Below is Issue 9 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/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 8:06 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 9, 2022 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 9, 2022 IUFRO NEWS 9, 2022 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you Issue 9 of IUFRO News 2022, volume 51! 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If you would like to publish in IUFRO News and/or contribute to the IUFRO website content, do not hesitate to contact us at IUFRO Headquarters: **office(a)iufro.org &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt;* All-IUFRO Conference Calls for More Dialogue, Diversity and Breaking Down of Silos [image: Photo showing Conference participants gathering in the Atrium of the Vienna University of Applied Arts "Die Angewandte". Group photo by IUFRO] Read all about the recent Vienna conference "Forests in a Volatile World – Global Collaboration to Sustain Forests and Their Societal Benefits", get an overview of the sessions and social programs, find out who received IUFRO Distinguished Service Awards, and *more* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34814>*…* See You at the IUFRO World Congress 2024! [image: Photo showing Malin Höglund and Karin Hornay, members of the IUFRO World Congress 2024 Organizing Committee, at the All-IUFRO Conference. Photo by IUFRO.] The All-IUFRO Conference offered an excellent opportunity for promoting the XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024 to be held from 23 to 29 June 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden. Submit Congress sessions by 13 October and consider nominations for IUFRO awards! Hope to see you in Stockholm in 2024! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34813>…* Hot Off the Press! Global Assessment of Forest Education Education is essential for safeguarding natural resources, including forests, for future generations. This is one of the key messages of a new and comprehensive "Global Assessment of Forest Education" that examines the status of forest education and identifies much needed actions. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34812>…* Managerial Forest Economics and Accounting as a Base for Decision Making in a Changing World [image: Photo showing participants of the field trip in the forest. Photo from the field trip by L. Rosenkranz.] This IUFRO 4.05.00 conference on 5-7 September 2022 in Hamburg, Germany, targeted researchers and practitioners engaged in managerial, social, and environmental forest economics and accounting, management of forest enterprises, forest ecosystem services, land-use, resource policy, social innovation, decision support making, and related fields under the bioeconomy paradigm. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34811>…* Systems Analysis in Forest Resources [image: Photo showing Field trip participants in the Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Photo by Kai Bödeker.] The 19th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR) brought together researchers and practitioners that develop and apply methods of optimization, simulation, management science and systems analysis to forestry problems. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34810>…* Payment for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica [image: Photo showing Screenshot: Virginia Morales (Forest Engineering, Uruguay/IUFRO), opening presentation by Juan Robalino (IICE, UCR)] The webinar "Pago por servicios ambientales: el caso de Costa Rica" held in Spanish on 18 August 2022 was attended by 37 participants from Uruguay, Costa Rica, Perú, Brazil and Argentina. The webinar was part of a cycle of seminars started in 2019 by professors of the Forestry Engineering department of the Northeast CENUR (Regional University Center) of the University of the Republic, Uruguay. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34809>…* Forest Biodiversity Crisis [image: Photo showing Sandra Luque (left) and Anna Barbati.] Within the Conference "Frontiers in Ecology: Nature and Society" organized by the International association for Ecology (INTECOL 2022), the session titled "Forest Biodiversity Crisis: Resilience & Mitigation Options", took place on 1 September 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, with 45 participants from 8 countries. The session was held under theme 2 "All is not well! Global change and the biodiversity crisis". *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34808>…* 10th Meeting of Phytophthora Diseases on Forest Trees and Natural Ecosystems [image: Photo showing Extensive plant mortality in California's Sierra Nevada foothills caused by the non-native and invasive pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomic. Photo provided by Matteo Garbelotto.] The meeting stressed the importance of pathogen ecology and impacts of Phytophthora disease in the context of climate change, wildfire, and other stressors. A total of 77 talks were given, including four keynote talks featuring women researchers on diagnostics, taxonomy, and Phytophthora spread in nurseries, gardens, and restoration areas. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34807>…* Publications A New Initiative in Scientific Publications for Forest Sciences: The Peer Community in Forest & Wood Sciences A "Peer community in …" (PCI) is an open and transparent community of recognized scientists in a discipline or related to an object, the latter being the case of the PCI Forest & Wood Sciences. The Peer community members act as "Recommenders" similarly to what "associate editors" do in classical journals. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34791>…* A Decade of REDD+: Stakeholder Perceptions of its Implementation The Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme of IUFRO earlier this year, GFEP conducted extensive stakeholder consultations in Asia and Latin America to identify factors that would need to be improved for better carbon and non-carbon outcomes of local REDD+ activities. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34790>…* Just Published! Key Messages About the Role of Forests in Ensuring Sustainable Production and Consumption Key messages from a high-level event at IDF 2022 titled "Inspire for the future: the role of forests in ensuring sustainable production and consumption" highlight the vast potential that renewable forest products hold to contribute to the transition towards carbon-neutral societies and towards building inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34789>…* Other Information More Publications <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34788> Position Announcements <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34784> IUFRO Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34783> Other Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7461#c34782> IUFRO Website Features Noticeboard <https://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/> Proceedings Archive <https://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/> Newsletter Archive <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147> ______________________________________________ *IUFRO News Issue 9, 2022, published in early October 2022 by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria. 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