Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #45 may be of interest. 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: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 1:16 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #45 - If you're 'remotely' interested in
monitoring biodiversity…
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #45 - If you're 'remotely' interested in monitoring
biodiversity…
*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.
*________________________________*
*If you're 'remotely' interested in monitoring biodiversity…*
PDF for download
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/26522/6462/spotlight45-sourcebook_pdf/>
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=18065&md5=6cd0c51a11…>
*Eds: GOFC-GOLD & GEO BON. Report version UNCBD COP-13, GOFC-GOLD Land
Cover Project Office, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. ISSN:
2542-6729*
There is a growing need for better information on how remote sensing data
can support biodiversity monitoring in tropical forests. In response to
this need a new sourcebook has been published with the aim of informing
national and sub-national policy and decisions.
More than 70 authors, several of them from the IUFRO community, contributed
to the sourcebook that is targeted at project managers, academic
institutions, NGOs, students and researchers, among others, with a
background in remote sensing.
The emphasis is on tropical forests because, in the words of Dr. Brice Mora
of Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands who was the primary
force in developing the sourcebook, "tropical forests constitute a major
hub of evolution, life and diversity on our planet, but are also among the
most threatened ecosystems by human activities."
Deforestation remains high in the world's tropical forests, largely because
of dependence on land-based economic activities such as palm oil production
or small scale slash and burn farming and also from continuing pressure
from industrial crops.
"Project managers and policy makers who are not experts in remote sensing
will find background information on the policy context to which the remote
sensing datasets and techniques aim to provide support," said Dr. Mora.
"However, the implementation and-or adaptation of the methods presented
will require specialized knowledge.
"That being said, the sourcebook provides non-specialists with an
opportunity to understand how such technology can support biodiversity
conservation policies and help target planning," he added.
This publication will allow forest managers and other interested
stakeholders to find information on how remote sensing techniques can
support the development of relevant essential biodiversity variables (EBVs)
for tropical forest management.
EBVs are proposed by the GEO BON (Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity
Observation Network) for the study, reporting and management of
biodiversity change.
The EBVs are important because they will provide global-scale, consistent
core information to monitor biodiversity trends and thus allow more
targeted actions to halt biodiversity loss and achieve the 2020 targets on
the UN Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD).
Among subjects discussed in the book are general steps for relevant EBV
production, including the type of datasets and main processing steps; how
synergies between biodiversity monitoring and carbon emission mitigation
can be made both at institutional and technical levels; and how local
communities can be integrated in monitoring activities. For countries newly
engaged in biodiversity loss mitigation there is a chapter on existing
regional biodiversity networks in the pan-tropical region and guidelines on
how to develop new networks.
The major challenge in developing the sourcebook was "identifying
contributors with both the expertise and time to undertake the initiative
on a voluntary basis, and then coordinating their efforts in a way that
allowed the development and review of the chapters in a timely manner" said
Dr. Sandra Luque, Research Director at IRSTEA (National Research Institute
of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture), France, and
Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Division 8 Forest Environment. She worked with
Dr. Mora pulling the project together.
Dr. Luque went on to say "the emerging technologies presented as well as
the list of available Earth observation datasets constitute a unique
updated source of reference for forest remote sensing applications and for
the forest research community and associated stakeholders."
The publication – *A Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring
Essential Biodiversity Variables in Tropical Forests with Remote Sensing* –
is available at no cost at the websites of:
GOFC-GOLD Land Cover (http://www.gofcgold.wur.nl/sites/gofcgold-geobon_
biodiversitysourcebook.php)
and GEO BON (http://geobon.org/
<http://geobon.org/a-sourcebook-of-methods-and-procedures-for-monitoring-ess…>)
*________________________________*
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 #45, published in April 2017by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna,
Austria.Available for download at:
**http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>*
*Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> or visit
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #44 may be of interest. 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: Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 7:28 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #44 - Evidence linking community forest rights and
improved forest condition inconclusive
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO Spotlight]
IUFRO Spotlight #44 - Evidence linking community forest rights and
improved forest condition inconclusive
*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.
*________________________________*
*Evidence linking community forest rights and improved forest condition
inconclusive*
PDF for download
<http://www.iufro.org/download/file/26332/6453/spotlight44-devolution-forest…>
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=17971&md5=69aa7d2f79…>
*Photo by A. Jhaveri: Shifting Cultivation Plot in Heingyu*
There is an assumption that there is a correlation, possibly even a direct
cause and effect relationship, between the devolution of forest governance
and improved forest condition.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was
interested in testing that hypothesis to assess its impact on global
climate change mitigation and adaptation.
To that end, a group of researchers at Michigan State University was tasked
with reviewing, summarizing and commenting on the empirical evidence
supporting that conclusion.
In their review of the literature, they found the assumption deserves, at
best, a "maybe."
"Even though some prominent examples provide illustrations of the links
between tenure content and/or security and forest outcomes, major
weaknesses remain in the evidence generated," said review team leader Dr.
Runsheng Yin of MSU. "There is not enough conclusive evidence to prove a
direct link between community forest rights and improved forest condition.
Therefore, we urge caution in universally accepting the assumption that
community control of forest resources improves forest condition."
The basic challenge is to broaden the research on linkages between forest
tenure and forest condition. Most research to date has been too narrowly
focused. A lack of funding, a lack of coordination and weak research
capacity have contributed to that, he said.
The literature review can help address that challenge, Dr. Yin said.
Right now, he said, "there is much international interest in reducing CO2
emissions from forest degradation and deforestation and in increasing
carbon stocks by enhancing forest regeneration and management.
"At the same time, the effective implementation of Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) requires a broad set of
policies, including institutional reforms in the areas of governance,
tenure, decentralization, and community forest management.
"And reforming forest tenure/governance systems is increasingly viewed as a
key factor in fulfilling a whole host of development and environmental
goals predicated on managing forest ecosystems sustainably," he added.
With those things in mind, the literature review can benefit policy makers,
businesses, researchers, international donors and many other organizations
by improving their understanding of the complex linkages between devolved
tenure systems and forest conditions. This, in turn, will assist them to
better design their (REDD+) and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)
policies and programs, Dr. Yin said.
In addition, he said, the literature review and possible subsequent
research can contribute to practical knowledge on how mitigation and
adaptation interventions can be delivered to strengthen resource tenure and
property rights to help reduce vulnerability and increase the resilience of
people, places and livelihoods in the face of global climate change impacts
and promote resource use practices that achieve mitigation and development
objectives.
The literature review has been published as a four-article special feature
in Forest Policy and Economics. The articles review and synthesize the
literature on the empirical linkages between devolved tenure systems and
forest conditions, identifying knowledge gaps and study needs as well as
deliberating on how best to move research in this area forward.
The special feature can be found at: Forest Policy and Economics 73: 271-299
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899341/73
*Dr. Runsheng Yin of Michigan State University (MSU) is the Coordinator of
IUFRO Working Party 9.04.02 – Valuation of ecosystem services and carbon
markets. The Department of Forestry of MSU is a Member Organization of
IUFRO.*
*________________________________*
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 #44, published in February 2017by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
**http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>*
*Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> or visit
http://www.iufro.org/ <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=104>*
If you do not wish to receive *IUFRO Spotlight* publications, please email
us at: office(at)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org>
*Imprint: http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c18944
<http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c18944>*
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
This edition of the IUFRO Newsletter may be of interest. Other past issues
can be found at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 9:46 PM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 7, 2017
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 7/2017
IUFRO NEWS 7, 2017
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 7 of IUFRO News 2017, volume 46. The
newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
http://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 <http://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>.
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
publication via IUFRO Spotlight, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO
Headquarters: office(a)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> *
*International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global
Change*
The "International Conference on Forest Landscape Restoration under Global
Change: Synthesizing and Sharing Globally Available Forest-Related
Scientific Knowledge" was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in June 2017 to
review and discuss how to implement large-scale forest landscape
restoration (FLR) on the ground. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26541>…
*7th Forest Science Symposium: "Research Underpinning the Sustainability of
a Diverse Forestry Sector"*
The 7th Forest Science Symposium "Research Underpinning the Sustainability
of a Diverse Forestry Sector" was held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,
on 18-20 July. It was organized by the Institute of Commercial Forestry
Research (ICFR) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries of the Government of South Africa and IUFRO. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26540>…
*Molecular Biology of Forest Trees*
The 2017 IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference was held in Concepción Chile
from June 4-9, 2017. The meeting showcased current and emerging
applications in forest biotechnology. It illustrated, among other things,
applications of CRISPR/CAS9 in forest trees. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26539>…
*Global Scientific Assessment on Forests and Water off to a Good Start*
Following the successful scoping meeting in March 2017 in Rome, Italy, the
GFEP coordination team invited internationally recognized scientific
experts to join the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests and Water. Thus,
the first panel meeting was held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, from 26-29
June 2017. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26538>…
*AForGeN 2017 - Genetic Resources of High Mountain Forests*
This year's AForGeN meeting was organized in the Italian Dolomites, in Val
Canali, Trentino, on 15-17 June. Fifteen scientific reports were presented
in the sessions on the topics of transcriptome sequencing, exome capture,
epigenetics and genomics of local adaptation in alpine forest trees. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26544>…
*Invasive Forest Pathogens and Implications for Biology and Policy*
International trade of plant material is increasing the risks to forest
health worldwide. The current situation of both well-understood and
emerging pathogens causing disease on foliage, shoot and stems, which
threaten forest stands and nurseries, was therefore a prominent issue at
the meeting in Niagara Falls, Canada, on 7-11 May 2017. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26545>…
*Forest Management Models, Methods and Decision Support Systems - the
SuFoRun Perspective*
This international seminar took place in Pennsylvania, USA, on 19-20
January 2017 and focused on the presentation of models, methods and
decision support systems available at SuFoRun institutions that may be used
by public administrators, forest owners and industry for forest management
planning in a context of global change. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26546>…
*Promoting Green Jobs in the Forest Sector*
On 27-28 June 2017, FOREST EUROPE, UNECE and FAO jointly organized a
workshop on "Promoting Green Jobs in the Forest Sector" in Bratislava,
Slovakia. There were nearly 70 participants from 18 European countries.
IUFRO Executive Director Alexander Buck was invited as a moderator. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26547>…
*Announcements*
*Mondi and IUFRO Collaborate on Sustainable Business Strategies*
Mondi, the international packaging and paper group, and IUFRO will co-host
an open "Science meets Business" dialogue at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary
Congress this September in Freiburg, Germany. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26549>…
*Two New Working Parties in IUFRO Division 7 Forest Health*
New Working Parties on Ground-level Ozone and Nitrogen and Sulfur
Deposition, respectively, have been newly established in IUFRO Division 7.
*More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26550>…
*More Announcements* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26551>…
*Publications*
*Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration: A Practitioner's Guide*
IUFRO launched a Practitioner's Guide to assist facilitators and
coordinators of FLR initiatives at national, subnational (landscape) and
local levels in implementing FLR on the ground during a major international
FLR knowledge-sharing conference in Puerto Rico in early June 2017. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26536>…
*Understanding the Roles of Forests and Trees for Food Security and
Nutrition*
On 27 June 2017 the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and
Nutrition (HLPE) - the science-policy interface of the Committee on World
Food Security (CFS) - launched a report on "Sustainable Forestry for Food
Security and Nutrition". The report includes findings of the IUFRO Global
Forest Expert Panel on Forest and Food Security. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26535>…
*More Publications* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26534>…
*Other Information*
Fellowships <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26531>
Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26530>
IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26527>
Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26526>
*IUFRO Website Features*
IUFRO Blog <http://blog.iufro.org/>
Noticeboard <http://www.iufro.org/?id=95>
Proceedings Archive <http://www.iufro.org/?id=75>
Scientific Summaries <http://www.iufro.org/?id=79>
RSS Feeds <http://www.iufro.org/?id=3745>
Newsletter Archive <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147>
*IUFRO News 7*
*, 2017, published in early August 2017by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna,
Austria.Available for download
at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
<http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>Contact the editor
at office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> or visit
<http://www.iufro.org/>www.iufro.org <http://www.iufro.org/> If you do not
wish to receive IUFRO News, please send us a short note by e-mail
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
This edition of the IUFRO Newsletter may be of interest. Other past issues
can be found at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:16 PM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 5&6, 2017
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
[image: IUFRO News]
Issue 5&6/2017
IUFRO NEWS 5&6, 2017
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you double issue 5&6 of IUFRO News 2017, volume
46. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
http://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 <http://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>.
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
publication via IUFRO Spotlight, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO
Headquarters: office(a)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> *
*IUFRO at the 12th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests*
The 12th session of the UNFF was held from 1-5 May 2017 in New York at the
UN Headquarters. IUFRO was very well represented at UNFF12 both in terms of
numbers and visibility – the IUFRO delegation comprised 15 persons
including many scientists from various IUFRO units. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26345>…
*Update on IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg, Germany!*
The interest in the upcoming IUFRO Anniversary Congress has been so
overwhelming that registration has already been closed! If you have already
registered, don't miss the post-Congress excursions and visit forests,
landscapes and cultural sights in Germany, Switzerland and France! *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26344>…
*Sustainable Restoration of Mediterranean Forests*
Forests around the Mediterranean Basin represent an interesting example of
what the anthropological influence of civilization can produce in terms of
deforestation, adaptation, assisted migration and fragmentation. The
Congress on "Sustainable Restoration of Mediterranean Forests" in Palermo,
Italy, gave an excellent overview of this situation. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26343>…
*Positive Influence of Green Spaces on Human Health*
Green spaces, especially forests, are good for human health. Spending time
in natural and cultural landscapes increases not only our personal welfare,
but can also reduce the costs for health care by prescribed stays in green
areas. These are the main outcomes of the third international conference on
"Landscapes and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care" on 17-19 May
2017 in Vienna, Austria. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26342>…
*The Global Teak Study: Analysis, Evaluation and Future Potential of Teak
Resources*
Teak is one of the most valuable tropical hardwoods of the world. A team of
IUFRO scientists and other teak experts have synthesized globally available
state-of-the-art scientific information and empirical knowledge on teak and
compiled a comprehensive global teak study published as IUFRO World Series
36. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26348>…
*New IUFRO-WFSE Policy Brief*
IUFRO-WFSE organized a side event in the UNFF 12 on Tuesday 2 May, 2017, on
"Harnessing the potential of community and smallholder forestry for
sustainable development goals" and presented a new policy brief on:
"Building on synergies: Harnessing community and smallholder forestry for
sustainable development goals". *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26349>…
*IUFRO-Japan News No. 120: Highlighting IUFRO-IFSA Relationship*
IUFRO-Japan News No. 120 (in Japanese) provides readers with information on
the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA), among other
things. It highlights IUFRO’s support of young scientists is highlighted
through its strong partnership with the IFSA and its commitment to
recognizing outstanding achievement in forest science through academic
awards. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26350>…
*IUFRO Annual Report 2016*
The online version of the full IUFRO Annual Report 2016 is now available in
addition to the short version on the IUFRO website. It includes reports
from IUFRO Divisions, Task Forces, Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led
Initiatives as well as organizational information. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26351>…
*Other Information*
More Publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26352>
Courses <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26340>
Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26339>
Awards <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26338>
Art Contest <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26337>
IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26336>
Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6482#c26335>
*IUFRO Website Features*
IUFRO Blog <http://blog.iufro.org/>
Noticeboard <http://www.iufro.org/?id=95>
Proceedings Archive <http://www.iufro.org/?id=75>
Scientific Summaries <http://www.iufro.org/?id=79>
RSS Feeds <http://www.iufro.org/?id=3745>
Newsletter Archive <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147>
*IUFRO News 5&6*
*, 2017, published in June 2017by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna,
Austria.Available for download
at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
<http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>Contact the editor
at office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> or visit
<http://www.iufro.org/>www.iufro.org <http://www.iufro.org/> If you do not
wish to receive IUFRO News, please send us a short note by e-mail
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*Reactivation of the I**nternational Society of Tropical Foresters*
Dear International Foresters:
We are reactivating the International Society of Tropical Foresters which
has been dormant for the last five years. The first step is to rebuild the
list of people interested in ISTF. If you would like to connect with us,
please send the following information to Teija Reyes reyesteija(a)gmail.com
or Sheila Ward mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com:
First and last name
Title
Email address
Web page (if any)
Country of origin
Country of residence
Organization or institution
Languages
Short description of areas of expertise (25 words or less)
Countries of professional experience
At present, we have three sources of information for International Tropical
Foresters.
1) Blair Orr at Michigan Technical University has kindly continued the ISTF
newsletter as a newsletter for the Society of American Foresters
International Forestry Working Group, and is still sending it to the old
ISTF mailing list. This newsletter can be downloaded at:
http://www.orrforest.net/saf/
If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter, please send your email address
to Teija Reyes reyesteija(a)gmail.com or Sheila Ward
mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com and they will send it on to Blair.
2) The old ISTF web page can be still be found at
http://www.istf-bethesda.org/
3) You can join the ISTF facebook group page at: https://www.facebook.com/
groups/2262122534/
We hope to have your participation in the new ISTF! Please forward this to
others.
Teija Reyes and Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #42 may be of interest. 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: Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:28 PM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #43 - Helping forests and people adapt to changing
times and climes
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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IUFRO Spotlight #43 - Helping forests and people adapt to changing times
and climes
*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.
*________________________________*
*Helping forests and people adapt to changing times and climes*
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*"It is a great challenge to restore forest landscape in largely deforested
areas." Photo: John Stanturf.*
The world's forests seem beset on all sides.
Rising populations and improved incomes are increasing demands for forest
products and services ranging from the traditional – food, fuel and timber
– to more recently recognized needs such as biomass, bioenergy, nature
conservation, recreation and health, as well as forest biodiversity
conservation.
At the same time, those rising populations – and changing preferences, such
as increased demand for meat and dairy products – lead to forests being
cleared to free up land for agricultural and pasture purposes.
Add the other drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, plus
increasing temperatures, rapidly altering precipitation patterns and the
impacts of continuously growing carbon dioxide concentrations on forest
vegetation photosynthesis; and then throw in more extreme weather events
that lead to more frequent and intensified droughts and wildfires, the
migration of tree pests and diseases – aided by globalization – and one has
a global forest under siege.
If forests are to survive and prosper in the face of these changing and
challenging climatic and societal conditions, more information is needed on
the biophysical adaptive capacities of trees and forests, as well as the
options for, and limitations of, Adaptive Forest Management (AFM) from
stand scale to landscape scale.
That is the reason for IUFRO's Forest Adaptation and Restoration under
Global Change Task Force. The Task Force aims to compile and improve
globally available scientific and technical knowledge and experiences on
how to achieve optimal adaptation of forests and forest landscapes in the
face of global change.
It will achieve this by "identifying knowledge gaps, comparing existing
activities and techniques and elaborating best practice approaches," said
Andreas Bolte of the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Germany, who is
coordinator of the Task Force.
"We will be considering all actions that increase the adaptive capacity of
forests and forested landscapes; combining AFM concepts on a stand-scale
with Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) concepts at the landscape level;
linking national and trans-national policies, as well as trans-disciplinary
expertise in various fields; and integrating experts and working activities
among various specialized IUFRO units," he said.
What has to be done in terms of adaptation and-or restoration can be
dependent on where one is located. "Due to often large-scale
overexploitation and forest landscape degradation in the tropics and
subtropics, forest restoration activities are of particular interest in
those regions," Dr. Bolte said. "On the other hand, assisted migration and
stand transformations are important for adapting many forests in the
temperate and boreal zones."
He added that many restored forests would likely be planted forests, both
native and exotic to the site, with great potential to support sustainable
development of bio-economies, substituting fossil fuels with renewables,
providing other ecosystem services and contributing to biodiversity
conservation.
Despite all the alarming signals for the forests, the adaptation challenges
may also be seen as opportunities. Proper management and expansion of the
world's forests is perhaps the most powerful tool to mitigate climate
change. If societies and their decision makers also realize the value of
this potential, other ecosystem services may benefit and, in this way, the
forest landscape will become better protected too, Dr. Bolte said.
The Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change 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.
Visit the Task Force website: http://www.iufro.org/science/
task-forces/forest-adaptation-restoration/
*________________________________*
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 #43, published in December 2016by 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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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #42 may be of interest. Other Spotlights can be found at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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From: Sandra LUQUE <sandra.luque(a)irstea.fr>
Date: Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:44 PM
Subject: [iufro8-l] TR: IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to
Reflect Times
To: iufro8-l(a)lists.irstea.fr
*De :* IUFRO Headquarters [mailto:office@iufro.org]
*Envoyé :* jeudi 17 novembre 2016 13:58
*À :* Dear IUFRO Officeholder
*Objet :* IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
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IUFRO Spotlight #42 - Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
*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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Forest Education Changing to Reflect Times
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*Team members meet to discuss the Global Outlook on Forest Education
(GOFE), research project that is one of the Task Force's major activities.
Photo: Mika Rekola*
As singer-songwriter – and recent Nobel Prize winner – Bob Dylan, once
said: The times, they are a-changin'.
That's certainly true in the forest sector where challenges such as
globalization, climate change and societal demands have altered how we
view, study and use the forest.
As the forest industry changes to meet new and evolving demands, so too
does the focus on forest education.
Forest studies that once concentrated primarily on wood as a resource are
now a rarity. Environmental sciences, environmental management, land use,
agroforestry and forest science, plus traditional forestry studies are all
among today's educational mix for those with an interest in the woods.
Part of the reasoning behind that change is because solutions to the
challenges mentioned above call for holistic and cross-sectoral approaches.
Those developments, in turn, have been reflected both in the labor market
and in the demands of students for a greater diversity in subject matter,
experiences and skills.
To strengthen multi-disciplinary research on forests and practices, a Joint
Task Force has been established through a collaborative effort of IUFRO and
the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA).
The Forest Education Task Force seeks to bring together perspectives and
knowledge from students, educators and other stakeholders; encourage
international discussions on forest education and capacity building;
identify, compile and communicate gaps and challenges in forest education –
especially highlighting new fields of forest education; and to enhance
forestry students' mobility and education opportunities,
"Today's forestry students are tomorrow's forest managers and
decision-makers," said Sandra Rodriguez Pineros of the Autonomous
University of Chihuahua and the IUFRO Coordinator of the Task Force. "We
want to enhance global cooperation among students of forest and related
science in order to broaden knowledge and understanding. That's how we will
achieve a sustainable future for our forests."
"And we also want to provide a voice for youth in international forest
policy processes," said Lena Lackner, of Vienna's University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, who is the IFSA Coordinator of the Task Force
.
Over the past few decades there has been a troubling decline in the number
of students enrolling in forestry schools. Some institutions have
terminated their programs.
"We hope that by broadening the scope of student activities and experiences
and modernizing curricula to reflect the 21st Century environment, we will
strengthen research capacity and also make forest education attractive to
young people," Ms. Lackner added.
One of the products from the Task Force will be a "Higher Forest Education
interactive tool." (A beta version can currently be accessed at:
http://www.gfis.net/gfis/education/.) Working with the Global Forest
Information Service (GFIS), data will be available on global forest
education activities and a list of forest faculties and programs worldwide.
In addition to promoting forest education activities online, this
initiative will also enhance students' mobility.
IUFRO and IFSA represent a similar field of interest at a global level and
have a long history of cooperative work on educational matters.
The Task Force on Forest Education 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.
*Visit the Task Force website*: http://www.iufro.org/science/
task-forces/forest-education/
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*________________________________*
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/
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*________________________________*
*IUFRO Spotlight #42, published in November 2016by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>Contact the editor at
office(at)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> or visit http://www.iufro.org/
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=104>*
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Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list:
IUFRO Spotlight #41 may be of interest. 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: Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:28 AM
Subject: IUFRO Spotlight #41 - Sustainable Planted Forests to Meet Growing
Global Needs
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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IUFRO Spotlight #41 - Sustainable Planted Forests to Meet Growing Global
Needs
*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.
*________________________________*
*Sustainable Planted Forests to Meet Growing Global Needs*
PDF for download
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*Plantation of Olga Bay Larch at Qingyuan in Liaoning Province, China.
Plantations such as these will be an important source of roundwood in the
future. Photo: John Innes, Coordinator of IUFRO Task Force on Resources for
the Future: Transformation in Forest Use)*
The 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessments report from the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) noted that "…in planted forests, a new
timber resource is continuing to be created … (that will) contribute
significantly not only to future wood and energy supplies but … (also to) a
range of wider social and environmental benefits…"
About 25 years ago, planted forests represented 4% of the world's forested
area. Today they represent almost 7%. But that 7% provides at least
one-third of the world's timber, so their importance should not be
underestimated.
"We do not consider planted forests as a replacement for natural forests,"
said Dr. Christophe Orazio of the European Forestry Institute and
coordinator of IUFRO's Task Force on Sustainable Planted Forests for a
Greener Future. "We see them as being complementary to natural forests."
"In addition to their economic contributions, they capture significant
amounts of carbon; reduce pressure on natural forests and help offset
deforestation; offer alternatives for climate change adaptation and, since
about 80% of planted forests consists of native species, negative impacts
on biodiversity are limited," he said.
Landscape diversity, in which planted forests cover smaller areas and fit
into the landscape mosaic, can also address the issue of biodiversity
conservation in planted forests, he said.
"Planted forests also contribute to poverty alleviation and are a key
component of the green economy, serving not only the traditional timber
industry but also emerging transformation processes such as bioplastics,
biochemicals and bioenergy," Dr. Orazio added.
The Task Force was established by IUFRO because increased international
scientific cooperation aimed at strengthening the commitment to research
and development is considered critical to the sustainable management of
planted forests.
He noted that globalization, by facilitating the movement of invasive
species, can be a threat to monoculture stands and said his Task Force is
working with the biodiversity Task Force to explore setting up mixed,
two-species plantations.
Two other key considerations are climate change and population growth. When
those are factored in, Dr. Orazio said, priorities – geographic regions
where the need for planted forests can be considered more urgent – can be
identified.
In many developing countries, smallholders and farmers own planted forests
and depend on them for their livelihoods. In addition, a large number of
people – especially women – gain employment from nursery operations, land
preparation, plantation establishment, stand management and maintenance
from wood-based industries.
"Africa, as an example, is one of the areas that would benefit from
sustainable planted forests where they can help combat deforestation and
help provide fuel, food and employment to a rapidly growing population," he
said.
The Task Force's main outcomes will result from a focus on some key issues
related to sustainable intensification – the intensification of planted
forest management aimed at meeting the increasing need for forest products
by a growing population, and doing this in a sustainable manner.
Among the Task Force's deliverables will be a joint scientific journal
paper and a technical 'state of knowledge' brief on planted forests, and
preparation of a scientific journal on "New Practices, Management Tools and
Approaches" in industrial tree plantations in the tropics and subtropics.
The Task Force will also contribute to the organization of the 4th
International Congress on Planted Forests in China in 2018.
The Task Force on Sustainable Planted Forests for a Greener 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.
*For more information about the IUFRO Task Force on Sustainable Planted
Forests for a Greener Future, please visit*:
http://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/planted-forests/
*________________________________*
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 #41, published in November 2016by IUFRO Headquarters,
Vienna, Austria.Available for download at:
**http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/
<http://www.iufro.org/media/iufro-spotlights/>*
*Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <office(a)iufro.org> or visit
http://www.iufro.org/ <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=104>*
If you do not wish to receive *IUFRO Spotlight* publications, please email
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