IUFRO Profiles John Parrotta
John Parrotta
Immediate Past President
Washington DC, United States

Biography

A IUFRO officeholder since 1993, John is the national program leader for international science issues for the Research and Development branch of the USDA Forest Service. He works with government agencies and external partners to support international efforts to strengthen forest science, biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management worldwide. He previously worked as a scientist at the Forest Service’s International Institute of Tropical Forestry in Rio Piedras, PR, conducting research in Puerto Rico, Brazil and India on tropical silvics, forest restoration, and forest ecology. 

Prior to joining the Forest Service, he was a research scientist with the University of Puerto Rico’s Center for Energy and Environment Research from 1987-1991. 

John holds BA and BS degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA (1980), an MSc degree in Ecology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1981), and a PhD in tropical forest ecology and management from Yale University (1987).

IUFRO Functions

Immediate Past President – IUFRO Enlarged Board
Immediate Past President – IUFRO Board
Task Force Task Force Coordinator for Task Force "Former Task Force "Traditional Forest Knowledge""

IUFRO Publications

Policy Brief - REDD+, Biodiversity and People: Opportunities and Risks

World Series Vol. 40 - Forests, Climate, Biodiversity and People: Assessing a Decade of REDD+

World Series Vol. 31 - Understanding Relationships between Biodiversity, Carbon, Forests and People: The Key to Achieving REDD+ Objectives

World Series Vol. 23 – Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa

World Series Vol. 21 – Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge

Occasional Paper No. 15 - Science and Technology - Building the Future of the World’s Forests; Planted Forests and Biodiversity

Occasional Paper No. 17 - Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy - Guidance for Scientists and Research Organizations

World Series Vol. 15 – Meeting the Challenge: Silvicultural Research in a Changing World

World Series Vol. 26 - Traditional Forest Related Knowledge, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management in Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia.