IUFRO NEWS 7, 2016

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We are happy to present to you issue 7 of IUFRO News 2016, volume 45. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.

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Reforestation Challenges - Opportunities for Sustainable Development in a Degraded Forestry Environment

The Second International Conference on Reforestation Challenges on 27-29 June 2016 in Cracow, Poland, offered an opportunity for scientists to gather and present results and relate experiences from research areas relevant to reforestation. More…

Strengthening Collaboration on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

About 40 internationally renowned C&I experts from all continents representing regional C&I processes, national and international bodies and organizations as well as national government agencies participated in an international expert workshop on C&I that took place on 1-3 May 2016 in Ottawa, Canada. More…

International Knowledge-sharing Workshop: "Forest Landscape Restoration and Global Change: From Policy to Practice"

This workshop, which was held back to back with the High-level Bonn Challenge Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda on 26-27 July 2016, brought together experts from Africa and overseas, to exchange latest knowledge and experiences with initiating and facilitating FLR projects in the region. More…

New Policy Brief on Forest Landscape Restoration

IUFRO launched a new policy brief entitled "Restoring Forest Landscapes: A 'Win-Win' for People, Nature, and Climate" at COFO 23/World Forest Week in Rome, Italy. The publication outlines key messages for policy makers, synthesizing major lessons learnt from a recent review of the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on the climate benefits of forest landscape restoration (FLR). More…

Governments Reclaiming Role in Forest Certification (IUFRO Spotlight #39)

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) has issued a Spotlight on the report "From governance to government: The strengthened role of state bureaucracies in forest and agricultural certification" by Lukas Giessen, Sarah Burns, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide and Agung Wibowo. More…

Division 3 Podcast Episodes 7 and 8!

These new episodes feature an interview with Dr. Luc LeBel, Director of FORAC, and Dr. Sophie D'Amours, Vice Rector of Research and Innovation at Laval University. They focus on the future research directions of FORAC as well as on ongoing IUFRO activities and the strong commitment of both organizations to graduate student education and training. More…

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IUFRO News 7, 2016, published in early August 2016
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