Dear members,
Greetings to all.
The IUFRO
WP 2.08.07 on Acacia Genetics and Silviculture was set up in 2014 to provide a
forum for researchers and managers to share information on the problems and
opportunities which are facing tropical acacia plantation forestry in Southeast
(SE) Asia. This meeting jointly hosted by Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC)
and Forest Department of Sarawak (FDS) is the first opportunity the WP has had
to meet in Malaysia.
The Sarawak State Government has
embarked on industrial forest plantation (IFP) since 1997 with the introduction
of Planted Forest Rule (1997). To date, IFP covering 2.5 million hectares were
issued as a step to reduce pressure on natural forest and to ensure sustainable
supply of raw material to the timber industry. A target has been set for one million
hectares of IFP, to be achieved by 2025. In order to achieve the target, the
State Government urged the relevant agencies and licensees to intensify R&D
to enhance production of high quality planting material, pest and diseases
control, forest management, harvesting and the production of higher value added
products in order to improve IFP performance. The IFP target has not yet been
achieved, with only 435,000 ha of plantations established by 2018. R&D
collaboration with international research organizations has been identified as
an important contributing factor to strengthen plantation development. Tropical
acacias comprise a large proportion of Sarawak's forest plantations, so hosting
of the IUFRO Acacia Conference is timely.
Non-native acacias
have become dominant components of many SE Asian plantation landscapes. They
are increasingly being threatened by insect pests and pathogens. Regional
collaboration in SE Asia is urgently needed to lower the arrival and subsequent
movement of invasive pests and pathogens and to better manage damage to trees
by ‘new encounter’ or established pests.
The theme of the 3rd IUFRO
Acacia Conference “Embracing Transformation for
Sustainable Management of Industrial Forest Plantation” will address the
application of technology and innovation in upstream and downstream R&D. Researchers, plantation managers and
policy makers from around the world are encouraged to participate. The
conference will share knowledge, research findings and experience from
different disciplines, discuss current issues on IFP management and ways
forward, and strengthen collaboration among participants. The conference will
include invited and contributed presentations, posters, exhibition and
post-conference tours (in Sarawak and Sabah).
See you all in Bintulu in September 2020!
Warm regards,
Wicki
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