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Read an interview with IUFRO Vice-President Professor Shirong Liu, President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, and Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Forestry. In this interview he underlines the importance of forests and water interactions, highlights the need for interdisciplinary research and multi-stakeholder approaches and offers a sneak preview of the Asia/Oceania science-policy forum at the upcoming IUFRO World Day, among other things.

This issue also informs about the new partnership agreement between Mondi and IUFRO, the recent launch of a new policy brief on forests and poverty in the African context, the upcoming launch of a book on forest education in Africa, and presents a series of opportunities for collaboration and participation.

Read reports from online meetings, special sessions and workshops on a diverse set of topics including, among others: integrated risk management for natural hazards in the Alpine space; linking growth models with remote sensing data; forest landscape restoration in Latin America; latest advances in evolution and adaptation of Fagaceae and Nothofagacea; soil biodiversity and management; and much more…

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