Dear Meliaceae E-list: Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 6 2020. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Regards, Sheila Ward Deputy Coordinator IUFRO WP 1.02.04 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:38 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 6, 2020 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 6, 2020 IUFRO NEWS 6, 2020 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 6 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49. Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social media and online conferencing. These activities, along with your continued communications with IUFRO Headquarters, keep our global network thriving despite the uncertainties of these times. For this, we are most grateful. IUFRO News Issue 6 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/article/2020/06/29/… . *You are welcome to share this newsletter with your colleagues and publish the link on your organization's website!* Best wishes, Alexander Buck *IUFRO Executive Director* ______________________________________________ *To find out more about IUFRO, just visit* https://www.iufro.org and follow our blog https://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <https://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro>. *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;* Global Education Surveys: Share Your Perspective on the Future of Forest Education! [image: Photo showing a person on a swing, in front of a forest. Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Unsplash] IUFRO is participating in two important complementary projects investigating the current status of forest education and employment globally. The two projects aim to engage students, teachers, trainers and potential employers of young forest professionals through targeted global surveys. Your contribution to these surveys is most valuable! *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30711>*…* Can One Be a Successful Young Forestry Professional in Africa? [image: Photo showing Students taking part in an excursion during the 2018 North African Regional Meeting of the International Forestry Students' Association. Photo by courtesy of IFSA] In May 2020 the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education and the International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) launched the Young African Forestry Professionals Publication project (YAFP). The goal of the project is to motivate young people from Africa to pursue forest-related studies and careers. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30710>…* Earth School – Nature-focused Online Learning Resources Due to the COVID-19 crisis, millions of children are not able to go to school. In response to this education crisis, UNEP and TED-Ed – with the support of an incredible array of educators and partner organizations – launched Earth School in April 2020. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30709>…* International Tree Mortality Network - Data Surveys of Global Forest Condition [image: Photo showing living and dead trees. Photo by Gerda Wolfrum] Due to the COVID-19 situation the workshop on global tree mortality planned by the IUFRO Task Force on Monitoring Global Tree Mortality Patterns and Trends had to be cancelled. Instead, two online surveys have been developed, which will be followed by a series of virtual working group meetings. Find out how to participate! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30708>…* Scientists Warn of Increasing Threats Posed by Invasive Alien Species [image: Photo showing head of longhorn beetle. Photo on Pixabay] In a new study, scientists from around the world - including IUFRO immediate past President Mike Wingfield and former IUFRO Task Force Coordinator Sandy Liebhold - warn that the threats posed by invasive alien species are increasing. They say that urgent action is required. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30707>…* What will happen to public space post-COVID-19? [image: Green spaces became very popular during the pandemic. Cities like Vancouver, Canada,enforced physical distancing rules to limit the spread of the COVID19 virus. Photo by Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch] As an international group of academics with an interest in urban planning and public space – including IUFRO's Division 6 Coordinator Prof. Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch – explains it, one of the fundamental issues arising from the pandemic will be the long-term impact on the design, use and perceptions of public space. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30706>…* Mediterranean Forest and the City [image: Photo showing Torre del Guinigi, Lucca, Italy. Photo by Fabio Salbitano] Here is a report from the 11th Workshop of the FAO Silva Mediterranea Working Group on Urban and peri-urban forestry (UPF) by Fabio Salbitano. He is one of the key organizers of the Working Group and is also particularly active in IUFRO Working Party 8.01.02 - Landscape Ecology. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30705>…* How to Become a Tree City? [image: Photo showing Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is among the first Tree Cities of the World. Photo DEZALB on Pixabay] The Arbor Day Foundation has long aimed to build greener communities around the world through recognition programs like Tree City USA and Tree Campus USA. In 2019, with support from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first international recognition was launched: Tree Cities of the World. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30704>…* Increasing Tree Canopy in Philadelphia Could Lengthen Lives [image: Photo showing Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Photo by Gerda Wolfrum] In epidemiological studies, greenspaces in urban environments have been associated with physical and mental health benefits for city dwellers. According to a recent US Forest Service study, Philadelphia's goal to increase tree canopy up to 30 percent in all the city's neighborhoods could lead to significant health benefits. *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30703>*…* Publications IUFRO-GFEP Global Assessment Report on Forests and Poverty: Introducing Lead Authors [image: Photo showing Malawi women carrying wood. Photo by Panel member Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek] This autumn a report will be launched on how forests and tree-based landscapes have an influence on poverty and the wellbeing of the poor! Watch a background video and meet some Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) members! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30702>…* World Bank Policy Note: Managing Wildfires in a Changing Climate This World Bank Policy Note is a follow-up to the Global Expert Workshop on Fire and Climate Change jointly convened by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and the World Bank's Program on Forests (PROFOR) on July 2018 in Vienna, Austria. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30701>…* UN DESA Policy Brief: Forests at the Heart of a Green Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic [image: Photo showing the cover of a UN DESA Policy Brief] In the brief reference is made to a 2020 study by leading economists who found green fiscal recovery packages to be the most beneficial for COVID-19 recovery and identified five policy areas in this regard, namely, clean physical infrastructure, building efficiency retrofits, investment in education and training, natural capital investment, and clean research and development. This is very relevant to the work of IUFRO. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30700>…* FAO Policy Brief: The Impacts of COVID-19 on the Forest Sector: How to Respond? [image: Photo showing a forest worker in the forest. Photo by Geoff Roberts] This brief recently published by FAO highlights some of the identified and perceived impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on development aspects interconnected with the forest sector, with a particular emphasis on the impacts on the production and trade of forest products. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30715>…* New on the IUFRO Blog! [image: Photo showing hands on a tree trunk. Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash] Read the latest Spotlight publications and a guest blog: Spotlight #79 – A Focus on Gender Equality in Forestry; Spotlight #78 – More Robust Strategy Needed to Combat Forest Fires in Alps; View from the Forest: the Interlinked Crises of COVID-19, Environmental Degradation & Inequity. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30716>…* Books, Research Papers, Journals Coming Soon! Forests for Public Health* (*Edited by Christos Gallis and Won Sop Shin): This collection of papers highlights up-to-date findings and evidence to reveal the beneficial effects of forests on human and public health. Find further publications and calls for papers! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30699>…* News from Member Organizations Obituary for Dr. Wilfredo H. Barrett We are sad to inform the IUFRO community that the eminent Argentinian forest scientist Ing. Agr. Dr. Wilfredo H. Barrett died on 18 May 2020 at the age of 94. Dr. Barrett worked for many years with INTA, a long-standing IUFRO Member Organization, and was the IUFRO International Council Member for Argentina from 1981 to 1986. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30697>…* Forest Research Has Grown Exponentially at USC [image: Photo showing Australian bushland. David Mark on Pixabay] The Forest Research Institute at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) officially opened in March 2020. It is the largest forestry research group in Australia and brings together 80 experts eager to protect and restore the world's precious forest. The Director of the new USC Forest Research Institute, Professor John Herbohn, is IUFRO International Council representative for Australia. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30696>…* Decades of Tropical Forest Ecology Research at Risk in Venezuela Together with colleagues, Emilio Vilanova, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, and Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, published a commentary on the uncertain future of the more than 50 permanent forest plots in Venezuela that started as early as in the 1950s. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30695>…* Other Information Summer Schools & Master's Programs <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30694> Positions <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30693> IUFRO Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30692> Other Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7041#c30691> IUFRO Website Features IUFRO Blog <https://blog.iufro.org/> Noticeboard <https://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/> Proceedings Archive <https://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/> 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 6* *, 2020, published in June 2020 by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria. 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