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This is a video recording of a webinar held on April 14.

CONTENT PASSWORD: "IUFRO" Powerpoint (ppt) commented presentation popularizing our article (aims, methods, results complemented by photos and recorded accompanying commentary). Article link: https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-40/issue-2/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00059.1/Structural-and-Tree-Species-Diversification-as-a-Challenging-Task-in/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-19-00059.1.full

GEDI data combined with Sentinel-2 data are used to produce maps of carbon stock in India, complemented with information on how reliable the maps are.

Readiness of Mediterranean nursery system to meet climate change challenges: facts and needs

The forest in the semi-arid are under threat. Climate and land-use changes have been causing their decline and lack of natural regeneration. This video shows how local site characteristics influence the long-term forest growth. Using this knowledge we can improve planning and regenerate the forests for our future.

Get to know IUFRO Division 5.04.13 and its members. Watch the 2018 Spring Webinar Series.

Present the work of WFSE

The Forest Research Division (FRD) shows its goals and activities, research groups, members and main research projects.

Recognizing the strong leverage of inputs into mountain regions for global sustainability and poverty alleviation, BOKU - University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, runs a Masters Program for Mountain Forestry

From CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center), through research and education, we seek to contribute to the territorial management, conservation and sustainable management of forests in Latin America so that the region can benefit from the multiple goods and services offered by these landscapes, especially to the populations.

Con nuestro trabajo en bosques atendemos las necesidades de los países de la región en el tema forestal, para así mejorar el bienestar humano.

Learn more about the Oregon State University College of Forestry, a leading institution in Forest and Natural Resource research and education.

The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) informs about their research on Forest Health, Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE), interdisciplinary topics and many more relevant forest-related research topics.

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ForestAction Nepal shares a list of published articles, a peer reviewed journal and a video highlighting their work on enhancing livelihoods of local communities through improved forest management.

A special-made video to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the International Centre for bamboo and Rattan, giving accounts of the basics of our research institute and the progress made in the past two decades.

The Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research provides a recorded session on innovate sustainable technologies, several publications and articles on their research work in Ethopia and a link to find out more on the EEFRI website.

This video is creating awareness about the effects of climate change on all aspects of human ranging from Agriculture, health among others. It points out that mitigating climate change is on a one man job hence everybody should sit up to curtail the menace.

The World Bamboo Organization shows two videos: "Promoting sustainably grown and harvested timber bamboo as a major contributor for both global climate change and poverty mitigation" and "It's time to plant bamboo"

The Teagasc Forestry Development Department provides integrated research, advisory and training services to the farm forestry sector in Ireland. This video highlights some of our research and extension activities.

This session will discuss the roles of forest ecosystem services in mitigating climate change while prioritizing biodiversity and sustainability. The efforts taken by tropical countries, focusing on Malaysia and Indonesia to reduce carbon emission through improved sustainable forest management, especially in timber harvesting operation, are discussed following the recent webinar of Forest Operation and Climate Change- The RIL-C Approach. This session will continue with a talk delivered by Assoc Prof Dr Zaiton Samdin from Universiti Putra Malaysia, addressing forest as an agent for climate change mitigation and benefit to the society and economy in a recorded session. The title of her talk is Tropical Forest Ecosystem Goods and Services.

Video: LSFRI Silava researchers will tell about latest research projects what are focused on issues related to forestry and forest ecosystem services, tree breeding and genetic resources, climate change and forest regeneration.

The video briefly introduces the history, scientific & research achievements and international cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) over the past more than 60 years.

The Forest History Society hosts numerous databases in forest & conservation history, archival collections, oral histories, publications, films, and over 200,000 historic photographs. Contact the FHS Librarian, Archivist, and Historian for assistance..

The UN Decade of Restoration is in big need of proven dry forest restoration techniques. Among the international TreeDivNet few experiments evaluate tree diversity effects in dryland forests. This poster reports first results of the Ethiopian IDENT tree diversity experiment, where both tree diversity and shade show positive effects on growth.

A video collage of 20-25 30 second videos of division 4 members will be streamed. In these short videos, officers will introduce themselves and their work. The video will highlight the diversity of members.

Growth rates of five Indian tree species were determined and environment was found to be a major factor affecting growth rate in trees. Growth rings hold potential for revealing the environment in which the tree was growing.

The Forest Research Centre (FRC) is the R&D division of the Sabah Forestry Department. Featured here are the current research programmes and priorities of the centre. Besides FRC, the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC) is also highlighted. RDC which is also located in Sepilok, Sandakan, is one of Sabah’s prime environmental education and nature recreation centres.

The video present the scientific activities of the Institute of Forest Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

Rehabilitation of Awba-Dam watershed ecosystem to conserve aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, threatened by nonpoint source pollution and eutrophication. The dam, constructed in 1964, supplies water to the University community.

We present the Swedish Faculty of Forestry, Swedish University of Agriculture (SLU). With our uploaded material we will present our Departments, Bachelor and Master programs (with emphasis on those taught in english), and key Research programs.

Highlighted FSC contents based on scientific research or opening doors to new research thus making it relevant for the IUFRO community.

to combat illegal logging and its associated trade, and to support a sustainable supply chain of forest products through the development of advanced wood identification tools or systems

The life process needs a particular environment which is very common in our Universe. Soil takes place in the heart of the our planet critical zone. An Android or iOS application allows to classify in a standardised process the humipedon, the more “critical zone” of...the soil.

An analysis of the commensalist relationship and morphophysiological adaptations between "Quercus humboldtii" (Fagaceae) as a phorophyte and epiphytes of the Andean forest is presented, and additionally a general review of the study on the patterns of vertical distribution of bryophytes in trees of Q. humboldtii, in the municipality of Belmira, department of Antioquia, is carried out.

Selected researchers from FFPRI’s research areas on forest, forestry, wood industry and forest tree breeding present state-of-the-art topics of their research including future perspective and international collaboration.

MCME shows a short video highlights the different flagship programs and projects being implemented in Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR) and an infographic about the impact of Mount Makiling Forest Reserve as an ASEAN Heritage Park.

Description of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, highlighting its objectives and core research focus and activities.

The introductory video of World Wood Day shows the beauty and the cultural value of wood and forests through multicultural and multidisciplinary programs for a better understanding and public involvement.

A brief description of the Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the goals and objectives of the network and its thematic areas of focus in line with IUFRO's current Strategic focus.

Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI) was established by Act No.5 of 1980 to conduct, co-ordinate and regulate forestry research as well as to disseminate scientific information to end users.

Openness and transparency are science’s basic values. Wide dissemination and reproducibility of research results call for open science. Our slideshow discusses the open access concept and services for open research.

Find articles and explore the website of the Fakultas Kehutanan, Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB University). The Department of Forest Management was established in 1968 under the Faculty of Forestry IPB-University and consists of three divisions: forestry planning, forestry policy, and forest resources utilization. The Department of Forest Products provides education in the technology of utilization and processing of forest products.

We present the importance of tree mortality for forest health and present both goals and achievements of our task force.

Talk in a conference of the French Academy of Agriculture on "Diversité génétique au sein des espèces et résilience des systèmes agronomiques et forestiers"

Embrapa Forestry, Unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Cooperation, shares its research work on forest-related topics

The presentation will present results of a trial that investigated the environmental fate of pesticides applied operationally in South African plantation forests

Find a Spotlight of the Session on social innovation at the Anniversary Congress in Freiburg and a brochure that demonstrates the knowledge of social innovation in forestry.

Video with a message of researchers from several countries and continents regarding the little support that has been given to the education and research in forest seed science and technology.

We use bamboo to replace plastics by nature-based solution.

A conversation between a Kolla elder, a forest engineer from the same Indigenous People, moderated by a western social scientist, on the Indigenous cosmovision, the complementarity of TFRK and western science and the potential to address environmental challenges.

APAFRI was setup during the meeting of the Heads of Forestry Research in Asia Pacific held in Bogor, Indonesia in 1995. The overall objective of the organisation is to foster the development of forestry research for sustainable forest management in the Asia Pacific Region. The APAFRI Secretariat is now hosted in the beautiful campus of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia. We welcome collaboration from interested parties to further enhance our capacity building activities on R&D for the benefits of our member institutions in the Asia Pacific region.

considering the ecological diversity of the country, the main view of this division is based on the ecosystem approach, in which it is necessary first of all to understand the existential nature, ecological characteristics and the natural succession of forest stands in order to preserve forest and soil.

In this video presentation, INBAR Deputy Director General Prof. Lu Wenming will describe INBAR's work on bamboo and rattan for sustainable development

The Forest School at Yale School of the Environment shared information about new grants and initiatives, education and outreach, and research publications. Highlights include the new Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, an online speaker series on the Promise and Practice of Community Forestry, and research published in thematic areas of Forest Ecology, Urban Forestry, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, and Wildlife. For more information you can subscribe to The Overstory newsletter.

Compilation of activities and resources related to the joint EFI-IFSA-IUFRO project, which offers traineeship to forestry students, conducts research on forest education and employment and explores way to prepare foresters for future