Dear Meliaceae E-list: Below is the IUFRO Newsletter Issue 7/8, 2020. Past editions of the newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ Regards, Sheila Ward Deputy Coordinator IUFRO WP 1.02.04 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 6:40 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 7/8, 2020 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Issue 7/8, 2020 IUFRO NEWS 7/8, 2020 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you double issue 7&8 of IUFRO News 2020, volume 49. Although many IUFRO activities and events scheduled for 2020 had to be postponed to 2021 or even cancelled, we are encouraged by the extraordinary level of communication that continues among IUFRO units via email, social media and online conferencing. These activities, along with your continued communications with IUFRO Headquarters, keep our global network thriving despite the uncertainties of these times. For this, we are most grateful. IUFRO News Double Issue 7&8 is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at: https://www.iufro.org/publications/news/electronic-news/ *You are welcome to share this newsletter with your colleagues and publish the link on your organization's website!* Best wishes, Alexander Buck *IUFRO Executive Director* ______________________________________________ *To find out more about IUFRO, just visit* https://www.iufro.org and follow our blog https://blog.iufro.org/, Twitter: @iufro <https://twitter.com/IUFRO> and IUFRO Facebook entries <https://www.facebook.com/iufro>. *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;* Ozone Affects Plant, Insect, and Soil Microbial Communities and Threatens Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biodiversity [image: Photo showing Effects of elevated ozone on aboveground ecosystem processes. Source: Agathokleous et al. (2020).] In a new study published in the journal Science Advances, authors, including IUFRO Officeholders, provide the first comprehensive assessment of how ozone pollution can alter the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and, thus, threaten biodiversity. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30950>…* News from IUFRO Headquarters: Welcoming New GFEP Team Member Nelson Grima Nelson Grima joined the Global Forest Expert Panels Programme (GFEP) on 1 September as one of two GFEP Project Managers. Nelson will follow Andre Purret, who has held this position for several years and will continue to work in IUFRO Headquarters. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30949>…* Mark Your Calendar: 24-26 September 2021 - IUFRO Regional Conference in Russia This IUFRO regional conference, organized in collaboration with IBFRA and IFSA, will bring together scientists, educators and students from throughout Russia, countries of the Central and Northeast Asian region, and around the world. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30948>…* Forests and Transformative Pathways to Sustainability The IUFRO-WFSE Side Event at the 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 9 July 2020 event discussed the role of forests and forestry in transformative change, the levers of change across complex systems and ways to accelerate the progress towards sustainability. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30967>…* Two Important Surveys on Forest Education: Your Opinion Counts! Both the EFI-IFSA-IUFRO project and the FAO-ITTO-IUFRO global forest education project have launched surveys on educating towards forest-related employment and the status of forest education, respectively. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30947>…* IUFRO Values Ongoing Close Collaboration with IFSA The first digital General Assembly of the International Forestry Students' Association took place from 17-22 August 2020. IUFRO President John Parrotta delivered a welcome address and underlined the longstanding and excellent relationship between IUFRO and IFSA dating back to 2002. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30946>…* Awards Congratulations to Prof. Mike Wingfield! IUFRO's Immediate Past President Mike Wingfield, University of Pretoria (UP), won the "Special Annual Theme Award: Plant Health", one of this year's National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards, also known as the "Science Oscars" of South Africa. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30944>…* Dr. Richard Guldin to Receive 2020 Sir William Schlich Memorial Award This award of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) recognizes broad and outstanding contributions to the field of forestry with emphasis on, but not limited to, policy and national or international activities. The award is presented at the SAF National Convention and will be presented this year on Oct. 29. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30943>…* Wangari Maathai Award - Call for Nominations In 2021, the CPF will award another individual for her/his outstanding achievements for forests during the XV World Forestry Congress on 24-28 May 2021, in Seoul, Korea. Nominate your candidates! *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30953>…* Marcus Wallenberg Prize - Postponed to Autumn 2021 The 2020 Marcus Wallenberg Prize event will be held in the autumn of 2021. The Prize event was planned for October 2020. The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation has however decided to postpone the ceremony and symposium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30954>…* Obituary: Professor Nikolai Alexandrovich Moiseev We are sad to inform you that the active IUFRO officeholder and promoter of IUFRO in the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, Professor Nikolai Alexandrovich Moiseev, passed away on 23 July 2020 at the age of 90. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30955>…* The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations: 1981 - 2019 This book by Victor Teplyakov presents biographical sketches of recipients of the IUFRO Distinguished Service Award. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30941>…* The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy - A Multidisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in Forest Landscapes Stopping deforestation is crucial for the future of our planet. This book edited by William Nikolakis and John Innes, both of UBC, Canada, addresses the problems with balancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which inevitably have crosscutting effects on initiatives to address deforestation. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30940>…* Newsletters What's on in IUFRO Division 4? IUFRO Division 4 - *Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management* - has started a newsletter to keep everyone connected and updated on Research Group and Working Party activities – as well as IUFRO-wide news. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30938>…* IUFRO-JAPAN News No. 128 [image: Photo showing mountain in Japan. Photo by Thanapat Pirmphol on Pixabay.] IUFRO-J now has a New Chair, Dr. Tohru Nakashizuka. News Issue No. 128 contains a message from him. Reports of the IUFRO International Council Meetings in Curitiba and an annual report of IUFRO-J activities are also included in this issue. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30937>…* New on the IUFRO Blog SPOTLIGHT #80 - Becoming Visible – Non-timber Forest Products and a Sustainable Economy [image: Photo showing Becoming visible - here leaves of Cinnamomum tamala, traded in thousands of tonnes. Photo by Carsten Smith-Hall.] IUFRO put the Spotlight on the IUFRO Task Force on Unlocking the Bioeconomy and Non-Timber Forest Products, which aims to support the integration of non-timber forest products into bioeconomic approaches worldwide. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30935>…* Lignin from Wood and Agricultural Waste to be used in Automotive, Mass Timber (CLT) and Construction Applications [image: Photo showing MSU Forestry doctoral student Saeid Nikafshar formulating lignin-based polyurethane adhesive. Photo credit: Michigan State University.] MSU and Michigan Tech researchers study using lignin from wood and agricultural waste to replace petroleum-based polyols in polyurethane foams and adhesives. *Guest blog by Lauren Noel, Communications Manager for the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University (IUFRO Member Organization) **More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30934>*…* Harnessing Synergies between Agriculture and Forest Restoration: Communities work together to restore forests - an example from Nepal [image: Photo showing Local people preparing field for plantation in a Mikania cleared area. Photo by Lila Nath Sharma.] *Communities work together to restore forests - an example from Nepal:* Jalthal forest is a 6,000 ha forested land in the densely populated region in the lowland of Southeastern Nepal. For the last two decades the forest has been vastly invaded by *Mikania micrantha*, which is among the 100 worst invasive species. *Guest blog by Lila Nath Sharma, PhD, from IUFRO Member Organization ForestAction Nepal. **More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30933>…* The World is Fighting Forest Fires in the Midst of a Pandemic [image: Photo showing a fire burning. Photo by Skeeze on Pixabay.] Read this interview with Dr. Andrey Krasovskiy published in French. Dr. Krasovskiy is a Research Scholar working with the Ecosystems Services and Management Program (ESM) of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and a member of the IUFRO Task Force "Fire$: Economic Drivers of Global Wildland Fire Activity": *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30956>…* More News from Members "Detecting Tree Pests in under Two Hours with PCR Test", and "Deforestation Is Not Inevitable, but a Political Choice" [image: Photo showing scientist/researcher Richard Hamelin, UBC, in forest. Photo credit: Paul H Joseph/UBC.] Read about a new rapid DNA detection method developed at the University of British Columbia can identify certain tree pests and pathogens. Also find an article entitled "La déforestation n'est pas une fatalité, mais un choix politique" published by CIRAD researchers in the French newspaper "Le Monde". *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30932>…* Research Papers The Ethics of Isolation, the Spread of Pandemics, and Landscape Ecology [image: Photo showing Deforestation and landscape encroachment in the South of Chile, Araucania Region (@S. Luque)] This editorial of ‘Landscape Ecology' by João C. Azevedo, Sandra Luque, Cynnamon Dobbs, Giovanni Sanesi, Terry C. H. Sunderland is motivated by a webinar organized by the IUFRO Forest Landscape Ecology Working Party held on June24th, 2020. *More <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30960>…* COVID-19-induced Visitor Boom Reveals the Importance of Forests as Critical Infrastructure [image: Photo showing hikers in a forest. Photo: Silviu Costin Iancu on Pixabay.] This article in *'Forest Policy and Economics'* by Jakob Derks, Lukas Giessen, Georg Winkel (EFI, Bonn, Germany) aims to illustrate the impact that the measures against the spread of COVID-19 have on forest recreation. *More* <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30961>*…* Other Information More Research Papers <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30962> Calls for Journal Manuscripts <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30965> Positions <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30931> Scholarships/Fellowships <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30930> Apply for OECD Conference/Travel Funds <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30966> IUFRO Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30929> Other Meetings <https://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=7074#c30928> IUFRO Website Features IUFRO Blog <https://blog.iufro.org/> Noticeboard <https://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/> Proceedings Archive <https://www.iufro.org/publications/proceedings/> 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 Double Issue 7&8* *, 2020, published in early September 2020 by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria. 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