IUFRO NEWS 4, 2022
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you Issue 4 of IUFRO News 2022, volume 51!
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Alexander Buck
IUFRO Executive Director
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Towards More Informed Decision-Making Regionally and Globally
Read an interview with team members of IUFRO's Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme and find out about the latest GFEP global assessment report: "Over a decade of REDD+: Outcomes and socio-ecological impacts". It will be launched on May 4 at the World Forestry Congress! You can join the launch online! More…
Inspire for the Future – the Role of Forests in Ensuring Sustainable Production and Consumption
This hybrid event at EXPO Dubai on the International Day of Forests consisted of a high-level dialogue, a keynote speech and a panel discussion and focused on four guiding themes: Sustainable Lifestyle, Responsible Cities and Communities, Responsible Forest Ecosystem Services, and Responsible Industries. More…
World Wood Day 2022 – Trees for Good
The 2022 World Wood Day Online Symposium & The 4th IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium on 21 and 22 March discussed "Trees and Non-Wood Forest Products: Challenges, Opportunities and Sustainability". The event was hosted by the International Wood Culture Society and World Wood Foundation. More…
Are Today’s Graduates Prepared for the Future of the Forest Sector?
What impacts do globalization, digitalization, changing societal demands and climate change have on forest-related employment? What skills are essential for future land managers and decisions makers? What motivates people to pursue forest-related studies? Answers were presented at the "Final Event of the Joint EFI-IFSA-IUFRO Capacity Development Project". More…
Webinar Series: Forest Mensuration and Modelling Chats
The first webinar in the new IUFRO Research Group 4.01.00 series of "Forest Mensuration and Modelling Chats" was titled "Resilient and resistant urban forests: Adventures in statistical modeling of forest structure and response to disturbance" and was kindly hosted by the University of British Columbia, Canada. More…
Let’s Talk About Planted Forests: Will We Run Out of Seeds?
This webinar organized by the IUFRO Task Force Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy on 18 March was kindly hosted by the Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée (IECF). It offered a unique opportunity to exchange views on seed availability from the perspectives of three countries, the UK, France and Portugal. More…
Pine Silviculture: International Success Factors
The title of the first webinar held on 10 March was "Management of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) for resilience – A Central European Perspective". It featured keynote speaker Professor Peter Spathelf (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development HNEE, IUFRO Working Party 1.01.10). More…
Announcements
All-IUFRO Conference
The All-IUFRO Conference "Forests in a Volatile World – Global Collaboration to Sustain Forests and Their Societal Benefits" will be held in Vienna, Austria, on 21-23 September 2022 in a hybrid format. It is open to all IUFRO Divisions, Task Forces and Special Programmes and Projects and will also discuss the role of forests for the SDGs. More…
Seeking IFSA Student for Internship with IUFRO
IUFRO and IFSA are inviting applications for an internship with IUFRO. The intern will perform tasks in assistance to the various projects of IUFRO and will be stationed at the IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna. The deadline for applications is 6 May 2022 at 11:59 pm GMT. More…
Survey on Human Ignition Drivers and Fire Risk in Europe
You are invited to take part in a survey carried out as part of the H2020 EU funded FirEUrisk research project. FirEUrisk intends to develop, evaluate and disseminate a science-based integrated strategy. The survey is available in eight languages. More…
2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for Sustainable Concept for Wood-based Textile Fibres
The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. More…
Invitation to Nominate Candidates for IUFRO AWARDS
The XXVI IUFRO World Congress to be held from 23 to 29 June 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden provides us with another opportunity to honour outstanding scientific achievements and contributions to forestry with a range of IUFRO Awards. The deadline for submission of nominations is 15 May 2023! More…
Publications
Implementing Forest Landscape Restoration - A Practitioner’s Guide: Now in Sinhala and Tamil
The Sinhala edition and the Tamil edition of the IUFRO Practitioner's Guide are now available. The translation work for these editions was accomplished within the framework of the Project "Capacity Building for Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation in Malawi and Sri Lanka" supported by the Audemars-Watkins Foundation. More… |