IUFRO Division 1 Meeting Held Virtually on Silviculture
IUFRO Division 1 Meeting Held Virtually on Silviculture
International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network
of forest scientists, which promotes global cooperation in forest-related research
and enhances the understanding of the ecological, economic, and social aspects
of forests and trees. IUFRO is "the" global network for forest
science cooperation. The vision of IUFRO is to be "The Global Voice of
Forest Science Promoting a Sustainable Future of Forests and Society" and
it unites more than 15,000 scientists in around 650 Member Organizations in
over 125 countries. IUFRO consists of eight divisions and scientists cooperate
in IUFRO on a voluntary basis.
Division
1 (Silviculture): this Division includes the study of forest and ecosystem
management; stand establishment and treatment (including fertilization);
agroforestry; biomass for energy; restoration of degraded sites; mountain zone
and arid zone silviculture; tropical, boreal, and temperate zone silviculture;
and natural (extensive) and artificial (intensive) silvicultural systems. This
division consists of 10 Research Units and 20 Research Groups.
Fifty-two
office holders of the IUFRO Silviculture Division got together
in an online meeting on 23 February 2021 to exchange views on strategic issues
and report on ongoing activities and future plans. The meeting started with
four scientific and technical presentations followed by a business meeting. The
presentations focused on ongoing and upcoming cooperation in forest research as
listed below:
1. Linda Nagel and
colleagues (including Khosro Sagheb-Talebi, an academic member of Research
Institute of Forests and Rangelands) uneven-aged silviculture during a
time of change
2. Stacy Clark and
colleagues Ecology and silviculture of chestnut: Chestnut: the new
initiative
3. Ho Sang Kang and
colleagues Long-term research on forest ecosystem management: Greening
and land degradation neutrality in dryland: a quick review
4. Andrés Bravo-Oviedo
and colleagues Ecology and silviculture of mixed forests: Managing
mixed forests: Research & Challenges
The
latter half of the meeting was devoted to IUFRO's Strategy Action Plan and a discussion
of ongoing and future activities to further strengthen cooperation within and
beyond IUFRO. Here are some of the goals and action points:
·
Hold events in cooperation with IUFRO Task Forces
and other Divisions, with online access.
·
Hold events outside of Europe and North America and
events in cooperation with external partners, private stakeholders, etc.
·
IFSA cooperation and training sessions for young
scientists and for colleagues from economically disadvantaged regions etc.
·
Review papers and similar publications, possibly
with external partners.
·
'New communication', including the use of
contemporary media and updating of webpage information.
·
New units and larger diversity in gender balance
and geographical coverage among officeholders (landscape-level silviculture,
sub-tropical silviculture, mangrove silviculture, other topics).
A
Report (abridged by editor) by Pil Sun Park, Teresa Fonseca, Khosro
Sagheb-Talebi & JP Skovsgaard was delivered in the final stage (click here for more details).
