Selected presentations

Balsa plantations to combat over-harvesting and illegal logging in Ecuador, Søren Hoff Brøndum, SHBnature

Near-natural nemoral forests of oak, hornbeam, maple, wild service tree and hazel: The influence of planting pattern on growth and competition in young stands, Julia Schmucker, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Testing nine seed sources of wild service tree collected along a north–south gradient from England to Italy, Jens Peter Skovsgaard, SLU; Christopher Guest; and Hampus Jörning

Early survival and growth of Caspian and European tree populations in field trials established in the Caspian Region of Iran, Khosro Sagheb-Talebi, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Iran

Caspian tree species for climate-smart afforestation in northern Europe, Ole K. Hansen, University of Copenhagen, and Palle Madsen, InNovaSilva

Organizing committee

• Jens Peter Skovsgaard (chairman), Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU)
• Palle Madsen, InNovaSilva, Denmark
• Vivian Kvist Johannsen, University of Copenhagen
• Kjersti Holt Hanssen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
• Trondur Leivsson, Búnaðarstovan, Faroe Islands
• Bjarni D. Sigurðsson, Agricultural University of Iceland
• Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
• Ilze Matisone, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’
• Reimo Lutter, Estonian University of Life Sciences

Scientific advisory board

• Jens Peter Skovsgaard (chairman), SLU
• Julia Schmucker (secretary), SLU
• Alexia Stokes, INRAE Montpellier, France, IUFRO Division 8
• Andreas Brunner, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• Berthold Heinze, Austrian Research Centre for Forests
• Chabi Djagoun, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, IUFRO Div. 8
• Edgaras Linkevičius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
• Elvin Toromani, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
• Janine Donhouede, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, IUFRO 1.07
• Jerry Vanclay, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia
• Jānis Donis, Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’
• Linda Nagel, University of Minnesota, USA, IUFRO Div. 1
• Margarida Tomé, University of Lisbon, Portugal, IUFRO Task Force T47
• Pil Sun Park, University of Seoul, Korea, IUFRO Div. 1
• Steffi Heinrichs, University of Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg, Germany
• Thomas Kirisits, BOKU University, Austria
• Thomas Nord-Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Toshiaki Owari, University of Tokyo, Japan, IUFRO Div. 1
• Verónica Loewe Muñoz, INFOR - Chilean Forest Institute, IUFRO Div. 1
• Wai Mun Ho, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, IUFRO 1.07

This conference is a joint venture of IUFRO Div. 1 Silviculture, Div. 8 Forest Environment and Task Force T47 Stand Complexity in Planted Forests