Dear IUFRO Meliaceae list: This issue of IUFRO news may be of interest. Regards, Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 3:46 AM Subject: [IUFRO Div 4] IUFRO NEWS 8&9, 2016 To: Dear Reader of IUFRO News &lt;div4(a)lists.iufro.org&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 8&9/2016 IUFRO NEWS 8&9, 2016 Dear Reader of IUFRO News: We are happy to present to you double issue 8&9 of IUFRO News 2016, volume 45. 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>. 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>* *IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress: Call for Abstracts Now Open* Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2016! The Congress Scientific Committee invites submissions of abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, "Interconnecting Forests, Science and People" in 2017. All submissions must be made online: http://iufro2017.com/call-for-abstracts/ *IUFRO Task Force on Biological Invasions Meets in USA* Biological invasions by non-native plants, insects, plant pathogens, mammals and other organisms are altering forest ecosystems and threatening the sustainable management of forests worldwide. The IUFRO Task Force on Biological Invasions is working on the synthesis of the current scientific knowledge on invasions as well as identifying knowledge gaps. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25601>… *Climate Change Induces Northward Expansion of Forest Pests* Climate change is causing northward shifts in species ranges. For mobile species such as insects this will increase their access to forest ecosystems where in the past their presence and impact was limited. Against this background a workshop on "Climate induced range shifts in boreal forest pests and their ecological consequences" was organized in Sept-Îles, Québec, Canada. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25600>… *The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability* The international conference on Soil Bio- and Eco-engineering was the fourth meeting in the series. It was hosted by the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Australia. This conference is a unique venue for scientists and practitioners to meet and discuss advances in research and methods on slope stability, erosion & vegetation. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25599>… *Ecosystem Services and Natural Hazards of Mountain Forests in Central Asia* Mountain forests in Central Asia provide critical provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services (ES). Investigations of the ES benefits of forests in the region include numerical weather modeling to evaluate the services of forested watersheds. An International Expert Workshop took place on 18–22 July 2016 in Kapriz Center, Baktuu – Dolonotu, Kyrgyz Republic. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25604>… *Successful IUFRO Session on Governance and Forest Landscape Restoration at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai'i* The purpose of the session was to better understand governance challenges related to forest landscape restoration (FLR) implementation, and options to address these. The case studies that were presented referred to situations where the context in terms of technical capacities, legal systems, tenure arrangements, economics, landscape histories, among others, differed significantly. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25605>… *44th International Forest Students' Symposium - Regional Forests, Global Perspectives: Strengthening bonds of forestry students around the globe* The 44th International Forestry Students' Symposium (IFSS) took place from 7-23 August 2016 in Austria and Bavaria, Germany. It offered 130 students from 31 countries on 6 continents the chance to learn about forestry in Austria and exchange their experiences. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25606>… *Forests and the Bioeconomy: Challenges and Opportunities* Read the first of a series of four interviews with the keynote speakers of the IUFRO-AO 2016 Congress in Beijing, China this October! Dr. Elspeth MacRae leads wood and fibre processing activities, including biorefinery, biodiscovery and bioplastics at Scion, New Zealand. Her keynote speech will highlight state-of-the-art biotech research and the role of bioproducts. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=6356#c25607>… *The Role of Forests in Urban Green Spaces* This is the second of a series of four interviews with the keynote speakers at the forthcoming IUFRO-AO2016 Congress. 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