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IAWA Twitter Account
From March 2020, the IAWA twitter account has been up and running (@IAWA_Wood). With weekly posts on our most recent articles
Audit of IAWA Finances 2019 Delayed due to Covid-19
The annual audit of IAWA's finances, normally scheduled for March has been postponed until next year, to comply with Covid-19 regulations.
Post-doctoral Fellowship: Advanced imaging of developing xylem
This research will be done within the “EucXylo” Research Chair, a program funded mainly by the Hans Merensky Foundation (HMF), based at the Department of Forest & Wood Science at Stellenbosch University.
New PhD position in comparative wood anatomy, the Netherlands
A new PhD position (4years) on comparative wood anatomy in Naturalis Biodiversity Center (The Netherlands) is open for application, the deadline for application is July 31, 2020 and the position starts November 1stat the earliest.
I.W. Bailey Award 2020 - Call for Nominations
From 2014 onwards, the I.W. Bailey Award is presented annually for the best original or review paper submitted to the IAWA Journal by a PhD candidate or postdoc who has completed her/his PhD no longer than five years since the submission of
IAWS Call for PhD Dissertation Award to June 15, 2020
International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) wishes to provide recognition to outstanding thesis/dissertation research at the PhD level by students throughout the world. I would like you know that IAWS PhD Dissertation Award for 2020
IAWA Global Xylaria Survey
The IAWA sincerely invites you to participate in the Global Xylaria Survey, which is available under wood collections on the IAWA website ( http://www.iawa-website.org/global_xylaria-survey/ )
Update of New Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors of IAWA Journal, March 1st, 2020
Please welcome our new editorial team of IAWA Journal. New Editors-in-Chief of IAWA Journal are Lloyd A. Donaldson (New Zealand) and Marcelo R. Pace (Mexico). Associate Editors are Susan A. Anagnost (USA),
World Wood Day 2020 Online Celebration in China, March 21st, 2020
As an eco-friendly and renewable biomaterial, wood plays a key role in our lives and sustainable world future. The International Wood Culture Society (IWCS) celebrates World Wood Day annually on March 21st to spread the concept Wood is Good,
A New Educational Card Game about Wood was Developed
We developed an educational card game about wood. The game, called Wood Suey!, can be played by anyone and is aimed at making people appreciate the diversity of wood and think about its sustainability
International Summer School on Wood and Charcoals is postponed to June 15-19, 2021
Anatomical identification and functional traits to interpret past and current climate changes" is postponed to June 15-19, 2021.
CITES questionnaire on timber ID
At its 18th meeting (CoP18, 2019), CITES Conference of the Parties adopted Decisions Decisions 18.140 to 18.143 and 16.58 (Rev. CoP18) on Identification of timber and other wood products.
Announced interviews of the exhibition ＂Cambio＂ are available
The announced interviews of the exhibition Cambio, which has been closed in the famous Serpentine Gallery in London, are available on the following homepage (see rubric interviews) now. Please visit http://www.cambio.website . Very nice and
Call for manuscripts of IAWA Journal 2020
The editors of IAWA Journal would like to encourage new manuscript submissions over the next month or so as we have plenty of space available for issue 2.
Extended Deadline April 30, 2020: IAWA Special Issue 2020 on Updating Wood Identification
To all IAWA members who had considered submitting an article to the IAWA Journal Special Issue Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Wood Identification: from Wood Anatomy to Innovative Technologies but did not have the time to prepare
Dr. Fritz Hans Schweingruber passed away on January 7, 2020 in Switzerland
With great sadness we regret to inform that Dr. Fritz Hans Schweingruber passed away on January 7, 2020 in Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Fritz was born on February 29, 1936. He was the founder of the Dendrosciences group of Swiss Federal Resear
Atlas of Macroscopic Wood Identification - Book launch event
Ruffinatto F, Crivellaro A. 2019. Atlas of Macroscopic Wood Identification. With a Special Focus on Timbers Used in Europe and CITES-listed Species.
Open access of Pierre Détienne’s Unpublished Atlases of Woods from Madagascar, Indochina and Tropi
Pierre Détienne the great wood anatomist, formerly from Nogent-sur-Marne and Montpellier, France donated his unpublished work in French to IAWA in 2014.
Digitalization of IAWA J Supplements 3-7 is available
Digitalization of IAWA J Supplements 3-7 is now available on the website
A MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Wood Anatomy is open for registration
A MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Wood Anatomy starts on 22 January 2018 (in french with english subtitles).