7:54 p.m.
Dear Meliaceae Working party:
Below is the IUFRO Issue 1 2020 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter
can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM
Subject: IUFRO NEWS 1, 2020
To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com>
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Issue 1, 2020
IUFRO NEWS 1, 2020
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you issue 1 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49. The
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Seed Orchards and Climate Change
The IUFRO Seed Orchard Conference 2019 in Nanjing, China, covered a broad
variety of topics, from seed orchard design and management, fertility
variation and genetic diversity of seed crops, seed processing and
treatment to gene conservation, and adaptation of forest trees to changing
climate. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29697>…*
Korean Pine Biology and Silviculture
The II International Symposium on Korean Pine Biology and Silviculture in
Vladivostok, Russia, brought together scientists and practitioners from
different countries with an interest in various aspects of *Pinus
koraiensis* research to review the progress in this particular research
field and present new ideas. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29696>…*
Silviculture of Maritime Pine
[image: Photo showing Plantation of maritime pine (Portugal) during
confernce in Coimbra, November 2019. Photo: Centro PINUS.]
In Portugal the consumption of maritime pine (*Pinus pinaster *Ait.) wood
has been increasing, and, in parallel, the area occupied by the species has
been decreasing, mainly due to forest fires. In this meeting in Coimbra,
Portugal, case studies of pine forest management were presented,
emphasizing, among other things, the technical difficulty in managing some
naturally regenerated stands after fire. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29695>…*
Linking Higher Education to the Bioeconomy in Vietnam
[image: Photo showing conference participants in session. Photo by VNFU,
also see: https://bit.ly/35XQ8N9]
In Vietnam forests provide the bio-economy sector with its most important,
versatile and affordable renewable raw material: wood. The international
conference held at the Vietnam National University of Forestry (VNUF) aimed
at the improvement and dissemination of knowledge and understanding on
methods, policies and technologies for increasing the sustainable forest
resources management and bio-economy development. *More*
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29694>*…*
The International Conference "Wood Science and Engineering in the 3rd
Millennium" (ICWSE)
[image: Photo showing The participants at the 12th edition of ICWSE, in
front of the assembly hall of Transilvania University of Brasov. Photo: Pro
Ligno Brasov.]
The 12th edition of ICSWE at Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania,
brought together over 100 participants from 24 countries and four
continents on 7-9 November 2020. Ten sessions covered a variety of topics
including Wood Structure and Properties, Mechanical Wood Processing,
Wood-Based Materials, Renewable Energy from Wooden Biomass, Furniture
Design and Wood Construction. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29693>…*
2022 All-Division 5 Conference - Call for Bids
The next All Division 5 Conference is planned to take place in 2022. If you
wish to prepare a bid for the conference, please send in your proposal by
March 15, 2020. The IUFRO Division 5 Conference is held every 5 years. This
is an apolitical, international forum for the exchange of information on
forest products related subjects. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29692>…*
Blog Series on Forest Landscape Restoration Experiences
The 10-part weekly blog series featuring "FLR Snapshot Analysis" landscapes
one by one aims to share knowledge on FLR implementation and increase
visibility of the FLR Snapshot Analysis results of the related IUFRO World
Congress side-event. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29700>
*…*
Best Practice Call - Sustainable Forest Management and Wood-based Solutions
Austrian World Summit – The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative and brainbows
call for best practice projects in the field of sustainable forest
management, biobased solutions and responsible use of forest products in
developing and emerging countries. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29701>…*
Congratulations to Organizers of IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba 2019
We are happy to inform you that the team of Congress organizers received
the "Curitiba Ambassadors Award", 2019 edition, in December. Also, Curitiba
Mayor Rafael Greca enjoyed the Congress so much that he invited the
Congress Exhibition woodworking artisans to occupy an area to show their
art in a building that belongs to the Curitiba City Hall. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29702>…*
IUFRO Distinguished Service Awards
[image: Photo showing From left to right: Alexander Buck, Elizaveta
Kiriakidi, Viktor K. Teplyakov, John Parrotta. Photo by IUFRO.]
Congratulations to Victor Teplyakov and Valentin S. Shalaev, both Russian
Federation, for receiving the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award in
recognition of their important contributions to IUFRO, especially also for
co-authoring a book entitled "A History of IUFRO Congresses, Forest
Research and Russia's Participation"! *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29691>…*
Wishing Margareta Khorchidi All the Best on Her Retirement!
After thirty-five years with IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of
Capacities (SPDC), Margareta Khorchidi has retired at the end of November
2019. She had been involved in the establishment of this very first special
programme of IUFRO in 1983/84 that provides support to forest scientists in
economically disadvantaged countries. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29703>…*
IFSA Student Experiences at IUFRO HQ - Amaitum Joshua Elukut, Uganda
[image: Photo showing Joshua Amaitum. Photo provided by Joshua Amaitum.]
Joshua is a Ugandan student pursuing a Bachelor of Conservation Forestry
and Products Technology at Makerere University Kampala. Between December
2019 and January 2020, he served as an intern at IUFRO HQ in Vienna,
Austria. This was made possible through a collaboration between IUFRO and
IFSA. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29704>…*
Dare to Explore! Traineeship Experience – Rodrigo Mendes, Brazil
[image: Photo showing IUFRO Trainee Rodrigo. Photo by Lisa Prior, Joint
EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Capacity Development Project]
Rodrigo, a Brazilian student doing the master's program in European
Forestry at the University of Eastern Finland (Finland) and Transilvania
University of Brasov (Romania), I completed his *Dare to Explore!*
Traineeship (DTE) at IUFRO HQ in Vienna, Austria. *More
<http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6931#c29705>…*
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