Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the IUFRO Issue 5 2018 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: Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:22 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 5, 2018 To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 5, 2018 IUFRO NEWS 5, 2018 Dear Reader of IUFRO News: We are happy to present to you issue 5 of IUFRO News 2018, volume 47. 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 * *Submit your session proposal for the XXV IUFRO Congress by 1 August*: *29 September – 5 October 2019, Curitiba, Brazil!* *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; * *Tree Motion and Wind Measurement* The international Tree Motion and Wind Measurement Workshop in Roskilde, Denmark, addressed the needs of both meteorologists and tree/forest biologists to make accurate and appropriate measurements of the wind and of tree movement. The workshop was sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 8.03.06 - Impact of wind on forests. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27593>… *Sustainable Forest Management for the Future - The Role of Managerial Economics and Accounting* The Faculty of Forestry of Zagreb University, together with the Croatian Forest Research Institute, hosted an international conference in Zagreb, Croatia, in May with a focus on the economic and accounting aspects of SFM. The meeting was co-sponsored by IUFRO Units 4.05.00, 4.05.01, 4.05.02, and 4.05.03. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27592>… *New Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood* The technical workshop on New Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood held in Beijing in May was co-sponsored by Beijing Forestry University, IUFRO RG 5.01.00 and WP 5.01.09, and others. Presentations focused on advances in non-destructive and precision-based technologies for evaluating wood quality of forest resources and assessing structural conditions of historic timber structures. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27591>… *Operations Management in Wood Products Industries* On 17 May Vienna's University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria, hosted the second symposium on Operations Management in Wood Products Industries. The symposium aimed to introduce and discuss new challenges and solution approaches for the process improvement in the wood industry and its supply chain. It was co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 5.04.12. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27590>… *UNFF13 and Glimpses of the Upcoming Global GFEP Study on Forests and Water* At the thirteenth session of the UN Forum on Forests GFEP co-chair Meine van Noordwijk was a panelist in the Panel Discussion on the Contribution of Forests to the Achievement of the SDGs and Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies. The new global assessment report on forests and water will be launched at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2018) in New York this July. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27589>... *XXV IUFRO World Congress – Call for Sessions Now Open!* In keeping with the spirit of the Congress title – Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development - the Congress Scientific Committee (CSC) is developing a program that will highlight the contributions that forest science is making to address the significant environmental, social and economic challenges facing our world. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27598>… *IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative 2018: Our very first grantee, Ms Minette Nago* Ms Nago, from Cameroon, is the first candidate to start the IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative research visit. This brand new initiative is designed to provide a mobility grant for promising young scientists from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Her project is titled "The politics of forest and climate change cooperation in Congo basin" and is currently being conducted at Goettingen University, Germany. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6646#c27597>… *Two New Division 3 Podcast Episodes on Steep Slope Harvesting* In episodes 15 and 16 of the podcast series James Hunt and Dzhamal Amishev (FPInnovations) provide an overview of the new Steep-Slope Initiative of FPInnovations and talk about collaboration efforts with industry and global partners. 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