Fwd: IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 9, September 2025
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 9 of IUFRO News 2025, volume 54. 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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Fwd: IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 7&8, early September 2025
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 7/8 of IUFRO News 2025, volume 54. 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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*International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)*
IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 7&8 / ISSN 2501-2432
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*IUFRO Podcast: From Tree Only to Participation*
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"soft skill", with people's participation often overlooked. This episode
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crucial. You'll uncover how Division 6 serves as a key platform, fostering
cooperation and interdisciplinary communication within the scientific
community.
Purabi Bose highlights the evolution of social aspects, moving from
government-run programs to a focus on community-based forest management and
conservation, especially involving local and Indigenous communities. Learn
about recent scientific developments, including how funding is now
increasingly decentralized and directed to local communities, and the
growing emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion in forest work.
The discussion touches upon critical topics researched by Division 6, such
as forest recreation, nature-based tourism, conflict resolution, urban
forestry, gender in forest science, forest education, and rural governance.
This is an opportunity to explore how these social elements are not
peripheral but central to sustainable forestry.
Don't miss this insightful conversation that calls for more voices and
diverse ideas to highlight the social aspects of forests and forestry. Tune
in to Branching Out: the forest podcast! Listen wherever you enjoy your
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Fwd: IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 6, June 2025
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 6 of IUFRO News 2025, volume 54. Past editions of the
newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news
Regards,
Sheila Ward
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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 Div 8] Forests to fall victim to "the Humpty Dumpty effect": leading scientists reveal a precautionary tale
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
The announcement below may be of interest.
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 Div 8] Forests to fall victim to "the Humpty Dumpty
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*Forests to fall victim to “the Humpty Dumpty effect”: leading scientists
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- A collapsed society and economy cannot be 'put back together again',
scientists warn in the International Union of Forest Research
Organizations' latest report.
- The report explores for the first time, the role of forests in
upholding and enhancing the resilience of social and economic systems.
- Science shows that regardless of proximity to forests, global
economies and societies rely on forests in deeply complex ways, and
political shifts can leave forest socio-ecological systems extremely
vulnerable.
- 'Business as usual' policy making will fail. Scientists are
recommending proactive, bottom-up, long-term approaches over short-term
economic gain, to preserve the foundations of society.
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*Vienna, 5 June 2025* - A global report on the role of forests in providing
economic and social resilience, has revealed that the rapid pursuit of
economic growth, coupled with a critical misunderstanding of how forests
can preserve resilience, has set a path for undoable destruction.
Researchers have dubbed this "The Humpty Dumpty Effect".
Research shows that forests are being pushed to the brink of collapse,
which could send ripple effects across the globe, destabilising societies
and economies, and just as the nursery rhyme warns, collapsed systems
cannot be 'put back together again'.
Launched today on World Environment Day, this report is the first of its
kind. Leading scientists convened by the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations (IUFRO) to explore, for the first time globally, how
forests contribute to social and economic resilience in the face of
disturbance and change, and how societies can, in turn, support and steward
resilient forest systems. Scientists are calling on policymakers to abandon
business as usual and recognise that forests are not isolated systems but
instead exist as social-ecological systems (SES).
In this vein, the world's forests are not immune to global regime shifts.
As political polarisation grows, climate change is becoming deprioritised,
and markets are shifting in response, and changing the way in which we rely
on, manage, and protect our forests. Scientists warn that by failing to
uphold forest resilience, we are pushing them beyond the point of recovery.
*Dr. Craig Allen, Resilience Scientist and Professor at the School of
Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln said:* "It's not
just the trees that fall - it's a whole web of relationships between
species, soil, water, and people that unravels. Once disrupted, these
relationships can't simply be 'replanted'. We need proactive resilience
building now, rooted in science, justice and long-term thinking."
Indigenous Peoples and local communities have long been championed as the
custodians of our forests, often disproportionately impacted by the onset
of climate change. Whilst this is true, the report highlights that
policymakers underestimate the growing ways in which our world is
interconnected.
*Dr. Nelson Grima, Coordinator of the Science-Policy Programme at IUFRO
said: *"When we destabilise forests, the impacts can be felt across all
regions and economies. Forests are everyone's business - not just those
living nearby. Every person relies on forests to either regulate their
climate, sequester carbon, or to alleviate poverty, ensure food and clean
water or to keep economies stable. It's not about proximity."
IUFRO's report recommends how policymakers can improve and better
understand how forests uphold social and economic resilience in ways that
acknowledge the world's interconnectedness. Economic prosperity cannot be
considered synonymous with improving the resilience of social-ecological
systems, in fact, it's often quite the contrary.
On World Environment Day IUFRO is calling on policymakers and
decision-makers to transform their understanding of the challenges and
solutions our forests face, and to move from reactive, short-term, siloed
decision-making to long-term, proactive, systems-based approaches that
treat forests as part of our social, economic, and environmental fabric.
*#ENDS#*
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*Notes To Editors:*
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*The report launch event details are listed below:*
Online roundtable: *Findings from a New Global Assessment on Forests for
Social and Economic Resilience*
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World Environment Day, *05th June 2025, 2pm CEST* (online)
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*About the report:*
This report, titled "Forests as pillars of social and economic resilience",
presents the results of the ninth global scientific assessment undertaken
within the framework of the IUFRO-led Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP)
Initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). All GFEP
assessments are prepared by internationally recognised scientists from
varied professional backgrounds and geographical contexts. The publications
are presented to stakeholders across relevant international policy fora to
support more coherent policies on the role of forests in addressing the
environmental, social, and economic challenges reflected in the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 3] IUFRO Annual Report 2024 now available!
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
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Fwd: IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 5, May 2025
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 5 of IUFRO News 2025, volume 54. Past editions of the
newsletter can be found at: https://www.iufro.org/iufro-news
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Fwd: [IUFRO Div 2] IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 3&4, April 2025
by Sheila Ward
Dear IUFRO Working Party on Resource Data in the Tropics:
Below is Issue 3/4 of IUFRO News 2025, volume 54. 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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