressing the threats to forest biodiversity – including
deforestation, forest fragmentation and degradation, unsustainable use,
alien invasive species, and climate change ‐ requires a more profound
scientific understanding of the role of biodiversity in the provision of
ecosystem services, and the impacts of biodiversity loss on responses and
resilience of forest ecosystems, habitats and species at different spatial
and temporal scales to natural and human‐induced disturbances. Sessions
within this theme will explore these issues as well as such topics as the
impacts and efficacy of different forest management practices on
biodiversity in protected areas, community management, and more intensively
managed forests for timber, non‐timber forest products and agroforestry
systems; landscape level strategies for forest biodiversity conservation
and restoration; and challenges in achieving a balance between biodiversity
conservation and sustainable utilization of forest resources.
*Forests, Soil and Water Interactions *
Forests and forest cover play a crucial role with regard to sustaining the
availability and quality of water critical for human well‐being. The
linkages between water, wetlands and forests show the importance of
managing ecosystems at watershed or landscape scales in order to protect
these vital services. There is an urgent need for improved understanding of
the interactions between forests, trees, soil and water (including riparian
and coastal ecosystems) as affected by large‐scale natural and
human‐induced disturbance, including climate change, as well as effects of
land‐use, land‐cover change and forest management on watershed hydrology
and provision of water‐related ecosystem services. Sessions within this
theme will consider these broad issues as well as more specific questions
such as: water consumption of growing tree crops compared to other land
uses; region‐specific interactions of forests and water; water consumption
of forest plantations and forest bioenergy systems; and governance and
institutional arrangements related to management of forested watersheds.
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Meliaceae session for IUFRO 2019 World Congress
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working Party:
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) 2019 World
Congress will be held at Curitiba, Brazil from September 29 to October 5,
2019. Proposals for sessions are due August 1, 2018. The call for proposals
can be found at http://www.iufro2019.com/. You are of course welcome to
submit session proposals individually. If you would like to participate in
a session on the Meliaceae, could you please send me you name, email
address, institution, country, and a title for the prospective talk? I am
thinking for a general topic Advances in management and science for the
high-value Meliaceae.
Thanks,
Sheila Ward
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #59 - Shifting forest development discourses
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #59. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #59 - Shifting forest development discourses
*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.
*________________________________*
*Shifting forest development discourses*
PDF for download
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*Conservation provides employment for local inhabitants at Dzanga Ndoki
National Park, Central African Republic. ©Peter Prokosch,
www.grida.no/resources/1516 <http://www.grida.no/resources/1516>*
Many centuries ago, a Greek philosopher noted that change is the only
constant in life.
And change is brought about, in many instances, through discourse.
Discourse has been described in part as: "an ensemble of ideas, concepts
and categories through which meaning is given to social and physical
phenomena…"
According to this definition, discourse refers to a particular set of
related ideas, which are shared, debated and communicated using different
formats.
Through various discourses, we can discover fresh information and be
introduced to new and different perspectives. We are able to gain
experience and insight. As a result, our thinking, our attitudes, and our
approaches toward various issues can evolve and change.
Certainly the ways in which forests are viewed, managed and developed have
changed as the discourses concerning them have evolved.
And, in terms of forest development discourses, there have been, and are,
some diverse and even contrasting discourses. As an example: where power
over forest resources resides with the state, there has been a discourse
that identified some forest-dwelling communities as antiquated destroyers
of national forest resources. On the other hand, a discourse that takes a
more local/indigenous perspective, acknowledges that indigenous and local
communities have in many cases managed forest resources sustainably.
So, what happens as these – and other – discourses morph over time? How
does the weight and balance of influence shift and what does it mean to
forest development?
The *Special Issue of the International Forestry Review: Shifting global
development discourses - Implications for forests and livelihoods* takes a
closer look at forestry discourses, and specifically how they have affected
forest-based development.
Collectively, the papers in the Special Issue reflect changes in societal
demands on forests and forest landscapes, changes in how multiple
constituencies compete for forest goods and services (forest ecosystem
services), and how these changes are influencing forest governance and
policies in multiple international, national, sub-national and local
contexts.
Forestry discourses have been debated and discussed since the 1960s and
have, over the years, been linked to notions of industrial forests, wood
fuel, forest decline, forest parks, deforestation, degradation, sustainable
forest management, forest-related traditional knowledge, and biodiversity
conservation. They have also been instrumental in the process of building
wider discourses and narratives with regard to sustainable development, and
recently on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
"The Special Issue was developed by the IUFRO Special Project World Forest,
Society and Environment (WFSE), and within this project we focus on issues
important in the forests-society interface. The project aims to support
sustainable forest-based development by producing and synthesizing
scientific knowledge about these issues," said Dr. Pia Katila of the
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and coordinator of IUFRO WFSE.
Dr. Katila is also one of the contributors to the Special Issue.
WFSE focuses on topics recognised by the scientific community as important
and having significant policy implications but appear not to be receiving
adequate attention from the policy community.
"Discourses are, in many ways, the essence of policy-making," said Dr.
Katila. "They can include both the forms of communication and the content
that is communicated. So, they can reflect how societal problems, for
example, are understood, what are the causes of the problems, who is
responsible and what should be done to solve the problems," she said.
Dr. Katila added: "Discourses convey how and what issues are 'talked
about', how they are understood and expressed by different actors, and
which are considered important". The papers in this Special Edition address
forest discourses that reflect the dominating international forest debates.
"As such," she said, "the publication is relevant for scientists and
students who are interested in forest policy in general and discourses in
particular. It should also be of interest to policy-makers, as the papers
show how discourses are understood differently in different contexts,
and-or by different actors".
"With global trends such as population growth, urbanization and climate
change, there are increasing, changing and diversified demands for forests.
There is, for instance, an increasing demand for traditional forest
products, but especially for forest ecosystem services such as climate
regulation, erosion control and water purification or for forests as an
important environment for recreation," she said.
"We hope that the papers in this special issue can, among other things,
make policy makers more aware of those different understandings, where they
come from and how they are used or supported to influence policy making."
*The Special Issue of the International Forestry Review can be found at*:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cfa/ifr/2017/00000019/
a00101s1;jsessionid=15palhg7ydfpo.x-ic-live-01
*More about Special Project on World Forests, Society and Environment
(IUFRO-WFSE)*:
https://www.iufro.org/science/special/wfse/
<http://www.iufro.org/science/special/wfse/>
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #58 - To build a healthier city, build a better forest
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #58. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:43 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #58 - To build a healthier city, build a better
forest
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #58 - To build a healthier city, build a better forest
*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.
*________________________________*
*To build a healthier city, build a better forest*
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/download/file/28381/6627/spotlight58-urban-forests_pd…>
*Design of trees along streets is important to minimize trapping of
pollutants along sidewalks and roads. Photo: David Nowak*
City dwellers around the world could live healthier lives and see health
care costs shrink simply by implementing better urban forest design,
planning and management.
Recent innovative studies conducted in Canada and the U.S. show that trees
remove air pollution – both gaseous and particulate pollutants – and this
has a beneficial effect on human health.
And, while the concepts of trees scrubbing the air and cleaner air having
beneficial effects are not particularly new, "the innovation derives from
linking pollution removal by trees to human health in cities," said Dr.
David Nowak of the US Forest Service, and one of the authors of the studies.
"We know the existing forest is already removing air pollution, but better
designs and management could be used to produce further air quality
improvements using trees and forests. This, in turn, would improve human
health and significantly reduce associated health care costs," he said.
"Computer simulations with local environmental data reveal that trees in 86
Canadian cities removed 16,500 tonnes of air pollution in 2010, with human
health effects valued at $227.2 million Canadian dollars," said Dr. Nowak.
In an earlier study of U.S. trees and forests nationally, again using 2010
as the base year, human health effects were valued at US $6.8 billion, and
17.4 million tonnes of air pollution were removed.
The Canadian government – Environment and Climate Change Canada – helped
fund the more recent study (Air pollution removal by urban forests in
Canada and its effect on air quality and human health) shortly after the
2014 publication of the assessment for the U.S. done by Dr. Nowak and his
colleagues.
"All countries could use and benefit from this type of information," Dr.
Nowak said. "The processes of trees are fairly consistent across the globe,
but the results will vary based on local environmental conditions and human
and forest populations.
"A series of free tools is available to aid cities and forest managers
globally in assessing their current forest structure and benefits (
www.itreetools.org) We've now incorporated this particular process into
the i-Tree Eco model to help managers estimate these and other effects and
values from trees and forests," he said.
*Since its release in 2006, there have been over 247,000 users of i-Tree
tools in 131 countries.*
i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the Forest
Service of the USDA that provides urban and rural forestry analysis and
benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree tools can help strengthen forest
management and advocacy efforts by quantifying forest structure and the
environmental benefits that trees provide.
Since the initial release of the i-Tree tools in August 2006, thousands of
communities, non-profit organizations, consultants, volunteers and students
around the world have used i-Tree to report on individual trees, parcels,
neighborhoods, cities, and entire states.
By understanding the local, tangible ecosystem services that trees provide,
i-Tree users can link forest management activities with environmental
quality and community livability.
Dr. Nowak pointed out that trees provide multiple benefits in addition to
pollution removal, so it follows that better urban forest design and
management, in addition to improving human health and lowering
health-related costs, could also reduce other urban problems and costs,
such as energy use, flooding, high air temperatures, etc.
"If better forest designs and management are instituted to improve air
quality, people living in cities everywhere should benefit," he continued.
"Even though the percentage of air quality improvement is relatively small,
these improvements in air quality impact human health," said Dr. Nowak.
"Cities are not just people, buildings, roads and cars. They also have
substantial amounts of natural elements such as trees, grass, soil,
wildlife etc. that play essential roles within city environments," he said.
Dr. Nowak said the role of natural elements within cities has been known
for centuries. "But, to better incorporate these elements, we need to
include them throughout the design, planning and management process of the
cities."
Cities would have to assess their current forest distribution and
conditions. With that information and knowledge of tree effects on air
pollution, specific management plans could be developed to maximize tree
impacts on human health.
Policy makers, he said, should recognize that trees and forests within
cities affect air quality and can be used to further improve that air
quality. Investing in improving city forests and their management can yield
improvements in human health and wellbeing and save money in the long run.
The full report can be found at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/
science/article/pii/S1618866717302182
Dr. David Nowak is the coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 6.07.00 – Urban
forestry: https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/60700/
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/60700/>
*________________________________*
The findings reported in *IUFRO Spotlight* are submitted by IUFRO
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, IUFRO Communications Coordinator, wolfrum(at)iufro.org
<http://iufro.org>*.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
only worldwide 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.
Visit: http://www.iufro.org/
*________________________________*
*IUFRO Spotlight #58, published in March 2018 by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
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Fwd: IUFRO Spotlight #57 - Transition in forest uses demands change in approaches
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #57. 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: Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:10 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #57 - Transition in forest uses demands change in
approaches
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #57 - Transition in forest uses demands change in
approaches
*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.
*________________________________*
*Transition in forest uses demands change in approaches*
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/download/file/27460/6546/spotlight57-transition-in-fo…>
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=18684&md5=48b0dddb7c…>
*Wood chips being transported to a pulp mill. These chips represent the
waste stream from a saw mill, but are becoming increasingly valuable as
more and more uses for wood are developed. Photo by John Innes.*
"The portfolio of goods and services from forests is now very different to
that two decades ago; yet there is a disconnect between the institutional
framework and these new forms of forest use, leading to efficiency, equity
and legitimacy deficits," said Dr. John Innes, Dean of the Faculty of
Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
The changes – from forest planting and forest harvesting and operations, to
forest use and forest products – occur at different levels. Today, forests
produce a complex array of products from forest ecosystem services to
timber and bio-products.
Market values are increasingly being attached to forest ecosystem services
and this is changing the value systems associated with forestry.
Dr. Innes is coordinating a Task Force set up by IUFRO – *Resources for the
Future: Transformation in Forest Use* – to better understand those
changes.
"Globalization, population growth, resource scarcity and ecological
degradation are all influencing forest use," he said.
"For instance, a growing middle class requires more forest products
accessible through global supply chains. At the same time, these supply
chains are threatened by, and contribute to, resource scarcity and
ecological degradation," he said. "In another example, policy makers have
identified forest products as important to climate change, so new products
have been developed to meet the climate challenge.
"Both these examples have explicit implications for forests and are
transforming forest use, yet the institutional response has been slow and
inadequate in dealing with these drivers," he said.
Dr. Innes further noted that humans now value, in monetary terms, the full
breadth of forest ecosystem services including non-market values and that
now we also view forests as feedstock for the bio-economy.
"These are distinct and relatively nascent changes in our relationship with
forests," he said. "For many Indigenous communities across the globe, the
changing relationship with forests has been dramatic – particularly as they
engage in the forest sector as market participants.
"Valuation of forest ecosystem services can run counter to holistic
Indigenous values; but valuation also affords protection by adequately
recognizing, quantifying and integrating these values into decisions, and
policy makers can consider the full costs of their decision. These values
in the past were typically ignored," Dr. Innes added.
The Task Force will seek to generate insights about the pathways that can
be adopted to encourage a sustainable transformation in forest resource
use.
It will identify institutions, governance structures, policies and
instruments that can help policy makers and stakeholders address problems
and capitalize on opportunities brought about by rapid change and describe
the potential benefits and implications from them in terms of equity,
effectiveness and efficiency.
It will also develop recommendations for forest research institutions to
build understanding for, and implementation of, those various tools to
support successful transformation in forest use.
The Task Force also convened a roundtable of leading global experts from
government, industry, academia, NGOs and Indigenous groups in Dehradun,
India in April of this year to further discuss the sustainable
transformation of forest use. A book elaborating on the outcomes of that
roundtable is expected in the near future.
The Task Force on the transformation in forest use future is one of several
established by IUFRO to advance knowledge under five research themes in
accordance with the IUFRO 2015-19 Strategy.
The five themes are: Forests, Soil and Water Interactions; Forests for
People; Forests and Climate Change; Forests and Forest-based Products for a
Greener Future; and Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological
Invasions.
Task Force website: http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/transformation-
forest-use/
*________________________________*
The findings reported in *IUFRO Spotlight* are submitted by IUFRO
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, IUFRO Communications Coordinator, wolfrum(at)iufro.org
<http://iufro.org>*.
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
only worldwide 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.
Visit: http://www.iufro.org/
*________________________________*
*IUFRO Spotlight #57, published in September 2017by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
**http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
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Fwd: IUFRO Anniversary Congress Spotlight #56: Environment vs. economy: Mapping the forest environmental frontier
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working party:
Below is IUFRO Spotlight #56. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:58 AM
Subject: IUFRO Anniversary Congress Spotlight #56: Environment vs. economy:
Mapping the forest environmental frontier
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Anniversary Congress Spotlight #56: Environment vs. economy:
Mapping the forest environmental frontier
*The 125th Anniversary Congress on 18-22 September 2017 in Freiburg,
Germany, will offer a wide selection of scientific sessions highlighting
innovative research and interdisciplinary research approaches of relevance
to forests, and focus on the transfer of scientific knowledge on critical
global forest-related challenges to national and international political
agendas. In a series of "Congress Spotlight" articles individual sessions
shall be showcased to give a foretaste of the richness and scope of
research findings that will be presented at the Congress. Keep updated at:
http://iufro2017.com/ <http://iufro2017.com/>*
*Environment vs. economy: Mapping the forest environmental frontier*
PDF for download
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*Photo by Geoff Roberts, Australia*
To some, the forests mean combatting illegal logging and associated trade,
avoiding deforestation and degradation, conserving biodiversity and
protecting wilderness.
To others, the forests mean timber as a renewable raw material for uses
such as construction and bioenergy, forest-based climate change adaptation
and mitigation and transitioning toward a forest-based bioeconomy.
"These issues can be termed the global forest environmental frontier," said
Dr. Georg Winkel, Head of the European Forest Institute's Resilience
Research Programme in Bonn, Germany.
"All the issues are interrelated and relate to a global controversy that
asks how we can keep and manage the world's forests to satisfy both
ecological and socio-economic needs now and in the future," he said.
Dr. Winkel is coordinator of a session entitled *The Global Forest
Environmental Frontier – What has changed, what has remained unchanged, how
will the future look?* at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg,
Germany in September.
Forests mean many different things to many different people and are managed
for many, often conflicting, societal needs and claims, he said.
"At the core, however, the questions are: what role do forests play as a
natural resource? What are the current and future prospects? And how has
the environmental debate relating to forests and forestry evolved in the
last decades and in different regions of the world?
"It's a debate that involves different scientific disciplines, policy
sectors, political-administrative settings, societal groups and economic
players in a variety of regional settings," he said.
In terms of discourse analysis, delineating the frontier has, in his
opinion, become more complex since the 1980s when, in several forest
regions across the planet, to talk about the frontier would have meant
talking about open conflict between the forest sector and environmental
groups.
While this has not entirely gone away, Dr. Winkel said the debate today is
much more multi-faceted and much less 'black and white'.
"Take the issue of the forest-based bioeconomy. Many see this as part of a
solution for critical environmental problems such as climate change
mitigation," he said. "At the same time, the bioeconomy is still about
harvesting wood that can have significant trade-offs with ecological
aspects, as an example, biodiversity conservation."
Elaborating on this evolution of the frontier, its shifting boundaries and
finding common denominators for the changes, will be at the heart of his
Congress session.
While he finds it difficult to have a clear vision of what, in terms of the
frontier, will transpire in the future, he sees at least three possible
scenarios.
"These are only possible options," he cautions. "They're not built on any
substantial data; simply looking at current debates and developments.
They're just three possible ways of thinking about what might happen."
- The frontier built upon fundamentally different human values and
interests towards forests will persist, but the topics and venues will
change over the years. This, he went on to say, is what we've seen over the
last decades;
- The frontier will disperse and get permeable as socio-economic
interests and environmental beliefs become less and less divisible. This,
he said, refers to the necessity to integrate environmental values in
sustainable business development. For instance, a forest bioeconomy needs
to be sustainable and must have a social license to operate. There could be
increasing pressure to demonstrably integrate environmental values in
forest products and ecosystem services value chains and thus be seen as a
sustainable business as the economy transforms away from non-renewable
resources.
- The frontier will fade away because either the environmental beliefs
will vanish or, through technological change, the necessity to use forest
biomass will decrease. This scenario is the 'wild card' option. "It's
really hypothetical," Dr. Winkel said. "Societal values always change. No
one can really know how these values will develop in the future. As for the
possibility of technological change, again it's totally hypothetical and
assumes a major unforeseeable change that shifts demand – something like
coal replacing wood as an energy source in the 18th-19th centuries.
"It will be quite interesting," he concludes, "to see how our presenters
evaluate the future of the frontier at the Congress in Freiburg."
*________________________________*
*The September 18-22 Congress in Freiburg will celebrate IUFRO's 125th
anniversary. Founded in 1892 in Eberswalde Germany, IUFRO has grown to
unite more than 15,000 scientists (who cooperate in IUFRO on a voluntary
basis) in almost 700 member organizations in more than 120 countries.IUFRO
promotes global cooperation in forest-related research and enhances the
understanding of the ecological, economic and social aspects of forests and
trees. It disseminates scientific knowledge to stakeholders and
decision-makers and contributes to forest policy and on-the-ground forest
management.About 2000 scientists from 89 countries are expected to attend
the Congress. The Forest Environmental Frontier session in Freiburg will be
one of 172 scientific sessions that will cover a wide array of topics
dealing with various aspects of forest research.See you at the IUFRO 125th
Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany!Look out for #IUFRO2017
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/iufro2017?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash>
on Twitter and @iufro2017 <https://www.facebook.com/iufro2017> on Facebook!*
*________________________________*
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the
only worldwide 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.
Visit: http://www.iufro.org/
*________________________________*
*IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress Spotlight #56, published in September
2017by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
**http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>*
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Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 6, 2018
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the IUFRO Issue 6 2018 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 9:05 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 6, 2018
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 6, 2018
IUFRO NEWS 6, 2018
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you issue 6 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. 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!
To find out more about IUFRO, just visit <https://www.iufro.org/>
www.iufro.org and follow our blog http://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro
<http://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries
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*International Conference on Ozone and Plant Ecosystems*
Ozone pollution continues to be a serious issue for terrestrial ecosystems
and plant health. The conference on 21-25 May 2018 in Sant'Apollonia
Auditorium Florence, Italy, allowed experts in the field of interactions
between ozone and plant ecosystems to meet and discuss the state-of-the-art
and future strategies for decision-makers. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27686>…
*Transformations towards a New Era in Small Scale Forestry*
The IUFRO 3.08.00 Small-Scale Forestry conference on 11-13 June 2018 in
Vaasa, Finland, discussed landholder engagement with aims to unify
stakeholders and empower small-scale forest owners. Conflicting land-use
issues were addressed such as swidden agriculture as well as hunting
rights. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27685>…
*Communicating Risks in Decision Support Systems: from basic research to
advance decision support tools*
Risk analysis is an emerging field of research and relatively new in
forestry. The international conference on 6-8 June 2018 in Solsona and
Barcelona, Spain, focused on presenting models, methods and decision
support systems that might be used by public administrators, forest owners
and industry for forest management planning in a context of risk and
uncertainty. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27684>…
*Natural Resources, Green Technology and Sustainable Development*
Following the great success of GREEN 2014 and GREEN 2016, the conference
3-GREEN 2018 on 5-8 June in Zagreb, Croatia, brought together leading
experts in the fields of forest and biotechnology from around the world to
present recent achievements, share the latest developments and address
present and future challenges. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27683>…
*New: IUFRO World Series 37*
This book comprises fifteen major contributions by leading scholars on the
ecology, history, heritage, and management of ancient trees, ancient
woodlands and forests. Taking trees, woods and forests as eco-cultural
resources, the authors explore ecology and nature, history, tradition and
heritage, and the evidence base of archaeology, literature, and archives.
*More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27682>…
*New: IUFRO Spotlight #59*
A Special Issue of the International Forestry Review developed by IUFRO
WFSE takes a closer look at forestry discourses, and specifically how they
have affected forest-based development. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27681>...
*10 July at HLPF, New York: Launch of GFEP Report on Forest and Water
Interactions*
The Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Water has finalized
its comprehensive scientific assessment. A report and policy brief will be
launched in the course of a side event of the HLPF in New York titled
"Forests and Water on a Changing Planet: Scientific Insights for Building
Sustainable and Resilient Societies" and hosted by the Permanent Mission of
Austria to the UN and IUFRO on Tuesday 10 July, 13.15-14.30 (EDT). *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27680>…
*Awards - Nominate Your Candidates for IUFRO World Congress Awards!*
At the XXV IUFRO World Congress to be held from 29 September to 5 October
2019 in Curitiba, Brazil, IUFRO will again honor outstanding scientific
achievements and contributions to forestry with a range of awards. You are
invited to nominate suitable candidates for the various categories of
awards by 31 August 2018. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27675>…
*XXV IUFRO World Congress – Call for Sessions*
In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – *Forest Research and
Cooperation for Sustainable Development* - the Congress Scientific
Committee (CSC) is developing a program that will highlight the
contributions that forest science is making to address the significant
environmental, social and economic challenges facing our world. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6657#c27679>…
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Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 5, 2018
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the IUFRO Issue 5 2018 Newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:22 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 5, 2018
To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 5, 2018
IUFRO NEWS 5, 2018
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you issue 5 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. 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!
To find out more about IUFRO, just visit <https://www.iufro.org/>
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>.
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Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director *
*Submit your session proposal for the XXV IUFRO Congress by 1 August*:
*29 September – 5 October 2019, Curitiba, Brazil!*
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*Tree Motion and Wind Measurement*
The international Tree Motion and Wind Measurement Workshop in Roskilde,
Denmark, addressed the needs of both meteorologists and tree/forest
biologists to make accurate and appropriate measurements of the wind and of
tree movement. The workshop was sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 8.03.06 -
Impact of wind on forests. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27593>…
*Sustainable Forest Management for the Future - The Role of Managerial
Economics and Accounting*
The Faculty of Forestry of Zagreb University, together with the Croatian
Forest Research Institute, hosted an international conference in Zagreb,
Croatia, in May with a focus on the economic and accounting aspects of SFM.
The meeting was co-sponsored by IUFRO Units 4.05.00, 4.05.01, 4.05.02, and
4.05.03. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27592>…
*New Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood*
The technical workshop on New Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood
held in Beijing in May was co-sponsored by Beijing Forestry University,
IUFRO RG 5.01.00 and WP 5.01.09, and others. Presentations focused on
advances in non-destructive and precision-based technologies for evaluating
wood quality of forest resources and assessing structural conditions of
historic timber structures. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27591>…
*Operations Management in Wood Products Industries*
On 17 May Vienna's University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,
Austria, hosted the second symposium on Operations Management in Wood
Products Industries. The symposium aimed to introduce and discuss new
challenges and solution approaches for the process improvement in the wood
industry and its supply chain. It was co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party
5.04.12. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27590>…
*UNFF13 and Glimpses of the Upcoming Global GFEP Study on Forests and Water*
At the thirteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests GFEP co-chair Meine
van Noordwijk was a panelist in the Panel Discussion on the Contribution of
Forests to the Achievement of the SDGs and Transformation towards
Sustainable and Resilient Societies. The new global assessment report on
forests and water will be launched at the UN High-Level Political Forum on
Sustainable Development (HLPF 2018) in New York this July. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27589>...
*XXV IUFRO World Congress – Call for Sessions Now Open!*
In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Forest Research and
Cooperation for Sustainable Development - the Congress Scientific Committee
(CSC) is developing a program that will highlight the contributions that
forest science is making to address the significant environmental, social
and economic challenges facing our world. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27598>…
*IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative 2018: Our very first grantee, Ms
Minette Nago*
Ms Nago, from Cameroon, is the first candidate to start the IUFRO-EFI Young
Scientists Initiative research visit. This brand new initiative is designed
to provide a mobility grant for promising young scientists from Africa,
Asia and Latin America. Her project is titled "The politics of forest and
climate change cooperation in Congo basin" and is currently being conducted
at Goettingen University, Germany. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27597>…
*Two New Division 3 Podcast Episodes on Steep Slope Harvesting*
In episodes 15 and 16 of the podcast series James Hunt and Dzhamal Amishev
(FPInnovations) provide an overview of the new Steep-Slope Initiative of
FPInnovations and talk about collaboration efforts with industry and global
partners. They also highlight the importance of research to fill existing
information gaps and ensure safety and cost-effectiveness of the new steep
slope harvesting technology. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27596>…
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*IUFRO News Double Issue 5*
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1030 Vienna, Austria
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Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 4, 2018
by Sheila Ward
Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the IUFRO Issue 4 2018 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Sheila Ward
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:10 PM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 4, 2018
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 4, 2018
IUFRO NEWS 4, 2018
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 4 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. 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!
To find out more about IUFRO, just visit <https://www.iufro.org/>
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>.
*Make sure to enter the XXV IUFRO Congress into your calendars*:
*29 September – 5 October 2019, Curitiba, Brazil*!
Enjoy the read!
Alexander Buck
*IUFRO Executive Director 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
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Headquarters: office(a)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> *
*Improving Forest Health on Commercial Plantations*
Working Party 7.02.13 "Forest Health in Southern Hemisphere Commercial
Plantations" held its first conference from 21-23 March 2018 in Punta del
Este, Uruguay. Important topics such as biosecurity, surveillance,
diagnostics, as well as impacts and management of pests and diseases were
discussed. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27529>*…
*7th International Gall Symposium*
The 7th International Symposium of Cecidology with the title 'Ecology and
evolution of gall-inducing arthropods' was held between 3 and 8 March 2018
at the Huisun Experimental Forest Station, Nantou County, China-Taipei. The
symposium was co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 7.03.02 Gall-forming
insects. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27528>…
*2018 World Wood Day*
The theme of the 6th annual World Wood Day (WWD) celebrations that took
place on 20-25 March 2018 in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, was "Life". World
Wood Day is traditionally co-sponsored by IUFRO Research Group 5.15.00 -
Forest Products Culture. The 2019 celebrations will take place in
Stübing/Graz, Austria. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27527>*…
*The TOOLBOX - Every IUFRO Unit has it!*
The TOOLBOX is a special guide for IUFRO officeholders. You can find it in
the blue box of your IUFRO Unit webpage. It presents all the noteworthy
information about working in the IUFRO network in a clear and concise way.
Your toolbox also contains an updated Powerpoint presentation with a link
to the IUFRO video. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27532>…
*IUFRO Activities Marking the International Day of Forests and World Water
Day*
An interview with GFEP scientists on the vital role of forest and water
interactions for cities was put online and a new IUFRO Spotlight article on
how urban forest design can improve people's health was published! *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27533>*…
*Publications*
New on the IUFRO Blog: *The Power of Science to Halt Deforestation*.
Science and research can offer significant contributions to halting
deforestation and increasing the area of healthy forests around the world
in a sustainable manner. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27525>*…
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IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27522>
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*IUFRO News Double Issue 4*
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Vienna, Austria
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