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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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The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is the global network for forest science cooperation.
IUFRO's field of scientific activity is spread over a number of Divisions.
IUFRO Task Forces are established to advance inter‐disciplinary cooperation.
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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.
Work together
There are many possibilities to collaborate within the IUFRO network. Join one of our many scientific Divisions or Task Forces to work together on forest-related topics.
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Dr. Yafang Yin is a professor from Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing China. He has been assigned to the Executive Secretary of IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists (since 2017), Executive Committee Member of IUBS (International Union of Biological Sciences) (since 2023) and Coordinator of Research Group 5.16.00-Wood Identification of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) (since 2020), Editorial Board of Wood Science and Technology (since 2021), the Associate Editor of the IAWA Journal (since 2020), and appointed to consultancies by the China CITES Management Authority (since 2014), and assigned to the China CITES Scientific Committee (since 2020).