Dear Reader of IUFRO News:

   We are happy to present to you the third issue of IUFRO News in 2011.   The newsletter is also available for download as a PDF or Word file at:
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   Alexander Buck
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   [3]2011 - International Year of Forests
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   IUFRO Board Paves the Way for Attaining Strategic Goals

      From 23 to 25 February 2011, more than 50 members of the IUFRO Enlarged
      Board from 24 countries met in Vienna, Austria, for the 50th IUFRO
      Board Meeting. This was the first gathering of the new Board that had
      been elected at the XXIII World Congress in Seoul, Korea, in August
      2010, for the period 2010-2014. The one-day business meeting was
      followed by a two-day scientific seminar in the nearby Vienna Woods to
      discuss the six key research goals of IUFRO. [4]

   IUFRO Board Appoints Michael Kleine as New Deputy Executive Director

      At its 50th meeting on 23 February 2011 in Vienna, Austria, the IUFRO
      Board unanimously approved of Dr. Michael Kleine's nomination as new
      IUFRO Deputy Executive Director. In the following interview Dr. Kleine
      will outline, among other things, the future orientation and
      coordination of programs, projects and initiatives.  [5]
   

   Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Soils under Changing Climate and Land Use

      By Robert Jandl, BFW, Austria, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Division
      8.00.00 Forest Environment
      From 7-9 March 2011, the final workshop on COST Action 639: "Greenhouse
      Gas Budgets of Soils under Changing Climate and Land Use" (BurnOut)
      took place in Vienna, Austria. The main objective of the Action has
      been the improved understanding of the management of greenhouse gas
      emissions from European soils under different forms of land use and in
      particular disturbance regimes. [6]

   Forests are Key for High Quality Water Supply

      Better forest management needed to maximize water-related benefits from
      forests
      (CPF press release dated 18 March 2011, Rome, Italy) By the year 2025,
      1.8 billion people will be living in regions with absolute water
      scarcity and two-thirds of the world's population may experience
      water-stress conditions. Forests capture and store water and can play
      an important role in providing drinking water for millions of people in
      the world's mega-cities. [7]
  

   IUFRO World Congress 2019: Call for Bids

      At the previous IUFRO Enlarged Board meeting, held on 23 February 2011
      in Vienna, Austria, the Congress Bidding Rules were formally approved
      by the members of the IUFRO Board. IUFRO Member Organizations are
      encouraged to consider submitting a bid for this highly important IUFRO
      event. [8]

   Copenhagen Sustainability Lectures

      In 2011 the University of Copenhagen launched a new lecture series
      called Copenhagen Sustainability Lectures aiming at making the
      challenges of global sustainability more visible. On 7 March 2011, Ms
      Inger Andersen, Vice President of Sustainable Development in the World
      Bank, gave the second lecture in this series on "Greening Development:
      Moving towards Rio+20 and beyond".