[IUFRO WP 1.02.04] Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 3, 2021

Dear Meliaceae E-list: Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 3 2021. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Regards, Sheila Ward Deputy Coordinator IUFRO WP 1.02.04 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 5:43 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 3, 2021 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 3, 2021 IUFRO NEWS 3, 2021 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 3 of IUFRO News 2021, volume 50! IUFRO News Issue 3, 2021 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ *Please share this newsletter widely with your colleagues and interested audiences and publish the link on your organization's website!* We are also pleased to announce *IUFRO WORLD DAY - Digital Forest Science Forum 2021* – to be held on *28-29 September 2021*! This unique 24-hours event aims to showcase the science covered by IUFRO research units and Member Organizations, and to facilitate networking and communication. *You will receive detailed information at the end of April!* Best wishes, Alexander Buck *IUFRO Executive Director* ______________________________________________ *To find out more about IUFRO, just visit* https://www.iufro.org and follow our blog https://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <https://twitter.com/IUFRO>, IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro> and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/iufro_media/>. *IUFRO News is widely distributed among IUFRO Members, officeholders and other interested groups. If you would like to publish in IUFRO News, contribute to the IUFRO website content or promote a publication via IUFRO Spotlight, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO Headquarters: office(a)iufro.org &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt;* Towards Gender Mainstreaming in Forestry Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the 17 goals (SDG5) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Although important progress has been made in several areas, gender inequalities are still deeply rooted in societies worldwide. Read this interview with IUFRO officeholders! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32249>…* 2021 World Wood Day: Carbon Capture and Storage in Forests, Wood and Non-Wood Products World Wood Day (WWD) is celebrated every year on 21 March in order to highlight wood as an ecofriendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise awareness on the key role wood plays in a sustainable world through biodiversity and forest conservation. Find out about the scientific symposium held on this occasion. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32248>…* Forest Roads in Southern Africa [image: Photo showing a forested landscape with roads. Photo by Dr Muedanyi Ramantswana, November 27, 2020] This seminar series provides regional perspectives on the design, construction, and management of forest road systems. The intent is to provide the participants with regional views of what forest roads are and the major factors affecting them. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32247>…* Forests, Nature and Public Space during the Global Pandemic [image: Photo showing a skyscraper with a park in the forefront, in New York City. Photo by melle1228 on Pixabay] The first webinar of the new IUFRO Division 6 webinar series was successfully held on 19 March 2021. It presented and discussed research on the role of forests, nature, and public space in urban areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32246>* ... Forest Genetic Monitoring [image: Photo showing a screenshot taken during the conference on breeding and conservation of Meditearranean conifers.] The meeting "Forest Science for Future Forests: Forest genetic monitoring and biodiversity in changing environments" was held on 21-25 September 2020 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. FGM aims at the assessment of the current state of genetic variation and the quantification of its relevant changes at a temporal scale. Its main goal is to preserve the long-term adaptive evolutionary potential. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32245>…* Webinars #3 and #4 of the Int'l Tree Mortality Network Now Online! The recorded webinars entitled "Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems: past, present and future" and "Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene" are now available. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32244>* ... IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture – Designing the Way Forwards Fifty-two office holders of the IUFRO Silviculture Division got together in an online meeting on 23 February 2021 to exchange views on strategic issues and report on on-going activities and future plans. The meeting started with four scientific and technical presentations. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32243>…* News from Members Cork Oak Research in Tunisia [image: Photo showing a cork oak. Photo by maya7777 on Pixabay] Report by Boutheina Stiti, Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Tunisia, and Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Working Party 4.05.01 - Managerial, social and environmental accounting, on the 10th International Ecology Symposium and the 6th International Congress of Plant and Animal Biodiversity - CIBVA6- 2020. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32242>…* Forest Research Wins Funding for Collaborative Research into Oak Tree Health [image: Photo showing an oak tree. Photo by Robin Greenwood on Pixabay] The project, named 'BAC-STOP' (Bacteria: Advancement of Control and Knowledge to Save Threatened Oak and Protect them for Future Generations'), will focus on Acute Oak Decline (AOD) - an emerging complex disease in which bacteria cause stem lesions on native species of British oak: BAC-STOP - BPD-UK. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32241>…* 100 Years of Forest Research in British Columbia, Canada Exactly 100 years ago the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC) started investing in forest research. It was 1921 when the BC Forest Branch hired the first research scientist, J.L. Alexander, to work on forest regeneration, growth and yield, and fire protection. *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32240>*…* Congratulations! [image: Photo showing Daniela Kleinschmit. Photo COC Freiburg.] On 1 April 2021 IUFRO Vice-President *Daniela Kleinschmit *joined the Rectorate of the *University of Freiburg*, Germany as new part-time Vice-President. The environmental social scientist *Professor Kleinschmit* will be responsible for issues of internationalization and sustainability. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32238>*... Memories of the XXV IUFRO World Congress [image: Photo showing the cover of the Memorias/Congress Report of the XXV IUFRO World Congress, Curitiba, Brazil, 2019.] All information on the XXV IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, has now been compiled in a beautiful brochure by the Congress Organizing team from Embrapa Forestry, Brazil. "Enjoy good memories, enjoy good times! The effort to document each session and every detail of the IUFRO2019 Congress has been done with you in mind!" *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32237>…* Obituary Karl - Charly - Kleemayr [image: Photo showing Karl Kleemayr, deceased.] IUFRO Division 8 - Unit 8.03.00 *Natural hazards and risk management*, in particular - mourns the loss of our colleague and friend Karl (Charly) Kleemayr, who passed away on Friday 26 February 2021. We remember Charly's enthusiasm and creativity in advancing the knowledge and value of forest-based solutions for the prevention of natural hazards. *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32236>*…* Publications and FLR French Version of "Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation” IUFRO Occasional Paper 33 now also in French: 'Mise en œuvre de la restauration des paysages forestiers: Leçons apprises de paysages sélectionnés en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique latine'*. More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32235>…* Take the Global Restoration Survey! In preparation for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a coalition of 41 organizations prepared a global online survey to identify existing capacity needs to scale up restoration. Participate until 15 April! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32234>…* Latest IUFRO Spotlight: Getting everyone on board to succeed in forest landscape restoration [image: Photo showing Alignment and planting in SMM Komitibanda. Photo: Forest College & Research Institute, Telangana, India.] In many countries land degradation is severe and widespread, and restoration will be a task for many years to come. So, capacities there must be enhanced to help shape a more sustainable world. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32233>…* Newsletters and Mailing Lists IUFRO News in its 50th Year Look back on early issues of IUFRO News, read news from Division 4.00.00 - Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management, get latest updates on criteria and indicators, or join the e-list for IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32252>…* Papers, Proceedings, Journals [image: Photo showing plants in hollow tree. Photo by Mike Goad on Pixabay.] Find information on recent research papers and special journal issues, newly published proceedings from IUFRO meetings, and calls for submissions to journals! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7201#c32230>…* Awards [image: Photo showing a winner's trophy. 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