Dear Meliaceae working party: Here is the latest issue of IUFRO News. If you cannot download the issue, please let me know. Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:31 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 2, 2015 To: mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com [image: IUFRO News] Issue 2/2015 IUFRO NEWS 2, 2015 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 2 of IUFRO News 2015, volume 44. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: http://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 <http://www.iufro.org/> www.iufro.org and follow our blog http://blog.iufro.org/, twitter: @iufro <http://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries <http://www.facebook.com/groups/6560127674/>. Enjoy the read! Alexander Buck *IUFRO Executive Director 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(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> * *International Expert Group Recommends Strengthening Science-policy Interface* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=10406&md5=210ae6b58a854eaf03d477bc6394225b09cd38f7&parameters%5B0%5D=YTo0OntzOjU6IndpZHRoIjtzOjQ6IjgwMG0iO3M6NjoiaGVpZ2h0IjtzOjQ6IjYw&parameters%5B1%5D=MG0iO3M6NzoiYm9keVRhZyI7czoyMjoiPGJvZHkgYmdjb2xvcj0iYmxhY2siPiI7&parameters%5B2%5D=czo0OiJ3cmFwIjtzOjM3OiI8YSBocmVmPSJqYXZhc2NyaXB0OmNsb3NlKCk7Ij4g&parameters%5B3%5D=fCA8L2E%2BIjt9> The second meeting of the open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc expert group on the International Arrangement on Forests (AHEG2) convened from 12 to 16 January 2015 at UN Headquarters, in New York, US. Executive Director Alexander Buck represented IUFRO at this meeting. He underlined specifically the importance of research for informing the deliberations by policy makers and ultimately achieving effective and durable solutions on the ground. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22623>... *International Day of Forests – Coming Soon!* The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests. The theme of the 2015 International Day of Forests (IDF) is Forests | Climate | Change. 21 March is also World Wood Day and 2015 is the International Year of Soils! Celebrate and spread the word! *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22622>... *Review of Targets for the Sustainable Development Goals: The Science Perspective* The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) have launched a new report on the Sustainable Development Goals targets. It is the first independent review conducted by the scientific community of the targets which are intended to operationalize the 17 goals due to be approved later this year. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22621>... *Global Research Suggests Forests and Green Spaces Have a Positive Effect on People's Health* The urban forest is increasingly being recognized for its benefits to public health and wellbeing. As a result, more European cities are including green spaces in their community health policies and promoting trees in their climate-change agendas. (*Press release by the International Society of Arboriculture ISA*) *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22628>... *Other Information* Announcements <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22620> Publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22619> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22618> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5655#c22617> *IUFRO Website Features* IUFRO Blog <http://blog.iufro.org/> Noticeboard <http://www.iufro.org/?id=95> Proceedings Archive <http://www.iufro.org/?id=75> Scientific Summaries <http://www.iufro.org/?id=79> RSS Feeds <http://www.iufro.org/?id=3745> Newsletter Archive <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147> *IUFRO News * *2, 2015, published in February 2015by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.Available for download at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ <http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> or visit <http://www.iufro.org/>www.iufro.org <http://www.iufro.org/> If you do not wish to receive IUFRO News, please send us a short note by e-mail (office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org>).Imprint: <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>www.iufro.org/legal/ <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>*