[IUFRO WP 1.02.04] Fwd: IUFRO NEWS 9, 2018

Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the IUFRO Issue 9 2018 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:52 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 9, 2018 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 9, 2018 IUFRO NEWS 9, 2018 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 9 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>. Enjoy the read! 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Apply before 15 Oct 2018! *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6709#c27975>… *Innovative Natural Resources Inventory Approaches* The 2018 joint symposium of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management (SFEM) and multipurpose inventory held in Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, China-Taipei, aimed to showcase multiple inventory techniques and management science methods to preserve the forest ecosystem for future generations. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6709#c27974>… *Cool Forests at Risk?* About 200 participants from 30 countries including Russia, China, the United States, Canada, Northern European countries, Japan and the host country Austria met in Laxenburg, south of Vienna, to discuss and raise awareness on the critical role that boreal and mountain ecosystems play for people, bioeconomy, and climate. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6709#c27973>… *IUFRO and FFPRI Strengthen Cooperation* The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute Japan (FFPRI) and IUFRO entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in Vienna, Austria, on 30 August 2018. With this MoU the two partners reaffirm their commitment to continue and further strengthen their cooperation in the long term. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6709#c27972>… *New Opportunity for Early-Career Scientists* The IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative (YSI) is the latest collaboration between IUFRO and the European Forest Institute (EFI). 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