IUFRONews,Volume39,DoubleIssue78,2010.doc

IUFRO News, Volume 39, Double Issue 78, 2010 Download PDF from /publications/news/electronic-news/ Imprint: /legal/#c10402 In this issue: Multi-Purpose Poplar Plantations - Targeting at Low Carbon and Wide Economy Small Scale Forestry in a Changing World: Opportunities and Challenges and the Role of Extension and Technology Transfer Tree-ring Science under the Midnight Sun First International Conference of Soil and Roots Engineering Relationship - 1st ICSRER (LANDCON1005) FORMEC 2010 - Forest Engineering: Meeting the Needs of the Society and the Environment GFIS (Global Forest Information Service) Launches an Upgraded Gateway to Improve Forest Information Sharing Big Step towards Completing the Most Comprehensive Assessment to Date of the International Forest Regime Announcements and News Publications IUFRO Meetings Other Meetings Multi-Purpose Poplar Plantations - Targeting at Low Carbon and Wide Economy By Shirong LIU, IUFRO Board Member and Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Forestry Poplar has been widely acknowledged as a fast-growing and high-yield tree species. China, being the top country in the world in terms of its planted area of poplar with up to approximately 7 million hectares, is increasingly aware of the importance of the multiple functions of poplar from the traditional wood production to the emerging hotspots of forestry development such as bio-energy and carbon sequestration. More than 120 participants from 8 countries including Canada, Italy, USA, Korea, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and China convened in Siyang County, Jiangsu Province, the home of poplar in China, for the IUFRO International Conference on Sustainable Management of Multi-purpose Poplar Plantations, which was jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Forestry and Ecological Society of China, and Siyang County Government on 29-30 May 2010. There were 18 presentations covering the following four thematic subjects: genetic breeding and intensive cultivation; plantation heal