Recent and upcoming IUFRO podcasts and webinars
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Here are recent IUFRO Podcasts and upcoming webinars.
22 Jul 2026 Season 3, Episode 6. In Difficult Terrain. What it takes for
restoration to be successful especially from a forest operations
perspective. With IUFRO TF on Health, Safety and Social Dimensions of
Forest Restoration Operations.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-6-july-2026
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25 Jun 2026 Season 3, Episode 5. Raised to solve problems.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-5-june-2026
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01 Jun 2026 Season 3, Episode 4. or the love of trees and wáter.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-4-june-2026
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05 May 2026 Season 3, Episode 3. Not a moral add-on.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-3-may-2026
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17 Mar 2026 Season 3, Episode 2. New ways of doing things.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-2-march-2026
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16 Mar 2026 REPORT: Advancing Sustainable Forest-based Bioeconomy
Approaches.
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/advancing-sustainable-forest-based-bioecon…
17 Feb 2026 Season 3, Episode 1, February 2026. Breaking down silos
https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news/branching-out-season-3-episode-1-february-…
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WEBINAR: 25 Aug 2026 830 CEST (UTC+2) 13:30 Bangkok time (UC+7) Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning in Forest Technology Webinar. IUFRO Div
3.0, Research Group 3.03.
https://www.iufro.org/events/artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-i…
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator
IUFRO WP 4.02.01 - Resource data in the tropics
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40201/
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Fwd: IUFRO News Vol. 55, Issue 7, July 2026
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 7 of IUFRO News 2026, volume 55. Past editions of the
newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator
IUFRO WP 4.02.01 - Resource data in the tropics
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-4/40000/40200/40201/
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Subject: IUFRO News Vol. 55, Issue 7, July 2026
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*International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)*
IUFRO News Vol. 55, Issue 7 / ISSN 2501-2432
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*News from IUFRO*
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* Restoring Forest Landscapes: Celebrating Success in Malawi
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In early June, the Centre for Applied Systems Analysis (CASA), an IUFRO
Member Organization, held two Open…
[image: Knowledge-sharing workshop highlights role of field sites in forest
landscape restoration]
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* Knowledge-sharing workshop highlights role of field sites in forest
landscape restoration
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Antigua and Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, 23-26 June 2026 – A
knowledge-sharing workshop titled "Common Ground: Field Demonstration…
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* WoodPoP Dara Hall of Fame Open
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The WoodPoP Dara Award 2026 celebrates outstanding achievements in timber
architecture and engineering at pan-European level. The first…
[image: Call for Bids for Hosting the XXVIII IUFRO World Congress in 2034]
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* Call for Bids for Hosting the XXVIII IUFRO World Congress in 2034
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IUFRO Member Organizations that wish to host the XXVIII IUFRO World
Congress in 2034 in their country are invited to submit their bids until…
[image: IUFRO at the 10th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference 2026]
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* IUFRO at the 10th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference 2026
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More than 130 participants, including ministers, state secretaries,
policymakers, researchers, international organizations, observer…
[image: Launch of Science and Timber Construction Alliance]
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* Launch of Science and Timber Construction Alliance
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Under the leadership of climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
(IIASA), the Science and Timber Construction Alliance (SITCA) was…
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* Advancing DEI in Practice
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Following the adoption of the IUFRO Guiding Principles on Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in 2025, work has…
[image: IUFRO Mentorship Initiative (Pilot 2026): Following the Journey]
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* IUFRO Mentorship Initiative (Pilot 2026): Following the Journey
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Since its launch earlier this year, the IUFRO Mentorship Initiative (Pilot
2026) has moved into its most important phase:…
*Branching out - Season 3, Episode 5, June 2026*
*Raised to Solve Problems*
The fifth episode of Season 3 of *Branching Out: The Forest Podcast*
focuses on the IUFRO Task Force *Stand Complexity in Planted Forests*
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*. *Task Force co-leads *Christophe Orazio*, Institut Européen de la Forêt
Cultivée (IEFC), France, and *Tim Payn*, Bioeconomy Science Institute
Maiangi Taiao, New Zealand, talk with IFSA co-host *Clarissa Chimeremeze
Enyi*, Nigeria, and IUFRO about the resilience and value of planted
forests, and the need to address common misconceptions.
*Tune in to* *Branching Out: the forest podcast*
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Listen on *Spotify*
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and *Apple Podcasts*
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*Event announcements*
[image: Webinar: Visualizing Individual Tree Characteristic]
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* Webinar: Visualizing Individual Tree Characteristic
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IUFRO Working Party 4.01.07 "Tree Growth, Mortality, and Remote Sensing" is
pleased to invite you to the…
[image: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Forest Technology
Webinar]
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* Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Forest Technology Webinar
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Welcome to the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Forest
Technology Webinar, where the future of forestry meets advanced data…
[image: 34th International Mechanical Pulping Conference (IMPC 2026)]
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* 34th International Mechanical Pulping Conference (IMPC 2026)
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The 34th International Mechanical Pulping Conference (IMPC 2026) will be
held from 8 to 11 October (CST, China Standard Time) 2026 in Nanjing,…
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- FETEC 2026]
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* 7th International Symposium of Forest Engineering and Technologies -
FETEC 2026
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Digital Transformation in Forest Engineering 4.0 and Beyond: Artificial
Intelligence and Information Systems…
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* Green the City - Grow the Future
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How can we make our cities greener, more liveable and truly sustainable?
This is the question that the 'Green the City - Grow the Future'…
[image: All-Division 4 Conference: Beyond Stability: Forest Assessment,
Modelling and Management for an uncertain future]
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* All-Division 4 Conference: Beyond Stability: Forest Assessment, Modelling
and Management for an uncertain future
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Beyond Stability: Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management for an
Uncertain Future” is an IUFRO conference encompassing the full scope of…
*Bioeconomy as a Common Context for Forests: IUFRO Task Force at UNFF21*
IUFRO's Task Force T50, "Building an Integrated Vision of the Forest-Based
Sector within a Bioeconomy,” was represented at the twenty-first session of
the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF21) in New York, 11–15 May 2026, by Herrick
Fox (UC Berkeley).
The bioeconomy thread at the session ran through the Country and
Organization-Led Initiative on Sustainable Forest-based Bioeconomy
Approaches (COLI), led by Austria with Australia, Finland, Japan, Türkiye,
FAO and IUFRO. At its side event, "Vienna Call for Action: The Power of
Forest-Based Bioeconomy," IUFRO launched its expanded Policy Brief, *Advancing
Forest-Based Bioeconomy Approaches*. The initiative's science-led
think-tank work is to be led by IUFRO through its bioeconomy Task Force,
which places T50 close to the question the session kept circling.
*Read on*
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*Event reports*
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* Impacts of World War II on Finnish Forestry and Forest Policy
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On 18 May 2026, the IUFRO Task Force on Post-Conflict Forest Landscape
Restoration held a webinar titled…
[image: SSAFR2026: The 21st Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest
Resources]
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* SSAFR2026: The 21st Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources
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The SSAFR2026 on May 17-21, 2026, in San Sebastián/Donostia, Basque
Country, Spain, was the 21st of a series of symposiums on…
[image: 2026 SILVA Network Annual Conference: Co-operation in higher forest
education – from open educational materials to joint curricula and degrees]
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* 2026 SILVA Network Annual Conference: Co-operation in higher forest
education – from open educational materials to joint curricula and degrees
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The conference in Bern, Switzerland, on 18-20 May 2026 focused on
Co-operation in higher forest…
[image: 2nd International Sorb Tree Conference]
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* 2nd International Sorb Tree Conference
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"Everything you always wanted to know about the service tree" From 19-21
June 2026, experts from six European countries…
[image: Silviculture of spruce - experiences from Canada and Sweden]
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* Silviculture of spruce - experiences from Canada and Sweden
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Spruce species are one of the most important species in the
boreal/nemoboreal zone. A webinar on 28 May 2026,…
[image: Discover Tropical Forest Operations Summer School]
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* Discover Tropical Forest Operations Summer School
<http://url8074.news.iufro.org/ls/click?upn=u001.C6oMVBOd8j-2B22go-2BVoSNMxp…>*
Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted a summer school on
tropical forest operations on 15-19 June 2026. The event, which was…
*IUFRO Forest Carbon "3S" TF Webinar: Biomass and Carbon Substitution*
On June 2nd, 2026, the IUFRO Task Force-Interaction and Synergy of Carbon
"3S" (Sink, Storage and Substitution) in Forest Value Chains (Forest Carbon
"3S") convened its second international webinar of the year, themed
"Biomass and Carbon Substitution”. The event brought together 70+ leading
researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from multiple continents to
examine the climate change mitigation potential of wood-based products and
rigorous methodologies for quantifying carbon impacts in the built
environment. The webinar was co-hosted by the Carbon Footprints journal and
IUFRO WP 5.12.01 – *Life Cycle Analysis of Forest Products*
<http://url8074.news.iufro.org/ls/click?upn=u001.C6oMVBOd8j-2B22go-2BVoSNMxp…>,
underscoring the growing interdisciplinary attention to biomass
substitution as a forest carbon solution.
*Read on*
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*Event reports continued*
[image: 24th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDTE) of
Wood Symposium]
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* 24th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDTE) of Wood
Symposium
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The 24th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood
Symposium was hosted by the Department of Sustainable…
[image: 17th IUFRO International Christmas Tree Research and Extension
Conference]
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* 17th IUFRO International Christmas Tree Research and Extension Conference
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The IUFRO CTRE conference is a biennial event that brings together
international researchers and industry professionals to discuss Christmas…
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* 28th European Forum on Urban Forestry 2026
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The 28th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) took place in Malmö,
Sweden, under the theme "Diversity in Urban Forestry –…
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* Seed Orchards 2026
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The Seed Orchards conference on May 18-22, 2026, which brought a total of
73 participants from Korea, China, Canada, Türkiye, Austria,…
*Other announcements*
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* Call for Wood Champions
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Are you doing extraordinary things with wood? The Grow the Solution
campaign is looking for makers pushing sustainable wood into unexpected…
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* Call for Evaluators – Join the DP-FOBI Evaluator Pool
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Call for Evaluators: DP-FOBI Doctoral ProgrammeThe University of Eastern
Finland invites experts to join the evaluator…
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