Become a member
Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
The Working Party will specifically focus on analyzing the development of indicators and indicator sets as well as studying changing requirements for indicators for sustainable forest management. In addition, the Working Party aims at analyzing methodologies for developing and reviewing indicators and indicator sets as well as reviewing scientific options and making policy relevant recommendations for the further advancement of existing C&I for SFM processes, such as FOREST EUROPE, the Montreal Process, the Tehran Process for Low Forest Cover Countries etc. and through its research support related international efforts, such as those by UNFF, FAO, UNECE, EU, Eurostat and EEA.
The Working Party will specifically focus on analyzing the development of indicators and indicator sets as well as studying changing requirements for indicators for sustainable forest management. In addition, the Working Party aims at analyzing methodologies for developing and reviewing indicators and indicator sets as well as reviewing scientific options and making policy relevant recommendations for the further advancement of existing C&I for SFM processes, such as FOREST EUROPE, the Montreal Process, the Tehran Process for Low Forest Cover Countries etc. and through its research support related international efforts, such as those by UNFF, FAO, UNECE, EU, Eurostat and EEA.
List of Working Party members: PDF
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IUFRO addresses "Gender equality in forestry" through a Task Force and through dedicated Units of its Division 6 "Social Aspects of Forests and Forestry" with
25 years of using criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management has had significant positive impacts, though challenges do remain, according to two new publications