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IUFRO NEWS 10, 2019
Dear Reader of IUFRO News:
We are happy to present to you issue 10 of IUFRO News 2019, volume 48. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/.
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First Ever IUFRO World Congress in Latin America Places Focus on Cooperation for Sustainable Development
29 September to 5 October 2019 more than 2500 researchers and experts representing civil society, women's groups, indigenous peoples, youth, private sector, international organizations, NGOs and governments met in Curitiba, Brazil, to share and discuss latest findings in all fields related to forests and trees. More…
Program Highlights
Over the course of the five-day high-quality scientific program participants benefited from 350 scientific sessions - including five plenary and 20 sub-plenary sessions - with 1648 oral presentations, and 964 posters addressing a great diversity of forest and tree-related topics within the scope of five main themes. More…
Interacting with Stakeholders
The IUFRO 2019 Congress offered many program elements to promote interaction between the diverse groups of participants in addition to the technical sessions. Among other things, a "Forest Science for Future" pledge was drafted for participants to sign. More…
Students
The large participation of students was a special feature of this Congress and contributed considerably to its success. Several scientific sessions addressed education issues, and there were various opportunities for students to participate in mentoring activities. More…
IUFRO-SPDC
IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC) supported the participation of over 100 early and mid-career scientists from economically disadvantaged countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Read about the pre-Congress trainings, a new FLR book in Spanish and the Restoration Snapshot event. More…
Launch of GFEP Video
The Congress also offered the perfect setting for presenting a video about the work of the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP), an Initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) led by IUFRO. Watch this short video and get to know an excellent mechanism for interconnecting science and policy. More…
New Opportunity for Early-Career Scientists
During the IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, the YSI 2020 was launched by the Coordinator, Daniel Boehnke of IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. An opportunity for young scientists from Africa, Asia and Latin America to conduct collaborative research in Europe (and vice versa) during 2020 is now available. More…
Awards - Congratulations to the Winners!
At the Curitiba Congress, a number of scientists received important IUFRO Awards for outstanding research and valuable services: IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Award Winners, IUFRO Scientific Achievement Awards (SAA), Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA), Student Award for Excellence in Forest Science (ISA), Best Poster Award (BPA), IUFRO Distinguished Service Award (DSA), Honorary Membership. More…
Wangari Maathai "Forest Champions" Award
Burundian forestry activist Leonidas Nzigiyimpa was awarded the 2019 Wangari Maathai 'Forest Champions' Award in recognition of his passionate commitment and outstanding contribution to improving forests and the lives of indigenous peoples, women and youth in his country. More…
New IUFRO President John Parrotta
As of October 6, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) has a new President. Dr. John Parrotta, National Research Program Leader for International Science Issues with the U.S. Forest Service, has assumed office for the term until the 2024 IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. More…
Contract with IUFRO Executive Director Alexander Buck Renewed
Alexander Buck will continue to serve as IUFRO's Executive Director for another five years. The IUFRO Board unanimously approved an extension of his contract until December 2024. More…
IUFRO Divisions and Task Forces 2019-2024
The Congress marks the start of a new IUFRO Board term. Therefore, new Coordinators of Divisions and Task Forces and other new Board members were presented in Curitiba. More…
Achieving REDD+: From Local Actions to National Commitments
Report from IUFRO2019 Congress Sessions B6a, B6p, and B6q: These sessions showcased pilot studies and research exploring approaches for achieving REDD+, and using results-based finance to incentivize these actions. More…
EFIPLANT at the XXV IUFRO World Congress
The EFIPLANT team was very active at the IUFRO World Congress 2019 in October being involved in a number of presentations and in the organization of the C9B session 'Planted Forests for a Greener Future and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'. More…
First Africa-China International Workshop on Forestland Governance, Investments and Sustainability
The first Africa-China workshop on "Forestland Governance, Investments and Sustainability" held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 3 to 5 September 2019 brought together some 120 participants from China and 11 African, North American and European countries. More…
Publications
A new publication presenting IUFRO's Scientific Achievement Award (SAA) winners since 1971 has just been released. Learn more about this and other publications… |
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