[IUFRO WP 1.02.04] Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 12, 2018

Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the latest newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: *https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ <https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>* Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 8:16 PM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 12, 2018 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 12, 2018 IUFRO NEWS 12, 2018 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 12 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/. You are welcome to pass on this newsletter to your colleagues! To find out more about IUFRO, just visit <https://www.iufro.org/> www.iufro.org and follow our blog http://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <http://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro>. With Season's Greetings! Alexander Buck *IUFRO Executive Director * *XXV IUFRO World Congress, Curitiba, Brazil, 29 Sep-5 Oct 2019: Call for Abstracts open until 31 December 2018*: http://iufro2019.com/abstracts-submission/ *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; * *Adaptive Management for Forested Landscapes in Transformation* The IUFRO 2018 Posadas/Argentina conference on 1-5 October highlighted the accelerated environmental changes that are taking place in the Anthropocene. It addressed issues arising from the transformation of forests in response to the pressures of globalization, population growth, resource scarcity and ecological degradation. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28233>… *Planted Forests – A Solution for Green Development* The 4th International Congress on Planted Forests (ICPF) in Beijing, China, was the first one of its kind to take place in Asia. It was set to explore the role of planted forests in the sustainability of biological resources, environment protection, green development and climate change. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28232>… *Mainstreaming High Quality Timber Production from Planted Teak Forests and Efforts for Conservation of Teak Genetic Resources* Read about an event held on the occasion of the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, 23-27 October 2018, Beijing, China, by the International Teak Information Network (TEAKNET) and IUFRO Teakwood Working Party 5.06.02, with the support of FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific (FAO RAP). *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28231>… *International Workshop for Heads of Forest Research Institutions – Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Chinese Academy of Forestry* A two-day event to commemorate the establishment of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) was held on 27-28 October 2018 in Beijing. IUFRO ED Alexander Buck had the pleasure to deliver a congratulatory address on behalf of IUFRO and the forest science community. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28230>… *Shirong Liu New CAF President!* *IUFRO would like to congratulate *Professor Shirong Liu most warmly on his appointment as President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28229>… *Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries* The meeting of IUFRO Working Party 7.03.04 Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries was held on 21-26 October 2018 in Kuşadası, Turkey. Special attention was given to invasive pests and diseases, which can be expected to increase in the future due to climate change and globalization. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28228>… *Ecology and Silviculture of Beech* Read this report by Tetsuya Matsui and Alfredo Di Filippo about the successful 11th International Beech Symposium of the IUFRO Working Party 1.01.07 "Ecology and Silviculture of Beech", held in Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy, on September 18-21, 2018. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28227>… *Position and Perspectives of Forestry and Wood Technology in the 21st Century* On 19 October 2018 an international scientific conference entitled *Position and Perspectives of Forestry and Wood Technology in the 21st Century* was held in Zagreb, Croatia to celebrate 120 years of academic forestry education and 70 years of higher education in wood technology at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28226>… *IUFRO at the Global Landscapes Forum GLF2018 in Bonn* At the GLF2018 IUFRO participated most successfully in a Learning Pavilion and co-hosted a Discussion Forum entitled "Don't Ignore Drylands: Restoring the Forests of Continental Asia". *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28225>… *Showcasing the Role of Forest-based Actions to Combat Climate Change* Report from a high-level event entitled "Promoting synergies between the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals" held on 4 December 2018 during the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC in Katowice, Poland (UNFCCC COP24). *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28224>... *World Forum on Urban Forests* The Forum – 'Changing the nature of cities: the role of urban forestry for a green, healthier and happier future' - was organized by FAO, the Municipality of Mantova, the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) and the Politecnico di Milano. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28223>… *Expert Group Meeting for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics* On 14-16 November 2018, AFoCO (Asian Forest Cooperation Organization) jointly organized an 'Expert Group Meeting for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in the Tropics' with the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Royal Forest Department (Thailand) in Bangkok, Thailand. IUFRO was represented at this meeting by Vice-President John Parrotta. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28222>… *Forest Service Science and Technology Goes around the World* Read this blog article about international knowledge sharing published in the October issue of the U.S. Forest Service R&D Newsletter. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28236>… *Announcements: Forest Education in the Limelight on the 2019 International Day of Forests* Participate in a Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education with deadline on 18 January 2019 and/or a video contest showing how teachers inform children about forests with deadline on 31 January 2019! *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28221>... *Joint EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Project: Global Student Networking and Green Jobs* A new project on "Global student networking and green jobs" run by the European Forest Institute (EFI) in close collaboration with the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) was launched on 30 November. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28237>… *Other Information* Announcements Cont'd <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28237> Publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28220> Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28219> Courses <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28218> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28217> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6741#c28216> *IUFRO Website Features* IUFRO Blog <http://blog.iufro.org/> Noticeboard <https://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/> Proceedings Archive <https://www.iufro.org/?id=75> Scientific Summaries <https://www.iufro.org/?id=79> RSS Feeds <https://www.iufro.org/?id=3745> Newsletter Archive <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147> ______________________________________________ *IUFRO News Issue 12* *, 2018, published in December 2018by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria.Available for download at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ <https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> or visit https://www.iufro.org/ <https://www.iufro.org/> If you wish to unsubscribe from IUFRO News, please send us a short note by e-mail (burger(at)iufro.org &lt;burger(a)iufro.org&gt;).Imprint: https://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402 <https://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>*