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I.W. Bailey Award - Call for nominations（Before 1st September 2025）
Irving Widmore Bailey (1884—1967) was one of the greatest wood anatomists of all time. His publications on xylem evolution
Velux Stiftung: Funding Program in Forestry from IUFRO
Nearly one third of the planet's land surface is covered with forests, and these need to fulfil many purposes: They provide society with goods such as timber, food and medicine.
IAWA Journal Published as E-online Version Only from 2026
IAWA decided to transform IAWA Journal completely into e-online version only (without hardcopy anymore) from 2026.
IAWA Special Session of ISWST 2025 in Sendai, Japan on March 18th, 2025
International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology (ISWST) 2025, organized by the Japan Wood Research Society, was held on March 17th19th, 2025, in Sendai, Japan.
IAWA Special Issue 2025 on Quantitative Wood Anatomy (QWA)：50% discount on APC for Open Access
IAWA Journal is organizing a Special Issue called Quantitative Wood Anatomy: research applications, opportunities and challenges in memory of Professor Pieter Baas. Professor Dr. Baas was one of the most distinguished scientists in plant ana
IAWA Academic Funding for Students and Early-career Scientists, since 2025
The Academic Funding for Students and Early-career Scientists (AFSES), hereby established by IAWA, is provided for IAWA member graduate students and early-career scientists (up to five years after a Ph.D. is awarded)
IAWA released Index Xylariorum 4.2 in February, 2025: Highlighting Global Updates in Wood Collections
The International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA) is pleased to announce a new release of the Index Xylariorum 4.2, the latest edition of the global directory of institutional wood collections.
Incoming and Outgoing Associate Editors of IAWA Journal
Professor Jong Sik Kim from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, and Professor Feng Xu from Beijing Forestry University, China have recently started to serve as new associate editors of IAWA Journal. Prof. Susan Anagnost and Prof.
Symposium on Plant Water Relations in Zhejiang, China on November 22nd-25th, 2024
Symposium on plant water relations 2024, organized by the Zhejiang Normal University of China, was held on November 22nd -25th, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. More than 100 participants from 45 universities and institutes attended
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The 11th IAWA-China Group Annual Conference in Xishuangbanna, November 15th-17th, 2024, China
The 11th Annual Conference of IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists)-China Group, hosted by the IAWA-China Group and co-organized by the Southwest Forestry University …
The 10th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC) in Asahikawa, Japan on September 10th -14th
The 10th PRWAC was successfully held on September 10th–14th, 2024 in Asahikawa, Japan, sponsored by the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, the Japan Wood Society, IUFRO-J, the Asahikawa Tourism and Convention Association, …
Seminar for forensic scientists focusing on wood identification, Germany on August 19th - 23rd, 2024
Forensic biologists from eleven countries were trained at the Thüenen Institute of Wood Research in Hamburg on plant identification (focus on wood identification).
XX IBC in Madrid, Spain on July 21st - 27th, 2024
The XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) took place in Madrid, Spain, from July 21st to 27th, 2024. During this congress, over 2900 botanists registered and participated in a total of 267 symposia, four of which focused on wood anatomy.
IAWA Special Issue 2025 on Quantitative Wood Anatomy (QWA)
IAWA Journal is organizing a Special Issue called “Quantitative Wood Anatomy: research applications, opportunities and challenges” in memory of Professor Pieter Baas.
XXVI IUFRO World Congress 2024: Personal Experience from Emmanuel Ebanyenle, Ghana
Emmanuel Ebanyenle was fortunate to participate in the T5.16 IAWA-IUFRO Symposium on Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification held on 27th and 28th June, 2024 at Stockholm, Sweden.
IAWA-IUFRO Symposium on Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification during IUFRO XXVI I
The XXVI IUFRO World Congress was held in Stockholm, Sweden on June 23rd - 29th, 2024. During the congress, the IAWA-IUFRO Symposium titled“T5.16 Advancing Methods and Applications of Wood Identification”was moderated by Yafang Yin
The 2023 impact factor of IAWA Journal is released
The impact factor of IAWA Journal, sponsored by the International Association of Wood Anatomists, is 1.4 in 2023. The past impact factors were 1.9(2022), 2.987(2021), 2.308(2020),1.627(2019), 3.182(2018), 1.903(2017), 0.403 (2016), 1.043 (2
A Hands-on Bogor Workshop on Wood Identification: A Pathway to Normalize the Implementation of Forens
On 23-25 April 2024, hands-on capacity-building was undertaken in Bogor, Indonesia, engaging fourteen APEC member economies. The Bogor Workshop is a culmination of capacity-building workshops of the EGILAT 02 2022A: Developing Integrated Tim
In Memoriam Professor Pieter Baas (1944 - 2024)
I was very saddened to inform you that Professor Pieter Baas (Leiden, the Netherlands) passed away on April 29th, 2024 at his age of 80.