Dear Meliaceae Working Perty: This publication may be of interest. Regards, Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:04 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 8, 2017 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 8/2017 IUFRO NEWS 8, 2017 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 8 of IUFRO News 2017, volume 46. 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 www.iufro.org and follow our blog http://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <http://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro>. See you at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Week next week in Freiburg, Germany! Many sessions will be streamed live. If you cannot be in Freiburg, make sure to tune in! Find latest Congress information here: http://iufro2017.com/ 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(a)iufro.org &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; * *The Science in Dialogue Plenary Sessions at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress: A Unique Platform for Interaction between Scientists and Stakeholders* The four sessions where "Science meets Policy", "Science meets Business", "Science meets Stakeholders" and "Science meets Science" on 19 and 20 September 2017 will be major highlights of this Congress. Make sure to be there or follow on live stream. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26767>… *Sub-plenary sessions at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress* Eight sub-plenary Congress sessions from 20-22 September 2017 at 13:30-15:00 will focus on topical issues such as communication, future forests and forest governance and showcase the work of IUFRO Divisions 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26766>… *The IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists' Initiative Launch* The Young Scientists' Initiative is the latest of many collaborations between IUFRO and the European Forest Institute (EFI). This initiative has been established to equip young forest-related researchers with the skills and experience necessary to address the unique problems they will encounter in this fast changing environment. It will be launched in Freiburg on Thursday, 21 September 2017, at 12:00 - 12:45 in the Konzerthaus (room K 2-4). *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26765>… *Forest Products for the Future* The forest sector is among the leaders in sustainability, diversification, and innovation, and the theme of the 2017 IUFRO All-Division 5 Conference was: "Forest Sector Innovations for a Greener Future". This Innovation/Sustainability theme was the basis for the week-long conference and guided the agenda through a series of plenary sessions that catalysed discussion on what the future forest products sector might look like. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26764>… *Promoting Sustainable Resources from Plantations for Economic Growth and Community Benefits* The conference was jointly organized by the IUFRO Working Party 2.08.07 on Genetics and Silviculture of Acacia and Indonesia Forestry Researchers of FORDA (Research Development and Innovation Agency of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia). It discussed progress and development of various research related to plantation issues. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26763>… *Productivity and Safety of Final Cutting on Mountain Forests* This Joint Regional Meeting was supported by IUFRO Division 3 and the Japan Forest Engineering Society, and was co-sponsored by Ehime and Kochi Universities, Ehime and Kochi Prefectures, Forestry Agency, Shikoku Branch of Forest and Forest Products Research Institute. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26762>… *Publications* *IUFRO Task Force on Forests, Soil and Water Contributed to Special Issue of "Ecosistemas"* A brief special issue supported by the Task Force has been released in the journal Ecosistemas (in Spanish), with papers from Spain, Colombia and Mexico. *More Publications* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6543#c26761>… *Other Information* Fellowships <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26531> Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26530> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26527> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6518#c26526> *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 8* *, 2017, published in September 2017by 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 www.iufro.org <http://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: www.iufro.org/legal/ <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402> <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>*