8:54 p.m.
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
Below is Issue 7/8 of IUFRO News 2023, volume 52. Past editions of the
newsletter can be found at:
https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Assoc. Coordinator
IUFRO WP 1.02.04 - Sustainable management and genetic resources in Meliaceae
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-1/10000/10200/10204/
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Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] IUFRO News 7/8, 2023
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Issue 7/8, 2023
IUFRO News 7/8, 2023
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The Forest Treasure Chest - Delivering Outcomes for Everyone
[image: Photo showing All-Division 5 Conference 2023, Cairns: Conference
group photo. Photo by Kate Murphy]
From 4 to 8 June 2023, the IUFRO all-Division 5 conference took place in
Cairns, Australia. The conference focused on improving sustainable trade in
timber and forestry, adapting forests to climate change, and cooperation
between regional forestry and indigenous communities. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36470>…*
Challenges and Opportunities for Boosting the Teak Value Chain
[image: Photo showing Participants and organizers of IUFRO Partner Event on
Teak. Photo by PK Thulasidas]
A Side Event convened jointly by the IUFRO Teakwood Working Party, the
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the International
Teak Information Network (TEAKNET) during the IUFRO all-Division 5
Conference in Cairns, Australia explored means of boosting the value of
teakwood products. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36468>…*
Modern Technologies and Engineering in Sustainable Forest Utilization
[image: Photo by Yinan Chen on Pixabay]
The conference in Krakow, Poland on 4-6 June 2023, offered a platform for
exchanging knowledge on current scientific and practical achievements in
the field of harvesting of timber and other forest raw materials, based on
modern technologies and engineering management of stands. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36467>…*
The Forest Factor Conference: More Nature to Fight Climate Change
[image: Photo showing From the left: Hubert Hasenauer (Boku University,
Vienna and IUFRO representative) and Piermaria Corona (Director of the CREA
Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy) at the Conference gate. Photo
provided by Piermaria Corona]
The crucial role of forests in the fight against climate change was at the
center of the International Forest Factor Conference held in Rome, Italy,
from 6-7 June 2023, on the occasion of World Environment Day, and in memory
of the first World Forestry Congress held in Italy in 1926. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36466>…*
Agroforestry Systems in the World: Differences and Similarities
[image: Photo showing A glimpse of online session, 26-27 July 2023.
Screenshot by Dr. Sanjeev Chauhan]
The online conference on 26-27 July 2023 hosted by the University of Évora,
Portugal, analyzed and discussed the concepts, products and their ranking,
the species and the stand structure, the management options, the modelling,
and the practice of agroforestry systems. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36465>…*
Forest Plantations Congress 2023
[image: Photo showing IPEF event. Photo courtesy of IPEF]
The Congress on 23-25 May in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil was hosted and
supported by IPEF, ABTCP, IBÁ, and IUFRO 1.02.01. Participants concluded
that the forest plantation sector has a great potential to grow and improve
with the advancement of new technologies based on artificial intelligence,
modeling, and innovative processes. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36464>…*
Science Day at HLPF to Inform SDG Summit and 2024 Summit of the Future
The first-ever Science Day convened on the margins of the July session of
the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
Participants discussed potential strategies to ensure the acceleration of
SDG implementation in an as evidence-based, strategic, and effective a
manner as possible. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36463>…*
Announcements
IUFRO World Congress 2024 – Call for SAP Opens on 15 September
IUFRO's Scientist Assistance Programme (SAP) aims to provide forest
scientists from economically disadvantaged countries with financial
assistance to participate in the XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024, taking
place in Stockholm, Sweden from 23 to 29 June 2024. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36461>…*
Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education 2.0
The IUFRO-IFSA Joint Task Force on Forest Education, with the collaboration
of Reforestamos and WRI, is organizing the second Global Competition on
Best Practices in Forest Education. Submission deadline is 30 November
2023! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36460>…*
Wood for Globe
[image: Photo showing cut tree. Photo IUFRO]
Moving towards a sustainable low-carbon bioeconomy has emerged as a global
goal. The forest sector is in a unique position to contribute significantly
to the achievement of this goal. WOOD for GLOBE is a new project that aims
to strengthen wood policy networks and platforms globally. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36459>*…*
Forests and Climate Change: An Oscar-winning alliance - Michelle Yeoh on
the UN Forest Podcast
Second UN Forest Podcast episode hosted by Michelle Yeoh, 2023
Oscar-winning actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) talks with Professor Almut Arneth,
Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on land and climate
change. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36458>…*
Pitch Your Solution at the Bioeconomy Innovation Day on 4 October 2023
[image: Photo showing Bilbao. Photo of Bilbao by Enrique on Pixabay]
Ahead of the Bioeconomy Innovation Day on 4 October 2023 in Bilbao, Spain,
the Bioregions Facility invites innovative companies, start-ups and
researchers to pitch close-to-market or in-the-market to solutions at the
event. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36457>…*
Obituary: Zohra Bennadji, INIA, Uruguay
[image: Photo showing Zohra Bennadji. Photo provided by Zohra's daughter
Mayra Rodriguez]
For Zohra Bennadji working in IUFRO played an important role in her
professional career. She was active between 2001 and 2010 as Deputy
Coordinator of Division 2 and alternate representative of Uruguay to the
International Council. On behalf of the IUFRO community we express our
sincere condolences to her family and friends. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36456>…*
Obituary: Alan Brown, CSIRO, Australia
[image: Photo showing Alan Brown. Photo source: Obituary published in
Australian Forestry]
Alan Brown actively contributed to the work of various IUFRO Units and
served as a member of the Executive Board (1987–1990). In 1992 he received
the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award for his research activities and for
promoting IUFRO in Australia and Oceania. On behalf of IUFRO, we express
our deepest sympathies to his family and friends. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36473>…*
Publications
*TEAMING UP 4 FORESTS: Summary of the 3rd Think Tank Meeting *
The third Think Tank Meeting, hosted by IUFRO and Mondi, was held in Vienna
on 15-16 June 2023 and brought together over 40 representatives from
science and business, and forestry stakeholders to discuss challenges of
pan-European forests and the forest-based sector in the face of climate
change. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7638#c36455>…*
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