International poplar and willow news
The 5th issue of 'Poplar and Willow News', the newsletter of the International Poplar Commission (IPC), has recently appeared. Published 2 or 3 times a year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, of which IPC is a statutory subsidiary body, and produced by the Argentinian National Poplar Commission, the newsletter provides news and information about poplars and willows.
The 5th issue has information about Upcoming and Recent Events, as well as Articles of Interest, news of the IPC, and new research listings. Contents include:
- Upcoming Events
World Forestry Congress, Durban, South Africa
Biomass and Energy Crops V, Brussels
- Past Events
International Symposium on Forest Biotechnologies for Smallholders, Brazil
General Assembly of Pro-Populus
- Articles of Interest
'Rokwood: fuelling dialogue between biomass research, industry, policy and business'
'EcoWillow 2.0 - updated tool for financial analysis of willow biomass'
'New energy crops trial could be the finest in Europe'
'Poplar trees - unlimited source of advanced material'
'5 years performance of new introduced salt tolerant hybrid poplar (P. euphratica x P. alba and P. alba x P. euphratica) in Iran'
'Why does the English willow make the best cricket bat?'
- Meet members of the IPC Executive Committee
- News of the IPC
- Research work in poplars and willows (list of recently published papers)
