Dear IUFRO Meliaceae Working Party: Below are various recent announcements from IUFRO (and other) 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/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Latest climate warning. 12 May 2026 New Policy Brief Outlines Pathways to a Forest-Based Bioeconomy. https://www.iufro.org/news-item/new-policy-brief-outlines-pathways-to-a-for… 12 May 2026 IUFRO Annual Report 2025. https://www.iufro.org/publications/annual-report-2025 26 May 2026 SPIN Pan-Europe Swift Action Mechanism (SAM) - Rapid Policy Outputs Released. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/spin-pan-europe-swift-action-mechanism-sam… 08 Jun 2026 Science-Policy Exchange on Financing and Policy Instruments for Biodiversity in the Pan-European Region. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/science-policy-exchange-on-financing-and-p… OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLE: 29 Oct 2025 The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/75/12/1016/8303627 OPEN SURVEY: How do you use the annual State of the Climate Reports https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/climate_report ? Survey posted 8 Jun 2026. See the survey at https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu/form/climate-report OPEN SURVEY: Human–Nature Relations and Nature-Based Therapies, from the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova. This survey explores how human–nature relationships and nature-based therapies contribute to health, well-being, and resilience. Responses from researchers and practitioners working across forestry, environmental sciences, public health, recreation, and related fields are particularly welcome. The survey is available in English, Italian, Spanish, and German and takes ~45 minutes to complete. Survey link: https://resonate-horizon.eu/individual-online-public-survey/ WEBINAR: 18 Sep 2026 1000 CEST (UTC+2) Overtourism in Forests close to urban areas – Challenges and opportunities across Europe. Interntiona Union of Forest Research Organizations. Join at https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fmeet%2F… CONFERENCE: 65th Southern Forest Health Work Conference SFHWC. 4-6 Aug 2026 Jekyll Island, Georgia. https://sfhwc.org/annual-meeting/ CONFERENCE: 7th International Conference of the IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party - Somatic Embryogenesis and Other Vegetative Propagation Technologies. NEW DATES: 22-28 Aug 2026 | Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China. https://iufro2-09-02-2026conference.web.app/ CONFERENCE: FETEC 2026 – 7th International Symposium of Forest Engineering and Technologies. “Digital Transformation in Forest Engineering 4.0 and Beyond: Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems Applications”. 12-14 Oct 2026 | Brașov, Romania. Abstract deadline 20 Jul 2026. https://www.ormantransportu.org/fetec2026 | https://www.iufro.org/events/7th-international-symposium-of-forest-engineer… CONFERENCE: Adaptive Silviculture of Complex Pine Stands: Challenges for Forest Persistence. 20-22 Apr 2027 | Technical School of Forestry of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), Spain. Organized by the Ecology and silviculture of pine Research Unit (1.01.10) of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), the Silviculture group of the Spanish Society of Forest Sciences (SECF), the Forestry School (UPM), the Forest Research Institute (ICIFOR, INIA-CSIC), with IUFRO Units 1.01.12 (Silviculture and ungulates), 1.04.00 (Agroforestry) and 1.09.00 (Ecology and silviculture of mixed stands). Abstract deadline 30 Sep 2026. https://blogs.upm.es/iufro-madrid2027/ CONFERENCE: Joint Conference of IUFRO Division 5 and SWST. Future Forest Use: Advancing Wood Science and Forest Products for a Circular Bioeconomy. Division 5 Forest Products, International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO; International Society of Wood Science and Technology SWST. 30 May-3 Jun 2027 | Tartu, Estonia. Abstract submission deadline: 26 Oct 2026. https://www.iufro-div5-2027.ee/ CONFERENCE: Beyond Stability: Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management for an Uncertain Future. Division 4 International Union of Resserch Organizations IUFRO. 24-27 May 2027 | University of Göttingen, Germany. Abstract deadline https://naturalresources.tennessee.edu/beyond-stability-forest-assessment-m… CONFERENCE: Joint Meeting of IUFRO Research Groups 1.05.00 (Uneven-aged Silviculture) and 1.09.00 (Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed Forests). Complex Forests for Complex Challenges. 20-26 Jun 2027 | University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. https://www.iufro.org/events/complex-forests-for-complex-challenges | https://blog.uvm.edu/iufro2027/ CONFERENCE: IUFRO Conference on Forest Health. Global Partnerships and Sustainability. Division 7 – Forest Health, International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO. 9-13 Aug 2027 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Emphasis is on the importance of global and community partnerships in advancing sustainable management of forest health, and all perspectives are invited, including Indigenous knowledge systems and research approaches. WATCH IUFRO FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. RECORDED WEBINAR: 28 May 2026 Silviculture of spruce - experiences from Canada and Sweden. IUFRO Working Party 1.01.08 Ecology and Silviculture of Spruce. https://www.iufro.org/events/silviculture-of-spruce-experiences-from-canada… International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO PODCAST SERIES: Branching out. https://www.iufro.org/podcast | the forest podcast. From IUFRO. https://www.iufro.org/publications/iufro-podcasts/ 25 Jun 2026 Season 3, Episode 5. Raised to solve problems. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-5-june-2026 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 01 Jun 2026 Season 3, Episode 4. On the love of trees and wáter. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-4-june-2026 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 05 May 2026 Season 3, Episode 3. Not a moral add-on. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-3-may-2026 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 17 Mar 2026 Season 3, Episode 2. New ways of doing things. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-2-march-2026 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 17 Feb 2026 Season 3, Episode 1, February 2026. Breaking down silos https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-1-february-… | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 17 Dec 2025 Season 2, Episode 9. Division 9 - Forest Policy and Economics. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-9-december-… | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 6 Nov 2025 Season 2, Episode 8. IUFRO Division 8. Holistic approach to forest environment. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-8-november-… | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 23 Sep 2025 Season 2 Episode 7. IUFRO Division 7. What Makes a Forest Healthy? https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-7-september… | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 31 Jul 2025 Season 2 Episode 6. IUFRO Division 6. From tree to participation. Social Aspects of Forests and Forestry. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-6-july-2025 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… | 11 Jun 2025 Season 2 Episode 5. IUFRO Division 5 Forest Products. A century of wood. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-5-june-2025 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 7 May 2025 Season 2 Episode 4. IUFRO Division 4. Modelling the Future of Forests. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-4-may-2025 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 5 Mar 2025 Season 2 Episode 3. IUFRO Division 3: the 'how' of forestry. https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-2-episode-3-march-2025 | https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 16 Jan 2025 Season 2, Episode 2. Exploring Forest Physiology and Genetics: A Conversation with IUFRO Division 2. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 30 Nov 2024 Season 2 Episode 1. IUFRO Division 1 Silviculture. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 29 Apr 2024 Season 1 Episode 6. Outlook on the upcoming IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 19 Feb 2024 Season 1 Episode 5. The role of forests in shaping sustainable societies. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 27 Nov 2023 Season 1 Episode 4. How biodiversity and forest ecosystem services shape our world. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 20 Sep 2023 Season 1 Episode 3. Forests in clothes, food, and medicine? https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 28 Jun 2023 Season 1 Episode 2. Time to resist and adapt (strengthening forest resilience and adaptation to stress) Time to resist and adapt. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-… 12 Apr 2023. Season 1 Episode 1. IUFRO World Congress 2023, a new chance to meet. https://www.iufro.org/media/fileadmin/podcasts-iufro/branching-out-episode-…