International Union of Forest Research Organizations

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists headquartered in Austria. IUFRO is involved in international processes such as the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), and the United Nations Forum on Forests, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other forest-related international processes and conventions. IUFRO organises a World Congress every five years with about 2,000 participants. The 26th IUFRO World Congress will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, from June 23-29, 2024, under the theme "Forests and Society Towards 2050". The congress is a forum for scientists and stakeholders to discuss technical and societal issues of forest-related research, policy-making, and management.