Start the day with #solutions! #ubcforestry PD Valentine Lafond on a new powerful tool to assist decision makers with #forestinvasives #mitigation #ForestManagement Session D8f starting 08:30am, room 9, Wing 2 #iufro2019 Genome Canada GenomeBC BioSAFE

Women in forestry: do they have the same rights, are they landowners, are women choosing forestry as a profession? – see the video on Day 2 of the IUFRO Congress at youtu.be/Kezuni8bEN4!

One troubling graphic is on national commitments. Look who has committed to 1.5 or 2 degrees and whose commitments are insufficient. Hint: doesn't follow historic responsibilities or other patterns that might be considered equitable. nature.com/articles/d4158…

⁦@ubcforestry Valentine Lafond describing ⁦BioSAFE⁩ genomics-informed decision support system to implement mitigation against #forestinvasive species ⁦Genome Canada⁩ ⁦GenomeBC⁩ ⁦Génome Québec⁩ ⁦@CFIA_Canada⁩ ⁦Natural Resources⁩

We mapped potential protected area networks in Canada’s boreal forest, finding that introduced additional complexity & realism into conservation assessments (ex. elements of climate change) increased total area & cost! Ryan Powers Read: bit.ly/2jmKC0Q

Awesome shirt! This may apply to many #forestprofessionals IUFRO2019 International Forestry Students Association

Very interesting and lively session on green jobs and future of employment in forest sector is chaired by Resilience Programme team member Lisa Prior International Forestry Students Association European Forest Institute (EFI) IUFRO #iufro2019

Interested in Management and Economics of #fastgrowing #plantation #forests ? Come join us for the business meeting of IUFRO unit 4.4.2. today 6:30pm IUFRO2019 room 12 wing 2. Everybody is welcome! #ForestManagement #forestry #plantationforest

Huge congrats to Dr Scott Hinch - my friend & mentor - from University of British Columbia @ubcforestry UBC Oceans for winning the highest award from American Fisheries Society - the Award of Excellence. CARS Benoit-Antoine Bacon @Can_Limnology PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION NSERC / CRSNG #AFS149 #fishnwild #fishsci Nathan B Furey @andreajanereid

Huge congrats to #ubcforestry postdoc Thais Lima who presented work from her recently completed PhD on #spatialanalysis of #forestdegradation in the #amazon IUFRO2019 @FRESH_UBC is so proud of you!

#NowReading Plantations’ role in the forestry palette -- by Christophe Orazio Planted Forests Facility blog.efi.int/plantations-ro… via @EFI blog

Family friendly study rooms in university libraries are genius! Shout out to Salem State for supporting students, faculty, and staff who take care of children. I hope other universities and organizations follow their lead! Mosaic Initiative #activelearning @DCBPhDV2 Julie Johnston

Giving kids a glimpse of our work with forests. The Forest Resources Management FORM group brought 35 kids aged 10-13 to the forest, as part of the Zukunftstag 2021. In a playful way, kids identified tree species, learned about the functions and values of forests and more form.ethz.ch/news-and-event…

A new and exciting article proposing a holistic view of silviculture revolving around 3 key themes: OBSERVE, ANTICIPATE and ADAPT to broaden our conception of silviculture as a scientific discipline. academic.oup.com/forestry/advan…

Come travel to the #Hyrcanian mixed temperate #forests in Northern Iran with us, in our latest study on "Modeling Forest Canopy Cover: A Synergistic Use of Sentinel-2, Aerial Photogrammetry Data, and Machine Learning" doi.org/10.3390/rs1406… #ForestryEngineering #remotesensing