7:10 p.m.
Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party:
Below is an announcement that may be of interest.
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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From: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 4:50 AM
Subject: IUFRO: President's Letter to Members and Officeholders
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
<https://www.iufro.org/>
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IUFRO: President's Letter to Members and Officeholders
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PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/circulars/president-to-members-officeholders-231211.pdf>
*11 December 2023*
*From*:
Dr. John Parrotta, IUFRO President
IUFRO Headquarters – Secretariat
*To*:
IUFRO Members and IUFRO Officeholders
*Subject*:
Circular letter by the IUFRO President
Dear colleagues,
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation
for your continued support of IUFRO during this past year. Thanks to the
commitment and initiative of our Members and voluntary Officeholders, and
of course the dedication and leadership provided by the IUFRO Headquarters
"Dream Team" in Vienna, we have much to show for our work in 2023.
The IUFRO network continues to provide a vital platform for global
scientific exchange in all fields of forest science and its application for
a more sustainable world. Our many activities this past year have included
a variety of in-person, online and hybrid meetings, workshops,
capacity-building courses, publications, podcasts, and other networking
events organized by our Members and Officeholders in IUFRO Divisional units
and Task Forces, as well as IUFRO's Special Programmes and Projects. The
importance of interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration was a major
theme highlighted in many events, including two regional meetings convened
in Dehradun, India <https://www.iufro.org/uploads/media/news23-4-5.pdf> (in
March) and Curitiba, Brazil
<https://www.iufro.org/uploads/media/news23-10-11.pdf> (in September) that
focused on the role of science in building sustainable, resilient
landscapes for the benefit of people and nature.
IUFRO continues to play a highly visible role on the world stage through
our engagement in a number of policy fora including the UN Forum on Forests
<https://www.iufro.org/uploads/media/news23-6.pdf>, and our active
involvement in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests
<https://www.fao.org/collaborative-partnership-on-forests/en> (CPF
<https://www.fao.org/collaborative-partnership-on-forests/en>). Under
IUFRO's leadership, the Global Forest Expert Panels Initiative
<https://www.iufro.org/science/science-policy/gfep-initiative/> -
coordinated by IUFRO's newly established Science-Policy Programme
<https://www.iufro.org/science/science-policy/> – produced a major global
scientific assessment on Forests and Human Health
<https://www.iufro.org/science/science-policy/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forests-and-human-health/>,
launched on the International Day of Forests on 21 March.
IUFRO's many partnerships <https://www.iufro.org/discover/iufro-partners/>
with inter-governmental, governmental, private sector and non-governmental
institutions, continue to thrive. TEAMING UP 4 FORESTS
<https://teamingup4forests.com/>, a Science-Business Platform initiated
with the Mondi Group in 2021 to better understand climate change impacts on
forests and identify response measures in line with the Sustainable
Development Goals, organized several important activities in 2023. A new
IUFRO-led project - WOOD for GLOBE
<https://www.iufro.org/science/partnership-projects/wood-for-globe/> - a
collaborative effort with FAO and the Centre for Bioeconomy of the
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), with
support from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Regions and Water Management (BML), aims at creating a global wood policy
platform to support the use of sustainable wood for a carbon-neutral
bioeconomy worldwide.
The 2023 IUFRO Board meeting, hosted by the Indian Council of Forestry
Research and Education (ICFRE) in Dehradun, India on 27-28 March 2023 was
historic, yielding a number of decisions critical to advancing our
post-2020 Strategy and strategic goals. These included recommendations
(subsequently approved by IUFRO's International Council) for: (1) the host
of the 2029 IUFRO World Congress, to be held for the first time on the
African continent, in Nairobi, Kenya, and (2) the membership of the IUFRO
Board for the 2024-2029 term beginning at the end of June. The new Board
will be significantly more balanced in terms of gender and
regional/cultural representation and led by the first female President in
IUFRO's 132-year history, Prof. Daniela Kleinschmit from the University of
Freiburg, Germany.
Looking ahead to 2024, preparations for the upcoming XXVI IUFRO World
Congress <https://iufro2024.com/> "Forests & Society Towards 2050" in
Stockholm are well advanced. This Congress presents an opportunity to
showcase the many roles that forest science and our diverse global forest
science community play in optimizing the contributions of forests to the
2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, the 2050 vision of
Living in Harmony with Nature of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
and to meeting the critical climate target of zero net emissions. The
tireless dedication and enthusiasm of the Congress Organizing Committee,
the Congress Scientific Committee, IUFRO Headquarters, and the hundreds of
IUFRO Officeholders who have been involved in the organization of the
scientific program, guarantees that this will be a fantastic Congress. I
and our Swedish hosts and partners in the Nordic and Baltic region look
forward to welcoming you to Stockholm in June 2024.
I wish you and your families all the very best during this holiday season,
and a happy, healthy, peaceful, and fulfilling New Year ahead.
With warm regards and best wishes,
John Parrotta
*IUFRO President*
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