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IUFRO NEWS 11/12, 2022
Dear IUFRO Officeholder:
We are happy to present to you Double Issue
11/12 of IUFRO News 2022, volume 51!
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Progress in Small-scale Forestry
Beyond the Pandemic and Global Climate
Change
Family, community, and other small-scale
forests play a crucial role in the wider
society. For many forested countries, they
significantly contribute to the economy
through forest-based businesses, providing
rural livelihoods and ecosystem services.
IUFRO has a very active Research Group (RG)
dedicated to small-scale forestry research!
Find out more…
REDD+ and Forest Landscape
Restoration (FLR): Stakeholder Views and
Potential Synergies
IUFRO held a hybrid session
on 11 November 2022 at the Global Landscapes
Forum (GLF) alongside COP27 in Sharm
El-Sheik, Egypt. Speakers Stephanie
Mansourian, Pablo Pacheco, Michael Kleine
and Nathália Nascimento highlighted linkages
between REDD+ and FLR and shared insights on
stakeholder views. More…
The Smart Panel Production Plant
A smart panel production
plant is fully equipped with non-destructive
sensors able to identify problems and
measure material properties quickly and
effectively. In this IUFRO 5.04.08 seminar
on 19 October 2022, the non-destructive
sensor network of a wood-based production
plant was discussed. Read more…
Effects of Multicollinearity in
Model-based Inference
In this edition of the
IUFRO RG 4.01.00 "Forest Mensuration and
Modelling Chats", Dr. Svetlana Saarela of
the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and
Natural Resource Management (MINA) of the
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
talked about the effects of
multicollinearity on model-based prediction
accuracy and precision. More…
Forest Genetics and Tree
Breeding: Past Progress and Future Prospects
This international
symposium on 12 November 2022 was held as
the 10th Anniversary International Symposium
of the Japanese Society of Forest Genetics
and Tree Breeding. The importance and high
possibility of genomic data for forest
genetics, evolutional study and tree
breeding were highlighted in four
presentations. More…
Seasonal Migration in the Forest
Sector: Workshop with Journalists
Forest Europe in
collaboration with IUFRO, Migrapreneur and
2811 organized a workshop in Berlin on 27
October 2022 that brought together three
experts on forest employment and education
and eleven journalists from eight countries.
One of the keynote speakers was Dr. Mika
Rekola, University of Helsinki, Finland,
Coordinator of IUFRO RG 6.09.00. More…
Nominate Your Candidates for
IUFRO Awards!
The XXVI IUFRO World
Congress to be held from 23 to 29 June 2024
in Stockholm, Sweden, provides another
opportunity to honor outstanding scientific
achievements and contributions to forestry
with a range of IUFRO Awards. Please
nominate suitable candidates for the various
categories of awards. More…
IUFRO-IFSA Collaboration
Supported by Magdalena Jovanović
My name is Magdalena
Jovanović. I am a master student in European
Forestry at the University of Eastern
Finland. I am actively involved in the
International Forestry Students' Association
(IFSA) where I served as the President for
the term 2021/22, and I continue my
engagement this term as the head of the
IUFRO Sub-Commission. More…
Introducing IFSA President
2022/23: Agustín Rosello Hinrichs
My name is Agustín Rosello Hinrichs and I
am a recently graduated forest engineer from
Chile. For this on-going term 2022/23 I have
the honor and responsibility to be the
President of the International Forestry
Students' Association (IFSA). Collaborations
such as the annual internship program for
IFSA members at the IUFRO Headquarters
reflect the incredible partnership we have
built between the two organizations. More…
Fifty Years of Celebrating
International Mountain Day!
On the occasion of the
International Mountain Day on 11 December,
IUFRO would like to highlight the Resilient
Future Forests Lab RFFL, which is being
implemented by IUFRO-SPDC together with
several IUFRO Member Organizations in the
mountainous Kyrgyz Republic and in
Uzbekistan. More…
Bioeconomy Perceptions Survey
Targeted at Students
This survey designed by
EFI's Bioregions Facility is an important
tool to help European regions learn more
about their own bioeconomy ecosystem. It
aims to provide insights into how students
of higher education perceive the role of
entrepreneurship in the field of bioeconomy,
as well as related opportunities and
challenges. More…
Congratulations! Oldest Forest
Research Institution in Italy Celebrates
100th Anniversary
One hundred years ago the
Royal Experimental Forestry Station of Italy
was founded in Florence by the master of
Italian forest researchers, Prof. Aldo
Pavari, IUFRO President from 1954 to 1956.
In these hundred years the forestry sector
has undergone a profound transformation. Read more…
Greetings from Amazonia:
Children, Forests and Poetry
The Brazilian Agricultural
Research Corporation Embrapa presents the
video "Children, Forests and Poetry", which
highlights the importance of the integrated
approach between science, culture, community
and ecosystem. More...
Comparative Analysis of Latin
American Environmental and Forestry Law
Earlier this year members
of the Latin American Network of
Environmental Forestry Law (RELADEFA)
presented a publication about forests and
forest legislation in 15 Latin American
countries. Now IUFRO Working Party 9.06.01
Coordinator Gloria Sanclemente (RELADEFA)
has prepared a complementary analysis. Read
more…
Green Impact, Green Jobs: The
Future of the Pan-European Forest Sector by
FOREST EUROPE and Thünen Institute
A recent report by FOREST
EUROPE and the Thünen Institute of Forestry,
a Member Organization of IUFRO, provides
latest facts and figures about employment in
the pan-European forest sector, gives
recommendations on how to reverse these
trends and informs about green forest jobs.
Read more…
What are the Main Challenges
Faced by the Urban Forestry Sector in
Europe?
While the benefits and
especially the need of urban forests are
being increasingly recognized, the road to
the realization of such projects is often
full of bumps and obstacles. The "Blueprint
for Innovation in Urban Forestry" produced
by Uforest provides a comprehensive overview
of the main challenges. More…
An Assessment of Uptake of the
Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators
The twenty-fifth session of the Committee
on Forestry (CPF) requested FAO to analyze -
in collaboration with members of the CPF -
the uptake of the Global Core Set of
Forest-related Indicators (GCS) by other
reporting processes and the extent to which
they decrease reporting burdens on
countries. More…
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IUFRO News Double Issue 11/12, 2022,
published in early December 2022
by IUFRO Headquarters, Marxergasse 2, 1030
Vienna, Austria.
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