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The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists, which promotes global cooperation in forest-related research and enhances the understanding of the ecological, economic and social aspects of forests.
IUFRO News Vol. 54, Issue 1, January 2025
Enjoy the first issue of IUFRO News in the new format, experience the fresh look of the IUFRO website, learn about our DEI activities, listen to the latest podcast episode, read reports from meetings and more… In a landmark agreement, Asian
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XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024
The XXVI World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO, held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 23-29 June 2024, brought together 4271 delegates from 102 countries. Under the title "Forests and Society towards 2050", it provided a global
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12 Feb 2025 International Day of Forests - Photo Contest
Celebrating how forests contribute to food security and nutritionForests and trees help to feed the world – they are rich sources of foods such as
Fellowship
11 Feb 2025 Society of American Foresters - 2025 Gregory Award Application Open // 15 March 2025
The Gregory Award commemorates the legacy of G. Robinson (Bob) Gregory by bringing outstanding international students and early-career professionals to the annual SAF National Convention
Non-IUFRO Publication
31 Jan 2025 Austrian Wood Initiative Projects
The compilation of all projects and measures implemented in the framework of the Austrian Wood Initiative between 2021 and 2024 is now also available in
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30 Jan 2025 IUFRO 2024 World Congress Summary Report
The success of the IUFRO World Congress 2024 was a collective effort, involving hundreds of individuals. This summary report prepared by the Congress Organizing Committee
News by IUFRO
28 Jan 2025 IUFRO Establishes New Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are vital to the global science community and fundamental to IUFRO's overall mission of advancing forest science for
News by IUFRO
27 Jan 2025 IUFRO Launches New Website to Enhance Global Forest Research Collaboration
Kicking off the year 2025, IUFRO is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, now live at https://www.iufro.org/. This comprehensive update marks a
Non-IUFRO Publication
24 Jan 2025 Transforming Biocities - Designing Urban Spaces Inspired by Nature
The book highlights, among other things, why cities using wood in construction become carbon capture and storage infrastructures and how urban forests and the strategic
Courses and Webinars
24 Jan 2025 Advanced Training Course on Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Management
This course was developed by the EMMA4EU Erasmus + Project (Innovation Alliance for Training Programmes for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains in Europe, https://www.emma4eu.eu/). It is designed to
Non-IUFRO Publication
23 Jan 2025 TEAKNET Bulletin 2025
Teaknet Bulletin is a quarterly electronic newsletter of the International Teak Information Network (TEAKNET) brought out through its website. It is intended for circulation among
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22 Jan 2025 Communicating Forest Science – Language versions now available!
IUFRO’s Communications & Public Relations Working Party proudly presented the new ‘Communicating Forest Science' manual at the 2024 IUFRO World Congress in Stockholm. This updated guide
News by IUFRO
21 Jan 2025 Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research - WIFORCE
The growth of Sweden's forests has decreased significantly over the past 15 years. The causes remain unclear, but climate change is believed to play a
Courses and Webinars
21 Jan 2025 APS Seed Pathology Course: Developing & Validating Seed Health Assays
This course builds upon the APS Seed Pathology Fundamentals course, diving deeper into the latest and most effective practices for developing and validating robust seed health
Upcoming events
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18 Feb 2025
Webinar: Using causal inference to disentangle forest disturbance interactions under climate change
18 February 2025, 6.00 pm CET / 5.00 pm UTCSpeaker: Dr. Joan DudneyJoan is an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara in the Bren School
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17-21 Mar 2025
Achieving forest establishment at scale to address climate, environmental and economic challenges around the world
The first international conference of IUFRO Unit 1.01.04 Forest Establishment & Early Growth Dynamics (formerly called Forest Vegetation Management) was held on July 11-13, 2017
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17-19 Mar 2025
International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology 2025 (ISWST2025) with the Session of 2025 World Wood Day Symposium and The Seventh IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium
The Japan Wood Research Society (JWRS) invites all scientists interested and involved in various aspects of wood to the International Symposium on Wood Science and
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14-15 Apr 2025
26th International Wood Machining Seminar (IWMS26)
IWMS-26 is the 26th in a series of world-class seminars started in 1963. It provides a distinguished forum for leading international researchers and practicing engineers
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19-23 May 2025
IUFRO Division 7 Working Parties Conference: Tree health - from Cities to Forests
IUFRO conference announcement! Tree health - from cities to forests Zurich, Switzerland; 19-23 May 2025Organized byWP 7.02.02 Foliage, shoot and stem diseasesWP 7.02.05 Rusts of Forest TreesWP
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21-24 May 2025
4th World Conference on Forests and Parks for Public Health
Today, urbanization and modern lifestyles such as sedentary lives, increasing levels of mental stress related to urban living and contemporary work practices, low physical activity,
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02-06 Jun 2025
8th IUFRO International Workshop on Resistance Mechanisms and Breeding in Forest Trees
Save the date for the 8th IUFRO International Workshop on Resistance Mechanisms and Breeding in Forest Trees (previously known as the International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite
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09-13 Jun 2025
57th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC), FORMEC 2025
The 57th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization (FORMEC) will be held in Joensuu, Finland in June 9–13, 2025. Next year's FORMEC will take place under the
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30 Jun - 04 Jul 2025
6th International Conference on Soil Bio- and Eco-engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability
This conference is the sixth in the series 'The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability.' The first congress was held at Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004
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30 Jun - 04 Jul 2025
DecisionES_BR2025: Symposium on Ecosystem Services, Forest Management and Decision Making
The "DecisionES_BR2025: Symposium on Ecosystem Services, Forest Management and Decision Making" will take place from 30 June to 4 July 2025 in Porto Seguro, Brazil,
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01-05 Sep 2025
Influence of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Dynamics
Mark your calendars for the international conference "Influence of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Dynamics", to be held in Split, Croatia, on 1-5
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08-10 Sep 2025
2025 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry and Extension and Knowledge Exchange Joint Conference
IUFRO 3.08.00 Small Scale Forestry Research Group and 9.01.03 Extension and Knowledge Exchange Working Party are pleased to announce the First Call for Papers for
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Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
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