Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2019. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: *https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ <https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>* Regards, Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:18 AM Subject: [IUFRO Div 1] IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2019 To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News &lt;div1(a)lists.iufro.org&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Double Issue 2/3, 2019 IUFRO NEWS 2/3, 2019 Dear Reader of IUFRO News: We are happy to present to you double issue 2/3 of IUFRO News 2019, volume 48. The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/. You are welcome to pass on this newsletter to your colleagues! 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Also get to know the top 10 of the Global Competition on Forest Education. Two winners will be announced on 21 March! *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6760#c28450>*… Forest Education and Science at 2019 World Wood Day Symposium According to the motto of this year's International Day of Forests, forest education will be one of the five key topics to be discussed at a scientific symposium during the 2019 World Wood Day celebrations in Stübing, Austria. The symposium is jointly organized by IAWA, IAWS and IUFRO. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6760#c28449>*… UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Declared IUFRO welcomes the UN General Assembly's declaring 2021–2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. As an active member of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration, we would like to draw your attention to a recent UN Environment & FAO press release and to IUFRO-SPDC’s FLR activities. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6760#c28448>*… XXV IUFRO World Congress News Learn which IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Workshops will take place, learn about the application for IUFRO-SPDC's Scientist Assistance Programme (SAP), and read a preliminary announcement of who will receive scientific IUFRO Congress awards. Remember: 31 May 2019 is the deadline for early-bird registrations and presenting authors! *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6760#c28447>*… Innovations in Forest Industry and Engineering Design The 2018 edition of the INNO conference was the 9th in this series. It took place from 27-29 September in Sofia, Bulgaria, and attracted 58 participants from Turkey, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The conference was co-sponsored by IUFRO Division 5 Forest Products. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6760#c28464>*… Uneven-aged Silviculture: Challenges for Increasing Adaptability On 12-18 November 2018, the IUFRO Research Group on Uneven-aged Silviculture (RG 1.05.00) held the "11th IUFRO Workshop on Uneven-aged Silviculture: challenges for increasing adaptability" in Valdivia, Chile. 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