2:36 p.m.
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
Below is Issue 10 of IUFRO News 2022, volume 51. 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 NEWS 10, 2022
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Issue 10, 2022
IUFRO NEWS 10, 2022
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you Issue 10 of IUFRO News 2022, volume 51!
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Forest Health – Pathology and Entomology - IUFRO All-Division 7 Conference
[image: Photo showing All-Division-7 Conference participants. Photo credit:
Márcia Campana]
From September 6 to 9, 2022, approximately 350 delegates from 41 countries
and five continents attended the IUFRO All-Division 7 Conference in Lisbon,
Portugal. This was the first joint meeting of the Pathology and Entomology
Research Groups since the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg in
2017. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34981>…*
Ghana Hosted 4th World Teak Conference 2022
[image: Photo showing participants of the 4th World Teak Conference 2022.
Photo credit: FC Ghana]
The 4th World Teak Conference with the theme “Global Teak Market;
Challenges and Opportunities for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies”
was successfully organized in Accra, Ghana from 5-8 September 2022, for the
first time in an African country. It facilitated the transfer of knowledge
and technology among teak growing countries. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34980>…*
One Big Family – Shaping Our Future Together: COFE-FORMEC-IUFRO Division 3
Joint Conference
[image: Photo showing Conference participants visiting a private forestland
during the field trip. Photo credit: Christian Kanzian, BOKU]
The joint conference of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE), Symposium
on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC) and IUFRO Division 3 was kindly hosted by
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A., on October 4-7, 2022.
The focus of the meeting was on building a strong community of forest
engineering across continents and sectors. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34979>*…*
Connecting Knowledge and Minds
[image: Photo showing participants during the icebreaker, by Woodam Chung]
The 2nd IUFRO Division 3 Doctoral Student Conference brought 15 PhD
students from around the world to Oregon. Representing 9 countries in 4
continents (Africa, Europe, North America and South America), the students
of Division 3 research disciplines - forest operations engineering and
management - shared knowledge, professionalism and friendship throughout
the conference. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34978>…*
Abies & Pinus 2022
[image: Photo showing Visit to the protected landscape of Trebević. Photo
credit: University of Sarajevo]
The international IUFRO conference "Fir and pine management in a changing
environment: risks and opportunities" was organized in Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, on 19-22 September 2022 with the aim of reviewing past
experiences and improving the management of fir and pine in a changing
environment. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34977>…*
Natural Resources, Green Technology and Sustainable Development
[image: Photo showing Alessandra de Marco delivering her keynote speech
during the opening of the GREEN2022 conference. Photo provided by Croatian
Forest Research Institute.]
After the great success of the GREEN2014, GREEN2016 and GREEN2018
conferences and a break due to the pandemic, leading experts from all over
the world gathered in Zagreb, Croatia, from 14-16 September 2022 for the
fourth International Scientific & Expert Conference GREEN/4". *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34976>…*
Forest Mensuration and Modelling Chats
[image: Photo showing Screenshot from Prof. Trincado’s presentation]
The topic of the webinar on 27 September 2022 was "Growth and yield
modeling of fast-grown intensively managed forest plantations in Chile: A
long term collaborative research effort". The next webinar in the series
will take place on November 28: "Field Study on Critical Height Sampling
and Its Antithetic Variants". *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34975>…*
Innovative Tools to Analyze Species-Environment Relationships
[image: Photo showing Venue at INRAE, Grenoble]
The Training School was organized within the framework of the COST Action
CA18207 "Biodiversity of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management
Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives". It presented the state of the art
of established and recent advanced tools to model species-environment
relationships. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34974>…*
IUFRO-Mondi Partnership 2nd Think Tank Meeting held in Vienna
[image: Photo showing participants of the 2nd IUFRO-MONDI Think Tank
Meeting. Photo credit: José Bolaños, IUFRO]
The IUFRO-Mondi Partnership held its 2nd Think Tank Meeting in Vienna,
Austria, on 3 November 2022. More than 20 participants representing
science, forest industry and policy followed the invitation to identify,
discuss and articulate appropriate response measures at various levels. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34973>…*
Report on Forests and Human Health on the Home Stretch
[image: Photo showing GFEP Panel Members. Photo credit: José Bolaños, IUFRO]
As the preparation of a new GFEP assessment on Forests and Human Health
advances toward its conclusion, the Expert Panel convened in Vienna,
Austria, for a hybrid third and final meeting. The assessment will provide
reliable and synthesized scientific information crucial to address the
complex relationship between forests and human health in changing global
conditions. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34972>…*
IUFRO HQ Has a New Communicator on Set: Jose Bolaños - Where Movies and
Forest Meet
[image: Photo showing José Bolaños. Picture provided by José Bolaños]
We are happy to announce that our communications team has grown. José
Bolaños joined in September and said, "It seems that communications +
networking + forest science has branched out of me. Pun intended. And then
when I saw the opportunity to join IUFRO, it was no surprise that I was
eager to apply. Keep tuned!" *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34971>…*
Meet Samuel Fajana from Nigeria, IFSA Intern at IUFRO HQ
[image: Photo showing intern Samuel Fajana. Photo provided by Samuel Fajana]
His passion for climate policy, forest science and environmental
sustainability fueled his application for an IUFRO internship for September
and October 2022. Samuel said, "The internship opportunity helped me to
obtain unique and versatile experience and improve my skills for later work
engagement in my future career." *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34970>…*
Announcements
Guidance to IUFRO Officeholders
A new guidance document is available for IUFRO officeholders outlining the
basic values and principles of IUFRO: "Promoting the IUFRO spirit". It
highlights IUFRO's vision, mission, core values and the principle of
Freedom and Responsibility of Science of the International Science Council
(ISC). *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34968>…*
Survey on Sustainable Forest Management
[image: Photo showing grass and flowers at the foot of a tree. Photo
credit: Gerda Wolfrum, IUFRO]
In the attempt to address the increasing societal demand and policy concern
for biodiversity-friendly and climate-resilient forest management, many
forest-related concepts appeared in the last decade. This survey shall help
to understand how SFM is connoted to other forest-related concepts
currently abundant in the political debate and scientific literature. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34967>*…*
Photo Contest – From Woodland to Woodwork
[image: Photo showing logging in a forests. Photo credit: Gerda Wolfrum,
IUFRO]
On the occasion of UNECE 75th anniversary, the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and
Timber Section is launching a photo contest in partnership with the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC)*.* The contest is entirely on social media and is
open to entrants of all skill levels. *More*
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34966>*…*
Planet Prize
[image: Photo showing Earth from space. Photo: WikiImages on Pixabay]
Frontiers Research Foundation has launched the Planet Prize to recognize
and reward exceptional scientists. Three prizes worth a total of CHF 3
million (~USD $3.2m) will be awarded in 2023 to the world's most innovative
sustainability scientists. *More
<https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7475#c34965>…*
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