Dear IUFRO Meliaceae E-list: This edition (#1 of 2017) of the IUFRO Newsletter may be of interest. Other past issues can be found at: http://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Regards, Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 12:13 PM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 1, 2017 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 1/2017 IUFRO NEWS 1, 2017 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 1 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 <http://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>. Celebrate IUFRO's 125th Anniversary with us on 18-22 September 2017 in Freiburg, Germany! 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(at)iufro.org <http://iufro.org>* *1st Latin American IUFRO Landscape Ecology Congress* The IUFRO Working Party on Landscape Ecology and the International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE), together with the University of La Frontera and the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile, organized the First Latin American Congress of IUFRO Landscape Ecology and the Second Latin American Congress of IALE from 28 November to 2 December, 2016. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25982>… *Vegetative Propagation Technologies in Plantation Forestry in the Context of Climate Change* The IUFRO Working Party on Somatic Embryogenesis and other Vegetative Propagation Technologies organized a conference on the "Development and application of vegetative propagation technologies in plantation forestry to cope with a changing climate and environment" in La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 19-23 September, 2016. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25981>… *Forestry in India: Current Scenario & Future Prospects* The National Conference on Forestry in India: Current Scenario and Future Prospects held in Shimla, India, on 15-18 November, 2016, brought together scientists, foresters and other stakeholders to evaluate the biodiversity status and state of the art in monitoring and assessment techniques, genetic improvement and management of forests and stands. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25980>… *Looking Back on the First IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania* Now that the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 has passed, we can say with absolute confidence that it was a great success. Read this interview with IUFRO President Professor Michael Wingfield. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25979>... *1st International Forest Cities Conference* The 1st International Forest Cities Conference in Shenzhen, China, on 29-30 November, 2016, attracted over 500 participants from 40 countries. One main purpose of the conference, acknowledging the United Nations goal of sustainable cities and communities, was to promote new models and new practices in building Forest Cities. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25978>… *Other Information* Announcements <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25977> Publications <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25976> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25986> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6411#c25985> *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 1* *, 2017, published in January 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 <http://www.iufro.org/>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: <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>www.iufro.org/legal/ <http://www.iufro.org/legal/#c10402>*