Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the IUFRO Issue 11 2017 newsletter. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 6:28 AM Subject: [IUFRO Div 7] IUFRO NEWS 11, 2017 To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News &lt;div7(a)lists.iufro.org&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 11/2017 IUFRO NEWS 11, 2017 Dear Reader of IUFRO News: We are happy to present to you Issue 11 of IUFRO News 2017, volume 46. 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! To find out more about IUFRO, just visit <https://www.iufro.org/> 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>. 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; * *Teak in Productive Landscapes: An Introduction to Global Efforts Put into the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Teak Resources* At the 27th Session of the Asia Pacific Forestry Commission meeting at Colombo during 23-27 October, TEAKNET organized a partner event with the financial support of FAO of the United Nations on the occasion of a *Global Teak Study* report published by IUFRO in its World Series Publications Volume 36 in June 2017. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27019>… *The Future of Forests and Forestry in Asia and the Pacific* Convened by the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok, a number of international organizations including IUFRO were invited to a panel discussion to share their views on likely developments and probable pathways of change taking place in and around forests in the Asia-Pacific region. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27018>… *IUFRO Tokyo 2017: Actions for Sustainable Forest Ecosystems under Air Pollution and Climate Change* At the 28th IUFRO conference for Specialists in Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems in Japan, emphasis was placed on air pollution in East Asia, particularly on the impacts of tropospheric ozone and nitrogen depositions and of climate change impacts on growth and carbon sequestration of forests. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27017>… *Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources* The 2017 conference in Belarus was the first international meeting in this cycle that was held outside the Russian Federation. The meeting was hosted by the Institute of Forest of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and attracted a total of 256 participants from 18 countries. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27016>… *9th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC) and Annual Meeting IAWS 2017* About 190 participants from 18 countries attended the meeting and actively discussed various aspects of wood science. The event was co-sponsored by IUFRO Research Groups 5.01.00 - Wood and fibre quality, and 5.06.00 - Properties and utilization of plantation wood. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27015>… *20th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium* The International NDTE of Wood Symposium is a forum for those involved in nondestructive testing and evaluation of wood, wood-based materials and products. Co-sponsored by Forest Products Society (FPS) and IUFRO Research Group 5.01.00, the event attracted scientists and practitioners in the field from 18 countries. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27012>… *Forest Operations Researchers and Geospatial Scientists Meet in Joint Symposium* The 17th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR) was unique in that it brought together two traditionally disconnected disciplines both working on forest decision support systems: the remote sensing/geospatial informatics community and operations researchers. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27011>… *Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Global Change* The International Symposium on Sustainable Forest Management in the Context of Global Change (ISSFM-CGC) in Harbin, China, focused on topics such as restoration and rehabilitation of forest ecosystems, sustainable management of forest ecosystems, and forest ecosystem services and functions. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27010>… *New Interim Director General of CIFOR* Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), following Peter Holmgren. In a recent interview he spoke about his decades of experience with CIFOR and in tropical forestry research, and laid out plans for the future. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27013>… *Other Information* Awards <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27022> Publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27014> Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27023> Fellowships/Scholarships/Research Funding <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27008> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27007> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6585#c27006> *IUFRO Website Features* IUFRO Blog <http://blog.iufro.org/> Noticeboard <https://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/> Proceedings Archive <https://www.iufro.org/?id=75> Scientific Summaries <https://www.iufro.org/?id=79> RSS Feeds <https://www.iufro.org/?id=3745> Newsletter Archive <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=147> *IUFRO News 11* *, 2017, published November 2017by IUFRO Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.Available for download at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ <https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/>Contact the editor at office(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org> or visit <https://www.iufro.org/>www.iufro.org <https://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: <https://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>www.iufro.org/legal/ <https://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>* _______________________________________________ IUFRO Mailing List To post a message to all list members, send email to: div7(a)lists.iufro.org List info and Archive: http://www.iufro.org/science/ iufro-mailing-lists/overview/