IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress – Congress Update Thursday 21 September

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RECORDINGS OF ALL LIVE-STREAMING AVAILABLE AFTER THE CONGRESS
http://www.live.iufro2017.com

READ UP ON THE IUFRO 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS
http://www.iufro.org/events/anniversary-congress/

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS
The IUFRO-EFI Young Scientists Initiative (YSI) was launched on 21 September at the IUFRO Congress in Freiburg. It is the latest collaboration between IUFRO and the European Forest Institute (EFI) and will offer 5 grants for short scientific visits starting from 2018.
For more information please see: http://www.iufro.org/science/special/spdc/ysi/

LIVES SAVED BY FORESTS
Read a blog story by a Congress participant on the important interconnection of forests and people:
http://blog.iufro.org/2017/09/21/lives-saved-by-forests/

DON’T MISS THE SUB-PLENARY SESSIONS ON FRIDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER
Forest and Tree Research for Sustainable Development * Forest Governance (Div 9) * Forest Operations (D3)
http://sepla.intercongress.de/MawphPIj1eAEykgHm-wxpW/$/

WHERE THE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND NETWORKING HAPPENS!
•    Interconnecting forests, science and people at Thursday’s IUFRO Division 6 (Social Aspects of Forests and Forestry) sub-plenary session: “Forests in cities and in wilderness offer recreation and health benefits”
•    Listening to the voice of youth at the sub-plenary session of the International Forestry Students’ Association (IFSA) on “Our Future Forests”
•    IUFRO Division 7 sub-plenary on Forest health – critical global issues in the 21st century

ENJOY THE IUFRO 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS
Look out for #IUFRO2017 on Twitter and @iufro2017 on Facebook!

Original post from IUFRO 2017 Congress Organisation Team.

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