Dear Meliaceae working party: Latest news from IUFRO on the 2014 World Congress that was held in October in Salt Lake City. Sheila Ward ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IUFRO Headquarters &lt;office(a)iufro.org&gt; Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:47 AM Subject: IUFRO NEWS 10&11, 2014 To: Dear IUFRO Officeholder &lt;mahoganyforthefuture(a)gmail.com&gt; [image: IUFRO News] Double Issue 10&11/2014 IUFRO NEWS 10&11, 2014 Dear IUFRO Officeholder: We are happy to present to you double issue 10&11 of IUFRO News 2014, volume 43. 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 <http://www.facebook.com/groups/6560127674/>. Best regards, 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 World Congress Underlines Importance of Quality Research Across the Full Range of Forest-related Sciences* Sustaining People: the Role of Research" brought together more than 3,500 participants from over 100 countries in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22312>... *Tree Planting Ceremony* On Sunday, October 5, a tree planting ceremony was held to commemorate the 24th IUFRO World Congress in Salt Lake City. In keeping with IUFRO tradition, four trees were planted as a gift to the host city during the ceremony. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22311>... *Pre-Congress Training* A Pre-Congress Training Session was held at the Snowbird Resort in Utah from September 29 to October 2. A total of 69 participants traveled from 30 countries to attend the five-day session sponsored by IUFRO's Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC). *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22310>... *Links to Congress Publications and Videos* Download the Program Book, the Abstracts, the Daily Congress Newsletters, and the Students Incubator Abstracts, etc.: http://www.iufro.org/events/congresses/2014/! Find all the Congress highlights at: http://blog.iufro2014.org/, and watch all Congress videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/IUFRO! *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22309>... *Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research – The Salt Lake City Declaration* On 11 October 2014, the Salt Lake City Declaration was presented to the participants of the 24th IUFRO World Congress. This Declaration draws attention to the fact that the need for international cooperation in forest research and the dissemination of research findings has never been greater. As the global network for forest science, IUFRO shall do its utmost to meet this need. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22308>... *Honours and Awards at the Congress* The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) honors through a variety of awards those who advance science and promote international cooperation in all fields of research related to forestry. Find a list of all who received an award, including the CPF's Wangari Maathai Award, during the 2014 World Congress. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22307>... *Major International Council Decisions* During this World Congress, the International Council met twice and discussed and decided on a number of matters of major significance for IUFRO, including the composition of the new IUFRO Board (2014-2019) and the venue of the IUFRO World Congress in 2019. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22306>... *Publications* Learn about the new IUFRO "Research Letters" that synthesize the work of the IUFRO Task Forces on highly relevant cross-cutting themes, a "History of IUFRO Congresses and Russia", the latest book published by IUFRO's Special Project on World Forests, Society and Environment entitled "Forests under Pressure - Local Responses to Global Issues", and *more* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22305>... *In the Bog – the Ecology, Landscape, Archaeology and Heritage of Peatlands* The conference held on 3rd to 5th September, in Sheffield Showroom & Workstation, Sheffield UK, brought together speakers and poster presentations from a range of disciplines, backgrounds and countries to examine the fascinating ecologies, heritage, histories and functions of peat bogs across the world. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22304>... *Sixth International Symposium on Physiological Processes in Roots of Woody Plants* Some 120 participants gathered at Nagoya University, Japan, on Sep 8-13, 2014, for the sixth symposium on physiological processes in roots of woody plants. Many presentations covered the importance of mycorrhizae to plant nutrient uptake and soil carbon pools. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22315>... *New Findings on the Dynamics between Forests, Land Use and Food Security* At the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) to be held in Lima, Peru, on 6–7 December 2014 an IUFRO/CIFOR discussion forum will present and debate emerging findings of a global scientific assessment of the relationship between forests and trees and food security and nutrition, carried out by the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) on Forests and Food Security. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22303>... *Show Off Your Forest Photography Contest* The protective role of forests, and how, in turn, we can protect them, is the central theme of the second edition of the FOREST EUROPE Show Off Your Forest photography contest. *More* <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22316>... *Other Information* Positions <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22317> IUFRO Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22303> Other Meetings <http://www.iufro.org/index.php?id=5612#c22302> *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 * *10&11, 2014, published in mid-November 2014by 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>*