Confrences/ Workshops
September 12-14, 2017 held in Lund, Sweden
We held the 3rd IUFRO Restoring Forests Congress on 12-14 September 2017 in Lund, Sweden. The conference was titled Regeneration and Ecosystem Function for the Future, and communicated the state of-the- art in the relatively new research field of restoration ecology. The conference was organized by several networks: EFINORD –SNS Nordic Network of Forest Regeneration; IUFRO Task force – Forest Adaptation and Restoration under Global Change; IUFRO unit 1.01.00 – Temperate and Boreal Silviculture; IUFRO unit 1.06.00 – Restoration of Degraded Sites; IUFRO unit 1.01.06 – Ecology and Silviculture of Oak; IUFRO unit 2.01.15 – Whole Plant Physiology; SLU Faculty of Forest Sciences research school – Bioeconomy – Adapted Forest Management.
October 14-16, 2014, Lafayette, Indiana USA (Purdue University)

We held the 2nd IUFRO Restoring Forests Congress on 14-16 October 2014 in Lafayette, Indiana USA (Purdue University). The symposium was organized and supported by Purdue University, the USDA Forest Service, and the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, as well as IUFRO Divisions 1.01.00 (Temperate and Boreal Silviculture), 1.06.00 (Restoration of Degraded Sites), 2.01.00 (Physiology), and 3.02.00 (Stand Establishment). The theme of the 2nd Congress was “What constitutes success in the 21st Century?”. We examined the continued evolution of the scope of forest restoration and re-explored the need to set realistic goals to achieve restoration success. Field tours highlighted the ongoing forest restoration research of the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue University, featuring especially the role of genetics in ecological restoration. Selected papers from the congress will once again be published in a special issue of New Forests, which is currently under production. We agreed that the 3rd IUFRO Restoring Forests will be held during 2017 in Scandinavia.
November 27-28, 2012

September 27-29, 2011 at Technological University of Madrid
