International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO

⚡️Abstract submission deadline coming up on
🗓️15 March 2026

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#ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests #ForestManagement #InvasiveSpecies #wildfire #ForestFire #ForestFires

Upcoming Seminar of the International Tree Mortality Network with Jordi Martinez-Vilalta @treemortality.bsky.social

👩🏿‍🦱Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏼‍🦳

👩🏼Women provide the diverse insights that help our planet, our economies, and our society thrive.

👩🏽‍🦰Let’s invest in their potential and ensure they have every opportunity to lead, innovate, and shape the present and the future.

Webinar Series "Sustainable Forestry Operations for the Bioeconomy": Sustainable Timber Harvesting Systems and Operations Join a one-hour online webinar on "Sustainable timber harvesting systems and operations" with experts from Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

❓How can modern harvesting systems improve efficiency while maintaining forest sustainability and protecting biodiversity?

🧑‍💻Learn this and more in the upcoming webinar
Sustainable Timber Harvesting Systems and Operations
🗓️Friday, 13 March 2026; 🕑14.00 (GMT+7)

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Webinar on Forest Carbon and Silviculture The IUFRO Task Force "Interaction and Synergy of Carbon '3S' (Sink, Storage and Substitution) in Forest Value Chains" held webinar focusing on forest carbon and silviculture. This webinar brought together leading international experts to discuss forest carbon dynamics, silvicultural practices, and their roles in climate change mitigation across different regions and management contexts. The webinar was open to researchers, practitioners, policymakers and students who are interested in forest carbon, silviculture, and climate change mitigation. Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 14:00-15:30 UTC Chair: Amina Aden, Kenya Forestry Research Institute Speakers - Prof. Shuirong Wu, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China - Prof. F. E. "Jack" Putz, University of Florida, USA - Prof. Otávio C. Campoe, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil - Prof. Lilli Kaarakka, California Polytechnic State University, USA Open discussion on forest carbon and silviculture: moderated by Prof. Markku Larjavaara, University of Helsinki, Finland

🎥 IUFRO Headquarters posted a video

🏢 https://unjobs.org/organizations/iufro

📍 https://unjobs.org/offices/iufro_vie
🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/forest-carbon

🗣️ Forest pathologists, entomologists!

⚡️Abstract submission is now open for:
🐛Ecology and Management of Biotic Disturbances in Forests
📍27-31 July 2026; 🗓️Fredericton, NB, Canada

🗓️Deadline: 15 March
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#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestPathology #ForestEntomology

ForestCore – Ingeobosque This conference invites a global and interdisciplinary dialogue on sustainable forest management, expanding beyond traditional timber-focused approaches to integrate ecosystem services and…

🚨Happening later today!

🌲High-Integrity Forest Carbon🌳
🗓️Friday, 6 March 2026, 🕒12:00 PM ET

This session will feature two complementary perspectives: "Teaching About Forest Carbon in Extension" and "Close-to-Nature Forestry."

➡️ www.ingeobosque.org/forestcore/#...

#ForestCarbon #EcosystemServices

❓How can modern harvesting systems improve efficiency while maintaining forest sustainability and protecting biodiversity?

🧑‍💻Learn this and more in the upcoming webinar
Sustainable Timber Harvesting Systems and Operations
🗓️Friday, 13 March 2026; 🕑14.00 (GMT+7)

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/webin...

☀️Hotter and drier conditions under ongoing climate change are causing tree mortality events and altering forest dynamics worldwide.

🧑‍💻Learn more in the webinar:
☀️Limits and opportunities in predicting drought-induced forest mortality
🗓️24 March 2026; 🕓4:00 pm CET

🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨Mark your calendar for the webinar

🌲High-Integrity Forest Carbon🌳
🗓️Friday, 6 March 2026, 🕒12:00 PM ET

This session will feature two complementary perspectives: "Teaching About Forest Carbon in Extension" and "Close-to-Nature Forestry."

➡️ www.ingeobosque.org/forestcore/#...

🌍Call for Papers – Special Issue: Scaling up innovation for sustainable value creation🌍
Contributions on research from underrepresented regions and groups, as well as comparative studies, case studies, and systematic analyses are esp. welcome.
🗓 Deadline: 31 Mar 2026
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Open online textbook FORESTS for undergraduate students
The board of 12 editors, a multidisciplinary group representing all continents + different cultures, has started to work since September 2025+they are still looking for additional editors!

Editor-in-chief: Mika Rekola, mika.rekola@helsinki.fi

❗Save the date for the international conference

🧬Bottleneck breakthrough for tree somatic embryogenesis and other vegetative propagation in the era of omics and nanotechnology
🗓️18-22 June 2026; 📍Harbin, China

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/bottl...

Forests are pharmacies in nature. From childhood to old age, medicinal plants from forests support our wellbeing + form the backbone of primary healthcare for over 70% of people worldwide.
www.iufro.org/programmes/s...
#WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2026 #ScienceAndTreesForSDGs
Photos: G Wolfrum, J Parrotta

🚨Want to participate in the

📖21st International Symposium on Legal aspects of European Forest Sustainable Development
🗓️29 September - 2 October 2026 📍Sopron, Hungary

There are still some spaces left:
🎟️Register by 1 April
✍️🏽Submit your abstract by 1 July

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/21th-...

🚨Just 2️⃣4️⃣ hours left before the start of the webinar!

💻Join in directly via ➡️ helsinki.zoom.us/j/69319150581

Nominations are now open for the 2027 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, honoring exceptional leadership and global impact for our environment. Nominations close 15 May at 23:59 (PT)
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❗️Abstract submission is open for
SSAFR2026: The 21st Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources.
San Sebastian / Donostia, Spain; 17-21 May 2026

🗓️Deadline: 15 March 2026

🔗 decisiones.ctfc.cat/SSAFR2026/

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestManagement #InvasiveSpecies #ForestFires

🚨 Only a bit more than 2⃣ weeks left to submit your abstract for the conference:
🐛Ecology and Management of Biotic Disturbances in Forests
📍27-31 July 2026; 🗓️Fredericton, NB, Canada

🗓️Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2026

🔗 www.eventcreate.com/e/iufro-fred...

🌿 Join the 4th Summer School on Adapting Forests to Climate Change with a special focus on Assisted Migration! 🌿
Organized by BFW, the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, EVOLTREENETWORK, and IUFRO units 2.02.00 and 2.02.05

📍Vienna, Austria
🗓️20-24 July 2026

➡️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/summer...

Happening in 2️⃣days - join in 🧑‍💻!

www.plantedforests.org/webinar-lets...

📢First Call for Papers for the

🌱2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry and Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Joint Conference
🗓️21-23 July 2026; 📍Nairobi, Kenya
⚡️Submission deadline: 16 March 2026

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/2026-...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #SmallScaleForestry #ForestHistory

Junior research scientist on the impact of the microbiota on tree health CR26-ECODIV-3 - You will join the Tree-Microbe Interactions (IAM) Joint Research Unit (UMR) 1136, which has around 90 staff, including 46 permanent employees, divided into three teams (INRAE and…

⚡️#job at INRAE Department of Tree-Microbe Interactions:
Junior research scientist on the impact of the microbiota on tree health, to study the role of tree microbiota in interactions between trees and forest pathogenic fungi.

🗓️Closing: 5 March 2026

🔗 jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp...

#ForestScience

IUFRO was highly active yesterday at the COLI Summit, either in preparatory discussions or as session facilitator…

Join in again today via www.bmluk.gv.at/en/coli

#COLISummit #Bioeconomy #Sustainability #ForestScience #ForestPolicy #BMLUK #UNFFS #GrowTheSolution

✨Join leading international experts to discuss forest carbon dynamics, silvicultural practices, and more?

🌲Join this webinar on:
🌳Forest Carbon and Silviculture
🗓️3 March 2026; 🕑14:00-15:30 UTC

Join at ➡️ helsinki.zoom.us/j/69319150581

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #silviculture #ClimateChange

📢First Call for Papers for the

🌱2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry & Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Joint Conference
🗓️21-23 July 2026 📍Nairobi, Kenya
⚡️Submission deadline: 16 Mar 2026

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/2026-...

#ForestScience #SmallScaleForestry #TraditionalKnowledge #ForestHistory

Bundesminister Norbert Totschnig, EU-Kommissarin Jessika Roswall, Pumeza Nodada, die Südafrika als Co-Chair vertritt, und Georg Rappold, Abteilungsleiter im BMLUK stehen lächelnd nebeneinander im Rahmen der Pressekonferenz des Coli Summits 2026 in Wien

COLI Global Summit 2026 🌍🌲

Vom 23. bis 25. Februar 2026 werden in Wien über 460 Expert:innen aus mehr als 60 Ländern nachhaltige Wege für eine klimafitte und ressourceneffiziente Zukunft diskutieren.

➡️ https://bit.ly/4b43rAm
@iufro.bsky.social​

Join the COLI Global Bioeconomy Summit in 20 minutes to hear IUFRO President Daniela Kleinschmit speak on how to advance a forest-based bioeconony worldwide.

Find out more: www.bmluk.gv.at/en/coli

#COLISummit #Bioeconomy #Sustainability #ForestScience #ForestPolicy #BMLUK #UNFFS #GrowTheSolution

TEAMING UP 4 FORESTS, a science-business platform initiated by IUFRO and Mondi in 2021, is also present at the COLI Summit: Partnership Manager Nelson Grima and Project Managers Maja Radosavljevic and Laura Walther.

teamingup4forests.com
www.bmluk.gv.at/en/coli

#GrowTheSolution #COLISummit

The Global Summit "Advancing Sustainable Forest-based Bioeconomy Approaches", 23-25 February 2026, has started -
see IUFRO Headquarters staff finalizing preparations at the IUFRO booth!
www.bmluk.gv.at/en/coli

#COLISummit #Bioeconomy #Sustainability #ForestScience #ForestPolicy #BMLUK #UNFFS #FAO