Issue 5 of IUFRO News 2024, volume 53

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Equity and Justice Must Take Center Stage in International Forest Governance

At a side event held during the 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19), the Science-Policy Programme of IUFRO presented the first global synthesis report on international forest governance in 14 years, titled "International Forest Governance: A critical review of trends, drawbacks, and new approaches". More

26th IUFRO World Congress Coming Soon

An exciting program full of science and innovation, knowledge exchange and presentation, networking, socializing, and getting to know the host region is waiting for you. If you have not registered yet, now is the time to do so! Visit the Congress website and learn about the program and?more

UNFF19 Declaration Reaffirming UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2017-2030

At UNFF19, IUFRO contributed mainly to the CPF events on 9 May 2024. In the course of the Dialogue with CPF Heads and UNFF Partners on Achieving Globally Agreed Goals on Forests, Climate Change, and Biodiversity, John Parrotta, IUFRO President, made a statement on how science and information can change the behavior of producers and consumers.?More

Grow the Solution Initiative Aims to Promote Wood-based Products for Climate

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Communicators Network Joint Initiative launched a new initiative at UNFF19 to encourage greater use of products made from sustainably grown wood as a key strategy for combating climate change.?More

The Might of Vegetative Propagation for Healthy and Productive Forests to Face Climate Changes

The 6th international conference of IUFRO 2.09.02 Working Party 'Somatic embryogenesis and other vegetative propagation technologies' took place in Rotorua, New Zealand, hosted by Scion. Beyond fundamental knowledge about tree propagation, participants discussed the latest findings in vegetative propagation to support forest health and adaptation.?More

The 2024 World Wood Day - Diversity of Wood in Culture

The World Wood Day (WWD) 2024 Event, 2024 WWD Online Symposium and the Sixth IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium, 21-22 March, involved IUFRO RG 5.01.00 and IUFRO WP 9.03.02. This year's symposium focused on the diversity of wood and non-wood forest products including six topics.?More

Leakage Impacts of the EU’s Biodiversity and Climate Policies

The International Forest Policy Meeting (IFPM) is a biennial event addressing forest and forest-related issues from a social science perspective and bringing together scholars and research from different parts of the world. At the 5th IFPM in Helsinki, Finland, a panel session on 12 April 2024 discussed leakage impacts of the EU's biodiversity and climate policies.?More

Robot for Silviculture and Automatic Planting Machine

This edition of the Webinar Series "Let's Talk About Planted Forests" involving the IUFRO Task Force Resilient Planted Forests Serving Society & Bioeconomy took place on 29 March. This was a unique opportunity do discover the ambitious R&D activities ongoing in New Zealand in relation to precision silviculture covering autonomous stock monitoring and?more

The Role of Political Leadership in Europe’s Wood Supply

In a webinar hosted by TEAMING UP 4 FORESTS on 23 April, the role of political leadership in shaping sustainable wood supply across Europe took center stage. With a turnout of over 120 participants joining via Zoom and LinkedIn, the webinar provided a dynamic platform for robust discussions and knowledge sharing.?More

Pine Plantations in South Brazil: State of Play

The fourth webinar in the series "Pine Silviculture: International Success Factors" took place on 16 April 2024. It featured keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Peter Spathelf (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, IUFRO 1.01.10) and Prof. Dr. Mauro Valdir Schumacher (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil).?More

Announcements

IUFRO World Congress Host Scientific Awards

The Congress Organizing Committee (COC) recommended the recipient(s) of an award for pre-eminent forest scientists from the country/ies that host the IUFRO World Congress. These awards will be presented to the three renowned scientists during the Opening Ceremony on Monday 24 June.?More

Welcoming Jacklyn Care Linayao to IUFRO HQ

Care?joined the IUFRO HQ team as a junior policy and project administrator for the Secretariat of European wood policy platform (woodPoP) . In this role, she will be supporting woodPoP in its various administrative, communication, and project management tasks.?More

Latest IUFRO Podcast Episode: The way forward for forests, science and people

One of the highlights of the season finale is the outlook on the upcoming IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm this summer. Our guests shared their expectations for this global gathering, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and knowledge-sharing in addressing the challenges facing our forests.?More

Forest Education Flourishes: Innovations Post-Covid

The Global Competition on Best Practices in Forest Education 2.0 organized by the IUFRO-IFSA Joint Task Force on Forest Education provided valuable insights into the innovations developed by scientists, professors, and teachers globally to navigate the challenges posed by COVID-19 and maintain the flow of knowledge to students. Find out about the winners!?More

News from Members and Partners

IFSA is Ready for the IUFRO World Congress

The International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) has planned a highly impactful participation of young people and forestry students at the upcoming 26th IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, aligning with the Congress theme of "Forests & Society Towards 2050".?More

BFW Celebrates 150 Years

IUFRO congratulates its Member No. 0001, the Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW) on its 150th anniversary! BFW has dedicated the 13th edition of Lichtung (in German) to this special anniversary and invites readers to a journey through time.?More

BFW Presents New Forest App

The Austrian Research Center for Forests (BFW), has developed the augmented reality app "?swald - App in den Wald!" (in German). This innovative application aims to inform young people about the importance of forests, biodiversity, and climate change in an entertaining and interactive way.?More

UK Forest Research Presents Tree Species Database

Find information on over 60 tree species that are either widely grown in British forests at the present time or which could play an increasing role in the future.?More

UK Forest Research – Wind Risk in a Changing Climate

ForestGALES is Forest Research 's leading wind risk modelling tool, used across the UK and internationally. Read an interview with Tom Locatelli, Senior Climate Change Scientist and Project Leader – Wind Risk in a Changing Climate, as he talks about wind risk in forestry and how ForestGALES helps foresters and land managers plan and manage woodlands and forests.?More

The ResAlliance Project

The project titled Landscape Resilience Alliance for Agriculture and Forestry in the Mediterranean Basin (ResAlliance) is coordinated by the European Forest Institute and will run from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2025. The aim of the project is to provide foresters and farmers with the knowledge and tools they need to implement innovative landscape resilience solutions.?More

Survey for Latin America and the Caribbean: Innovation in the Wood Value Chain

This survey is aimed at identifying innovative forest centers within Latin America. It is directed at professionalization and forestry technification centers (prevocational and vocational) and/or universities that have this type of center.?More

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