Dear IUFRO Working Party on Meliaceae: Can you consider signing the petition below and passing it on to your colleagues and students? The deadline is 13 March 2023, midnight CET (GMT-1). The target signatories are scientists and professionals and students. Regards, Sheila Ward Deputy Coordinator, IUFRO WP1.02.04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& *Petition on tropical forests - Please sign by 13 March 2023*. (From ISTF member Plinio Syst) For the International Day of Forests on 21 March 2023, a group of forest scientists of the Forests and Societies Research Unit of CIRAD would like to publish an opinion piece on the urgent need to conserve and safeguard tropical forests. This opinion will be published in the French online newspaper Reporterre which has about 1.5 million readers per month. Please sign the form https://forms.gle/r981va1BNEEz8yfC9 before 13 March 2023, Midnight CET (GMT-1). Please read the document (English, French, and Spanish Version): English: Manifesto to save the tropical forests: "We want to live with the tropical forests" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_UuKuc68ncglcT7DdzVomVLqb1IkfFs/view?usp=… FRANÇAIS: Manifeste pour la sauvegarde des forêts tropicales: « Nous voulons vivre avec les forêts tropicales » https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysMSWzUQHTEjGgqoAKCIQff5aBe0Fg19/view?usp=… ESPAÑOL: Manifiesto para salvaguardar los bosques tropicales: "Queremos vivir con bosques tropicales" https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rIo-Fa3CGZTnWqSO6XIvoZvQeKxUX6e/view?usp=… You would be signing this opinion piece as an individual but you can also indicate your institution. The list of signatories and their institution (if you indicate it) will also be published on the Reporterre website with the opinion piece. We hope that this opinion paper will reach a large public and will be picked up by other media. We hope to increase our visibility and get opportunities to talk about the urgency in saving the tropical forests. Please disseminate this message to your scientists and student networks.