Dear Meliaceae Working party: Below is the IUFRO Issue 4 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: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:10 PM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 4, 2018 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 4, 2018 IUFRO NEWS 4, 2018 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you issue 4 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! 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Important topics such as biosecurity, surveillance, diagnostics, as well as impacts and management of pests and diseases were discussed. *More <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27529>*… *7th International Gall Symposium* The 7th International Symposium of Cecidology with the title 'Ecology and evolution of gall-inducing arthropods' was held between 3 and 8 March 2018 at the Huisun Experimental Forest Station, Nantou County, China-Taipei. The symposium was co-sponsored by IUFRO Working Party 7.03.02 Gall-forming insects. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6636#c27528>… *2018 World Wood Day* The theme of the 6th annual World Wood Day (WWD) celebrations that took place on 20-25 March 2018 in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, was "Life". World Wood Day is traditionally co-sponsored by IUFRO Research Group 5.15.00 - Forest Products Culture. 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