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Berlin, Germany, 12–16 September 2016
REPORT
25th Session of the International Poplar Commission and 48th Session of its Executive Committee
FO: IPC/17/REP.
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
(IPC)
Report of the 25th Session of the Commission
and of the 48th Session of its Executive Committee
Berlin, Germany, 12–16 September 2016
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. REPORT OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION ................................................................................................. 1
I.1 ORGANIZATION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 I.2 THE SESSION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 I.3 INFORMAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ................................................................. 6
PART II. REPORT OF THE 25TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION .... 7
II.1 ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................................................................... 7 II.2 SYNTHESIS OF COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS ............................................................................... 7 II.3 25TH SESSION THEME: POPLARS AND OTHER FAST-GROWING TREES – RENEWABLE
RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GREEN ECONOMIES ...................................................................................... 7 II.4 OPENING OF THE SESSION..................................................................................................................... 8
Keynote addresses at the First Plenary Session (13 September) ................................................................... 9 Keynote addresses at the Second Plenary Session (13 September) ............................................................... 9 Keynote addresses at the Third Plenary Session (13 September) ................................................................ 10 Keynote addresses at the Fourth Plenary Session (16 September) ............................................................. 10 Concurrent sessions (14–15 September 2016) ............................................................................................ 10
II.5 BUSINESS REPORTS .............................................................................................................................. 10 Working party on Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration ................................................................... 10 Working party on Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources ................................................. 11 Working party on Plant Health, Resilience to Threats and Climate Change .............................................. 12 Working party on Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy ........................................ 12 Working party on Environmental and Ecosystem Services ......................................................................... 13 Working party on Policy, Communication and Outreach ........................................................................... 13
II.6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ............................................ 14 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................. 14 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 14
II.7 STUDY TOURS ........................................................................................................................................ 15 II.8 MAJOR INITIATIVES .............................................................................................................................. 16
Reform of the International Poplar Commission ......................................................................................... 16 Election of the Executive Committee 2012–2016 ........................................................................................ 16 Poplars and willows: an international photo gallery .................................................................................. 17 Date and place of next Session .................................................................................................................... 17
II.9 OTHER MATTERS ................................................................................................................................... 17 IUFRO 7th International Poplar Symposium .............................................................................................. 17 Best poster award ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Evaluation of the Session ............................................................................................................................. 18
II.10 CLOSING OF THE SESSION ................................................................................................................. 18 ANNEX I (A) - AGENDA OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ............................................... 19 ANNEX I (B) - AGENDA OF THE 25TH SESSION OF THE IPC ............................................................................... 21 ANNEX II (A) – PROGRAMME SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 23 ANNEX II (B) – DETAILED PROGRAMME ......................................................................................................... 27 ANNEX III - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................ 49 ANNEX IV - ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED .............................................................................................................. 69 ANNEX V - NATIONAL REPORTS ..................................................................................................................... 83 ANNEX VI – DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE IPC CONVENTION ....................................................................... 85 ANNEX VII - EVALUATION RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 91
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PART I. REPORT OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
I.1 ORGANIZATION
1. The 48th Session of the Executive Committee of the International Poplar Commission (IPC)
was jointly hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and FAO in Berlin,
Germany, on 12 September 2016. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the Executive Committee, chaired
the Session. The closed session was attended by 23 persons, including 10 of 12 elected members of the
Executive Committee; the four co-opted members; eight Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons or technical
secretaries of the six Working Parties, the Secretary of the Commission and two observers from
Turkey.
I.2 THE SESSION
2. The Session was opened by Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the Executive Committee, who
acknowledged and thanked the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and FAO as hosts;
the IPC Secretariat for Session technical support and assistance to developing country participants;
welcomed the two Turkish observers and highlighted the IPC reform process. The provisional agenda
was adopted (see Annex I(a)).
3. Formal apologies were acknowledged from Mr. Esteban Borodowski and Mr. V. K. Bahuguna
(retired), Executive Committee members; Ms. Teresa Cerillo, technical Secretary, Working Party on
Poplar and willows genetics, conservation and improvement; Ms. Sylvie Augustin and Mr. John
Charles (Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson respectively of the Working Party on Poplar and willow
insects and other animal pests) as well as Mr. Theo Verwijst and Mr. Timothy Volk (Chairperson and
technical Secretary respectively of the Working Party on Poplar and willow production systems).
4. Mr. Martin Weih stressed the importance of the Session in light of the proposed reforms to the
IPC to revitalize and expand the memberhip, geographic and technical scope and relevance to member
countries by revisiting the Working Parties, National Poplar Commissions and the Secretariat. The
recommendations of the Executive Committee to the 25th Session of the IPC and to the FAO
Committee on Forestry (COFO) will be of critical importance.
5. Mr. Walter Kollert, Secretary IPC, introduced the hosting and logistical arrangements for the
25th Session including the joint hosts, the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
and FAO, together with the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) and the Adlershof Science at
Work Event Management team (WISTA). The theme of the 25th Session “Poplar and other fast-
growing trees – renewable resources for future green economies” reflected the new IPC scope and
highlighted the range of other fast-growing species and their potential production, protection,
conservation, restoration, recreation and amenity roles. The 25th Session had 244 registered
participants from 40 countries, including 28 member countries. The Book of abstracts contained 203
paper abstracts, including 16 plenary papers and 187 papers for concurrent sessions. Key documents
for the 25th Session available on the IPC website included the Country progress reports1; Book of
abstracts2 (222 pages); Synthesis of country progress reports3 (117 pages); and Publications listed in
country progress reports4 (196 pages). The 25th Session report will be available on the IPC 25th Session
website5 by the end of October, 2016. There were three pre-Session study tours6, each with about 35
1 Country progress reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91148/en/ 2 Book of abstracts: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45092-0fcd1e7430938785c3e2c0a0a03329a88.pdf 3 Synthesis of country progress reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45094-08e1e5bf441bc41bb139e66da0915f2c.pdf 4 Publications listed in country progress reports:
http://www.fao.org/forestry/45093-07f2bbc0a28ee0e53499c75b5b56e56e.pdf 5 Formal IPC 25th Session report: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/en/
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participants and two post-Session study tours7, each with about 30 participants. An overview of the
25th Session and daily programmes8 was given. The procedures for nomination of country
representatives and voting arrangements for both the new Executive Committee members and IPC
reforms were reiterated and the need for all IPC member countries to vote to achieve the two-third
majority of membership to accept the reforms, was stressed.
6. Ms. Julia Kuzovkina, Chairperson, Sub-committee on Nomenclature and Registration
(http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69637/en/) reported their programme of action progress (2012–2015).
The international register for poplar cultivars was revised in 2012 to include 16 new cultivars based
upon formal registration and maintained and updated regularly. A survey of the IPC national country
reports and the IUFRO International Poplar Symposia references resulted in 200 new clones which
were added to the register. The international register for Populus cultivars (poplars, cottonwoods and
aspens) on the IPC website was updated and standardization of clonal names in accordance with
international rules was maintained. The Sub-committee was appointed by the International Society of
Horticultural Science (ISHS) as the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) for the
registration for Salix cultivars. The register for Salix was being established. The Sub-committee
prepared two annual reports as the ICRA for Populus and Salix to the ISHS. The registration
procedures for both Populus and Salix were revised, updated and uploaded to the new Sub-committee
Portal on the IPC website. Databases and checklists for both genera are also available on the portal.
Information materials were prepared for breeders to understand the registration system, procedures
and documentation for a new cultivar of Populus and Salix. For the next two years are to: (i) advice
tree breeders on the importance of registering Populus and Salix cultivars; (ii) raise the tree breeder
awareness of the registration system and processes; and (iii) create an effective network within the tree
breeding community. Discussions focused on (i) maintaining the IPC register, particularly in light of
the potential broadening of the scope of the IPC; (ii) registration based upon phenotypes and instrinsic
properties; (iii) practicality of using molecular fingerprinting and identity; and (iv) regular updating of
the Sub-committee portal on the IPC website. The Sub-committee was revised to become the Working
Party on Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration.
7. Mr. Sasa Orlovic, Vice-Chairperson, Working Party on Poplar and Willow Genetics,
Conservation and Improvement (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69634/en/), reported the programme
of action progress (2012–2015). A 2012 survey on poplar and willow breeding programmes and pollen
collections was undertaken and a database on poplar and willows clone collections and gene banks
was updated and prepared for uploading to the IPC website. A guideline to apply standard designs for
poplar and willow breeding programmes was under preparation. Members of the Working Party co-
hosted the “Environmental uses of poplar and willow” meeting in Gisborne, New Zealand, in March
2014, with international and local attendees. The Argentinian NPC hosted the Fourth international
congress of salicaceae in Argentina - "Willows and poplars for regional development", at La Plata,
Argentina, March 2014. Presentations and field trips covered aspects of poplar and willow breeding,
among other issues. Ms Teresa Cerrillo was on the organizing committee. The Forestry congress of
Argentina and Latin American was held in Iguazú (Misiones), Argentina in October 2013 with papers
presented on poplar and willow breeding. The 6th INTA Meeting of forest genetics and breeding was
held from 7 to 10 April 2014 in Campana (Buenos Aires), Argentina at which different working
groups presented papers about the main plantation forests in Argentina (including Populus and Salix)
and native species. There was evidence that since the global economic crisis reduced government and
private sector funding of breeding programmes had generally continued. Discussions focused on: (i)
maintenance of the database on the IPC website; (ii) availability of additional data on breeding of
poplars and willows in Europe and national country reports; (iii) greater collaboration between the
productive and conservation breeding programmes; (iv) tree breeders advising politicans and decision-
makers of the consequences of reduced tree breeding budgets; (v) continued focus on research for the
bio-economy or green economy (including poplars and willows); (vi) balanced tree breeding
6 Three pre-Session study tours: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91130/en/ 7 Two Post-Session study tours: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91131/en/ 8 Overview and daily programmes: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91128/en/
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programmes on advanced biotechnology (genomics) and traditional tree breeding and tree
improvement because of the lack of genomic outcomes in the field; (vii) balanced tree breeding
programmes between the traits for production and productivity and risk and vulnerability (wider
benefit anlysis). The revised Working Party will be Domestication and conservation of genetic
resources.
8. Mr. Mauritz Ramstedt, Chairperson of the Working Party on Poplar and Willow Diseases
(http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69632/en/), reported the programme of action progress (2012–2015).
A drive to increase Working Party membership with active researchers and update of the poplar and
willow specialists was undertaken. A questionnaire was sent to all relevant research institutions on
poplar selection and breeding programmes for resistence in Europe and a report was prepared. The
survey is to be extended to willows and to non-European countries. The action plan for improving
selection and breeding for resistance to diseases to match the on-ground realities in developing
countries was initiated. The action plan will have interdisciplinary interfaces with genetics,
conservation and improvement, production system and environment applications. The planned
Working Party meeting to coincide with the 6th International Poplar Symposium, Vancouver,
July 2014 was postponed until the IPC 25th Session, Berlin, 2016. Due to the small membership, it had
been a challenge to document and upload results and databases to the IPC website. A proposed
newsletter on poplar and willow diseases was abandoned because an excellent quarterly poplar and
willow newsletter provided an excellent alternative outreach to poplar and willow specialists. Links
with the IUFRO Division 7 on Forest Health had been established. Discussions centred on: (i) heavy
commitments of scientists and managers volunteering their services to the IPC Working Parties;
(ii) forest health was wider and more integrated than disease resisteance breeding and should include
risk maps, geography and response actions; (iii) merging with the Working Party on Poplar and
Willow Insects and Other Animal Pests; (iv) need to review strategies and selection programmes to
climate change adaptation of diesases and insects; (v) potential risks associated with mono-clonal
plantations; and (vi) Availability of valuable reference materials in National Country Reports. The
Working Parties on Poplar and Willow Diseases and the Poplar and Willow Insects and Other Pests
were merged into a revised Working Party on Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change.
9. Mr. Walter Kollert, on behalf of Ms. Sylvie Augustin, Chairperson, Working Party on Poplar
and Willow Insects and Other Animal Pests (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69633/en/), reported the
programme of action progress (2012–2015). The Working Party completed the Chapter 9, “Insects and
Other Pests of Poplars and Willows” in the book, “Poplars and Willows: Trees for Society and the
Environment” (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69946@158687/en/). The chapter documented case
studies from different countries, including different insect and invasive species text, taxonomy, photos,
global distribution, description, damage, biology, life cycle, control and quarantine issues. The heavy
work load of too few entomologists prevented participation at the 47th Executive Committee meeting
that coincided with the 6th International Poplar Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, July 2014. Summed
up “Too many insect problems, too few entomologists and too little funding”. Discussions focused on
the merger with the Working Party on Poplar and Willow Diseases that may revitalize pathologists
and entomologists to work together in the wider forest health scope and resilience to biotic and abiotic
threats, including climate change. As above, the Working Parties on Poplar and Willow Diseases and
the Poplar and Willow Insects and Other Pests were merged into a revised Working Party on Plant
health, resilience to threats and climate change.
10. Mr. Joris Van Acker, Chairperson, Working Party on Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and
Willow Wood (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69631/en/) reported the programme of action progress
(2012–2015). Networking with harvesting and wood processing experts through the European poplar
association “Pro-Populus” initiative since 2008 had stimulated interactions with producers,
researchers, academics, users and wood industries specialists in wood products and bio-energy
production in Europe. Following the first International Conference on Wood engineered products
based ppon poplar and willow, Nanjing, China, October, 2008, a second international conference was
held by the Working Party in association with Pro-Populus on 9 and10 September, in León, Spain and
a pre-conference tour held to the Garnica Plywood operations at Valencia de Don Juan, Spain on
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8 September. Mr. Pedro Garnica, who co-hosted the conference, is the President of Pro-Populus.
Thirty-five researchers and company representatives participated in sessions and 20 presentations were
made and discussed. Proceedings were printed for the conference and uploaded to the IPC website.
The database on harvesting, utilization and products specialists, products, publications and key
contacts were uploaded to the Working Party portal. Support had been provided to selected young
scientists undertaking new research within their Masters or PhD studies on harvesting and forest
products for international exchange. The urgency and interest in biomass production for bioenergy
from poplars and willows had reduced and the commitment of European countries to short-rotation
coppice plantations had not accelerated as anticipated. A focus of the Working Party was to transfer
knowledge and technology about the diversity of uses of poplars and willows from a fast-growing,
environmental friendly and renewable raw material. Although improving, there remained some anti-
sentiments about poplar and willow plantations in some European countries, so improving
communications on positive aspects of poplar and willow culture and utilizations was important.
Priorities in the future are to improve networking, development of a state of the art database, compile
country-based information, organize workshops and conferences and merge the Working Party with
the Poplar and Willow Production Systems in line with the new focus and scope. Discussions
highlighted the need to encourage more researchers, academics and producers to participate in more
harvesting, utilization and forest products events and ideas to improve links with young scientists and
student travel to events to facilitate transfer of knowledge. The Working Parties on Harvesting and
Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood; and the Poplar and Willow Production Systems were merged
into a revised Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy.
11. Mr. Walter Kollert, Secretary, IPC advised that no report had been received from the Working
Party on Poplar and Willow Production Systems for the 2012–2015 period. Discussion focused on
revitalization within the wider and more relevant scope from the merger of the Working Parties on
Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood; and the Poplar and Willow Production
Systems into a revised Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy.
12. Ms. Sharon Doty, Chairperson, Working Party on Environmental Applications of Poplars and
Willows (http://www.fao.org/forestry/26214/en/), reported the programme of action progress (2012–
2015). The Working Party hosted a 2-day technical meeting of 32 participants on erosion control, the
role of poplars and willows in restoring degraded lands, Gisborne, New Zealand, March 2014 and an
associated 1-day study tour in collaboration with other Working Parties. A satellite meeting of
15 participants was held during the 6th International Poplar Symposium, July 2014 where a briefing of
the New Zealand meeting was given. A proposed meeting in Serbia was cancelled due to a lack of
numbers and a satellite meeting associated with the 25th Session, September 2016 did not work out
because of pre- and post-Session study tours. The Working Party regularly used the IPC Newsletter to
disseminate new results, publications and items of interest. Some issues were experienced in
uploading documents to the IPC website. Linkages were made with the NGO Women Organizing for
Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN), particularly relating to the
applications of poplars and willows for biomass for energy and agroforestry systems. The web portal
on the IPC website was updated for projects, activities, lists of institutions, experts, case studies,
publication references, links and contacts. The information notes on selected key topics had not been
achieved as planned. Some ideas for the next two years included election of new officers, increased
membership, updating and upgrading the Working Party portal on the IPC website, establish links with
the Phyto-technologies society, and increased use of the IPC newsletter as an outreach. Discussions
centred on challenges on information dissemination; the need to link with other international events;
maximizing the use of the IPC newsletter and the need to share responsibilities of Working Parties.
The revised Working Party will become Environmental and ecosystem services.
13. Mr. Martin Weih, chairperson and Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary outlined the potential
role of the new Working Party on Policy, communication and outreach that had cross-cutting links
with all other Working Parties (currently no web portal). Discussions centred on communication
within and between Working Parties and better informing National Poplar Commissions and key IPC
stakeholders of issues and outputs.
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14. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson, acknowledged the dedication of current Working Party
officers but also stressed the need to review the relevance and effectiveness of each Working Party
with respect to prevailing problems, issues, solutions and environmental and developmental themes.
The new Working Party themes were not dependent on the IPC reform vote, so from the 25th Session,
the new business meetings will define the new themes, scope, office bearers and programmes of
action. There was a call for greater integration within and between Working Parties; greater guidance
and support to Working Parties from the Secretariat between Sessions; revised Working Party web
portals to reflect the new themes and scope and greater use of the IPC web portals for each Working
Party; greater use of the country progress reports to share research, policy, planning and practices
information and experiences between member countries; increased networking to address diverse
communities of interest and diverse issues; reviewed strategy, to repackage and rearrange the IPC,
Working Parties and National Poplar Commissions for greater relevance, visibility and
communication between and within member countries; and improved IPC marketing to funding
agencies, donors and international programmes (particularlty the Green Economy and Green Climate
Funds, amongst others).
15. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary provided background to the IPC reform process and a
progress report. As a convention between governments the process is complex and time consuming.
The proposal for reform was recommended by COFO 2012; proposals were presented to the
46th Executive Committee Meeting and the IPC 24th Session at Dehradun, India, 2012; reform
recommendations were supported at COFO 2014; the reform recommendations were further
elaborated and the scope and new Working Parties defined at the 47th Executive Committee Meeting,
Vancouver, July 2014; the revised reforms were examined by the 100th Session of the Committee on
Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM), Rome, Italy 2015; reform proposals were supported by
COFO 2016 that reported in item 46: “The Committee encouraged the IPC Executive Committee to
continue their reform process, ensuring that there were neither new obligations on contracting parties
nor additional costs to the FAO Regular Programme, and to seek the approval for the proposed
amendments relating to the reform of the IPC from the delegates of the 25th IPC Session, to be held in
Berlin in September 2016”; formal reform approval will require a two-third majority of the IPC
membership (38 member countries) at the IPC 25th Session, Berlin, Germany, September 2016. Should
the reforms be approved at the IPC 25th Session, the amended IPC-Convention will be presented to the
104th Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters, Rome, March 2017 and to the
FAO Conference, June 2017. If the two-third majority is not achieved at the IPC 25th Session, another
vote could be arranged at an IPC associated event to coincide with COFO 2018 where all IPC member
countries were likely to be present. Draft amendments to the IPC-Convention were introduced,
including: (i) original FAO amendments prepared by Mr. Mohamed Ali Mekouar, FAO Consultant;
(ii) France amendments introduced by Ms. Catherine Bastien, to better define the scope; and (iii)
United States of America amendments introduced by Mr. Emile Gardiner, to clarify legal language.
Following extensive discussions, a single, melded version of the Draft Amendments to the IPC-
Convention were agreed upon incorporating, as much as practicable, the key points of the three drafts
from FAO, France and United States of America which were not mutually exclusive. The accepted
Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention can be viewed in Annex VI. Working Party changes agreed
at the 47th Executive Committee Meeting in Vancouver do not entail a modification of the Convention
text and are not dependent upon the IPC reform process. The new Working Party themes and scope
agreed were:
1. Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration
2. Domestication and conservation of genetic resources
3. Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change
4. Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy
5. Environmental and ecosystem services
6. Policy, communication and outreach
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16. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary presented a synthesis of the events and other matters since
the 24th Session in 2012. These included: (i) International workshop testing European clones for bio-
energy uses, Germany, October 2013; (ii) International workshop on erosion control, the role of
poplars and willows in restoring degraded lands, Gisborne, New Zealand, March 2014; (iii) Fourth
international congress on salicaceae: willows and poplars for regional development, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, March 2014; (iv) Side Event at COFO 2014, IPC reforms and launch of the IPC flagship
book: Poplars and Willows – Trees for society and the environment, Rome, Italy, June 2014; (v) the
European poplar association (ProPopulus), 6th General Assembly and 4th European poplar congress,
Ghent, Belgium, June 2014; (vi) 47th IPC Executive Committee meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July
2014; (vii) 6th International Poplar Symposium: domestication of Populus and Salix: how far have we
come, and how far do we still have to go?, Vancouver, Canada, July 2014; (vii) the European poplar
association (ProPopulus), 7th General Assembly, May 2015; (ix) 2nd International conference on
engineered wood products based on poplar/willow, León, Spain, September 2016; and (x) 11th
Biennial conference on short-rotation woody crop science and technology in an uncertain global
marketplace, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA, October 2016.
17. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, outlined arrangements for the 25th Session, including the
opening and closing plenaries, concurrent Sessions, study tours and social events. Reference was made
to the IPC9 and FNR10 websites and the production of publications, including the Book of abstracts,
Synthesis of country reports and References detailed in country progress reports. The Programmes and
publications were available on USB pins for all participants and available on the IPC website. It was
stressed that Secretariat staff were available to assist throughout the 25th Session and Interpretation
Services were available for the opening and closing Plenaries only.
18. Mr. Martin Weih outlined the process for Executive Committee nominations, notification of
heads of mission and the Executive Committee election process. He proposed that a suitable date for
the next Executive Committee meeting be held immediately prior to, or after, the IUFRO 7th Session
of the International Poplar Symposium, Buenos Aires Argentina, September-October 2018 or to
coincide with COFO 2018, FAO, Rome, Italy, mid 2018 (date to be confirmed). No formal
submissions to host the 26th Session had been received to date but these would need to be submitted
prior to the next Executive Committee meeting in 2018.
I.3 INFORMAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
19. The newly-elected members of the Executive Committee for 2016–2020 met informally on
16 September 2016 to introduce elected members and to discuss general business. Mr Walter Kollert,
IPC Secretary, congratulated members and welcomed new members to the Executive Committee,
including: Joris Van Acker (Belgium); Francisco Zamudio (Chile); Mirko Liesebach (Germany);
Dinesh Kumar (India); Giuseppe Nervo (Italy); and Ian McIvor (New Zealand). Re-elected Executive
Committee members included Esteban Borodowski (Argentina); Barbara Thomas (Canada); Catherine
Bastien (France); Georg von Wühlish (Germany); Martin Weih (Sweden); and Emile S. Gardiner
(USA). Mr. Walter Kollert informed those present of the responsibilities, reporting and meetings
cycles of the Executive Committee. Mr Martin Weih was re-elected as the IPC Chairperson and
Ms Barbara Thomas was elected as the IPC Vice-Chairperson. It was proposed that the 49th Executive
Committee meeting will be held at the FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy to coincide with COFO 2018
(date to be confirmed in December 2016). Mr. Meng Zhu Lu, China; and Mr. Stefano Bisoffi, Italy
were co-opted into the IPC-Executive Committee, subject to their confirming acceptance of their
nomination. Because of time constraints (commencement of study tours), nomination of other co-
opted members was postponed, so will be done by electronic media.
9 IPC 2016 website: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/en/ 10 FNR website IPC 2016: https://ipc25berlin2016.com/
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PART II. REPORT OF THE 25th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
II.1 ORGANIZATION
1. The 25th Session of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) was jointly hosted by the
German Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, and FAO, together with the Agency for Renewable
Resources (FNR) and the Adlershof Science at Work Event Management team (WISTA), and was
held in Berlin, Germany, from 13 to 16 September 2016.
2. The 25th Session had 202 participants from 40 countries, including 192 participants (67 from
Germany) from 28 member countries of the Commission: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,
Chile, the Peoples’ Republic of China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany,
Hungary, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States
of America. Observers attended from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The list of
participants is detailed in Annex III.
II.2 SYNTHESIS OF COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS
3. Country progress reports for the period 2012 through 2015 were received from the National
Poplar Commissions of 21 IPC member countries and three non-member countries (Moldova, the
Russian Federation and Serbia). Additionally, 19 IPC member countries and two non-member
countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova) completed the questionnaire (see Annex V). The
contents of the national reports were synthesized into two IPC Working Papers:
1) IPC/15 – “Synthesis of country progress reports, activities related to poplar and willow
cultivation and utilization, 2012 through 2015, prepared for the 25th Session, International
Poplar Commission, 201611”.
2) IPC/16 – “Publications listed in country progress reports prepared for the 25th Session,
International Poplar Commission, 201612”
4. These Working Papers were available on the Internet prior to the 25th Session and distributed
to all participants in electronic copies. Additionally, the Synthesis was presented as a keynote address
by Mr. James Carle, FAO Consultant to the plenary session – “Trends and perspectives in poplar and
willow cultivation – a global synthesis of country progress reports”, September 2016”.
II.3 25th SESSION THEME: POPLARS AND OTHER FAST-GROWING TREES – RENEWABLE RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GREEN ECONOMIES
5. The theme of the 25th Session was “Poplars and other fast-growing trees – renewable
resources for future green economies”. There were 203 papers submitted for the 25th Session, of
which, Germany (48 papers), India (24), Argentina (19), the Islamic Republic of Iran (15), the United
States of America (13), Italy (13), Sweden (10) and the remaining 61 papers were from 27 countries.
There were 16 papers chosen for plenary presentations and the distribution of the remaining 187
papers by principal Working Party was: Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration (4); Domestication
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and conservation of genetic resources (53); Plant health and resilience to threats and climate change
(33); Sustainable livelihood, land-use, products and bioenergy (72); Environmental and ecosystem
services (25); Policy, communication and outreach (0). Countries with economies in transition and
developing countries accounted for 47% of the papers and industrialized countries of Europe and
North America, 53%.
6. The abstracts of papers submitted to the IPC 25th Session were published in the Working
Paper IPC/14 - “Abstracts of submitted papers and posters”13 that was made available on the IPC
website prior to the Session and distributed in electronic copy to all participants on registration.
7. The sessions at a glance can be viewed in Annex II (a). The detailed programme can be
referenced in Annex II (b) and the authors and titles of papers presented are in Annex IV.
II.4 OPENING OF THE SESSION
8. Mr. Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Member of the German Parliament, Federal
Ministry of Food and Agriculture, welcomed participants, thanked the host organizations and opened
the 25th Session as the host Government and highlighted the resonance and strong interest with the IPC
objectives and 25th Session theme. The IPC 5th Session was hosted in Germany in 1953 when priority
was in restoration of degraded landscapes post-World War II (WWII). Now, more wood is grown in
Germany than is used. German Policies and Forests 2020 Strategy are to further expand the forest
contribution to the bio-economy by planting a wider diversity of tree species including fast-growing
trees to restore vulnerable landscapes, improve environmental protection, support peoples’ livelihoods,
mitigate the effects of climate change and provide recreational resources. Poplars, willows and other
fast-growing trees can help achieve these objectives, not only in Germany, but in other countries in
Europe and around the world.
9. Ms. Eva Müller, Director, Forest Policy and Resources Division, FAO, Rome, Italy thanked
the host Government for the excellent arrangements and welcomed the wide range of producers,
researchers, industries, users and academics present. Poplar and willow resources now exceeded
100 million ha (larger than Belgium, France and Italy) that restored landscapes and provided
livelihoods for large scale investors, smallholders and village-based industries. The theme of the
25th Session was to highlight the contribution of poplars and other fast-growing tree species for
sustainable development (i.e. livelihoods and landscapes). Since the IPC was established in 1947, the
reform of the scope of the IPC was to address the wider socio-economic and environmental contexts
and to attract more members and donors. Evolution was inevitable and delay was not an option if the
IPC was to be relevant as a vehicle for implementation of the Paris Agreement and other international
commitments. FAO look to the IPC 25th Session to provide relevant and achievable recommendations
to COFO 2018 and to other sustainable forestry programmes.
10. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the IPC, Sweden, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Uppsala, welcomed participants and reaffirmed that the IPC was formed in 1947 with focus
on restoration of livelihoods and landscapes in the aftermath of WWII. The social, environmental and
economic contexts were now very different and reform of the IPC was necessary to adapt to the new
realities. The transfer of new scientific knowledge and technology to producers, industries, users,
policy makers, managers and the public remained the driving forces for the IPC today. Since its
foundation in European countries the IPC had spread to benefit a wider range of countries in the Near
East, North America, North Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania. The IPC was one of the oldest
FAO technical statutory bodies and the only convention on forestry. Poplars and willows continued to
play a critical role in wood and fibre production and the provision of environmental and ecosystem
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services including restoration of degraded lands, phytoremediation, carbon sequestration etc. The
theme of the 25th Session reflected the reform of the IPC in expanding beyond poplars and willows to
include other fast-growing species that broadened the scope and opportunities for growth in supporting
sustainable livelihoods and landscapes in more green and environmental based economies.
11. Mr. Martin Weih, IPC Chairperson, proposed to add an item to the provisional agenda entitled
“Adoption of the proposed amendments to the IPC-convention”. The amended Agenda was adopted.
(see Annex I (b)).
12. Mr. Martin Weih facilitated the election of officers for the 25th Session. Mr. Georg von
Wühlisch (Germany) was elected as Chairperson and Ms. Albena Bobeva (Bulgaria) and Mr. Dinesh
Kumar (India) were elected as Vice-Chairs.
13. Mr. Martin Weih announced the Czech Republic as a new IPC member country. Mr. Jan
Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech
Republic presented the evolution in the use of poplar and willow for landscape restoration since the
Napoleonic wars, through the Soviet plantation models of the 1950’s to emergence of the new short-
rotation coppice for biomass production for bioenergy or the bio-economy. A National Poplar
Commission and a Secretariat had been established and support of the culture of poplars, willows and
other fast-growing trees was initiated in close collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the IPC Secretariat, FAO.
Keynote Addresses at the First Plenary Session (13 September)
14. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the first plenary session in support of the
theme:
a) Mr. Matthias Dieter (Germany) – Poplars and other fast-growing trees – renewable resources
for future green economies;
b) Mr. Walter Kollert (IPC Secretariat, FAO, Italy) – The reform of the International Poplar
Commission (IPC) in light of modern forest policy requirements;
c) Mr. Matthias Fladung (Germany) – Plant remodelling in trees – breeding perspectives in
poplar; and
d) Ms. Teresa Cerrillo (Argentina) – Advances in a willow (Salix spp.) breeding programme in
Argentina for different wood applications.
Keynote Addresses at the Second Plenary Session (13 September)
15. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the second plenary session in support of
the theme:
a) Mr. Martin Weih (Sweden) – Sweden’s quest for renewable resources – an opportunity for
growing poplars and willows?
b) Mr. Reinhart Ceulemans (Belgium) – Bio-energy from poplar biomass under short rotations:
full greenhouse gas balance, energy balance and environmental life cycle analysis;
c) Mr. Jan Grundmann (Germany) – Short-rotation coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge; and
d) Mr. Ramesh C. Dhiman (India) – The role of the private sector in promoting the culturing of
poplar and other fast growing tree species in India.
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Keynote Addresses at the Third Plenary Session (13 September)
16. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the third plenary session in support of the
theme:
e) Mr. Pedro Garnica (Spain) and Mr. Bernard Mourlan (France) – Introduction of the European
poplar association (ProPopulus);
f) Ms. Sharon L. Doty (USA) – Importance of the plant microbiome for growth, health and
stress tolerance;
g) Ms. Erika Pierattini (Italy) – Pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Populus alba
phenotyping and uptake; and
h) Mr. Jitze Kopinga (the Netherlands) – Poplar in the urban environment – experiences with its
use and usability in the Netherlands.
Keynote Addresses at the Fourth Plenary Session (16 September)
17. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the fourth (closing) plenary session:
a) Mr. Joris van Acker (Belgium) – Engineered wood products based on poplar and willow
wood;
b) Mr. James Carle (IPC Secretariat, FAO) – Trends and perspectives in poplar and willow
cultivation – a global synthesis of national progress reports;
c) Mr. Walter Kollert on behalf of Mr. Arvydas Lebedys (IPC Secretariat, FAO, Italy) – Global
and regional market trends for poplar products; and
d) Mr. Jim Richardson (Canada) and Mr. Jud Isebrands (USA) – Poplars and willows: a photo
library.
Concurrent Sessions (14–15 September 2016)
18. The organization and scheduling of Concurrent Sessions on 14 September and the morning of
15 September were arranged in Themes but participants were encouraged to participate across themes
where feasible. The concurrent session themes included:
a) Theme 1: Tree improvement, (Bunsen Hall)
b) Theme 2: Tree improvement with focus on genomics (Room Pasteur)
c) Theme 3: Forest health (insects, pathogens and climate impacts) (Room Curie)
d) Theme 4: Physiology, agroforestry and production systems (Room Hertz)
e) Theme 5: Livelihoods, economics and energy (Hans Grade Hall)
f) Theme 6: Environmental and ecosystem services (Room Melli Beese)
Moderators for each concurrent session obtained take home messages from presenters which will be
synthesized into a separate summary report and uploaded to the IPC 2016 portal on the IPC website.
II.5 BUSINESS REPORTS
Working Party on Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration
19. Ms. Julia Kuzovkina (USA) was elected as the Chairperson for the 2016–2020 period and
Mr. Lorenzo Vietto (Italy) as the Technical Secretary.
20. The Working Party holds the International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs) for
Populus (Poplars, Cottonwood and Aspens) since 1958 and Salix (Willows), since 2013. It is the
responsibility of the Working Party to ensure that each plant cultivar receives a unique, authoritative
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botanical name. The tasks of the Working Party included: (i) Accept registration of new cultivars
which are appropriately named following the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for
Cultivated Plants (ICNCP); (ii) Update, amend and re-issue the International Register of Populus
Cultivars and the International Register of Salix Cultivars, periodically; (iii) Publish the Checklists of
all known epithets and commercial synonyms for cultivars of Populus L. and Salix L.; (iv) Publicize
the registration procedure for Populus and Salix cultivars to the widest appropriate audience;
(v) Provide annual reports to the Chairperson of the Special Commission for Cultivar Registration of
the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
21. The programme of action for 2016–2020 includes:
Continue to update the International Register of Populus Cultivars and the Checklist for
Cultivars of Populus;
Initiate the International Register of Salix Cultivars and continue the update of the
Checklist for Cultivars of Salix;
Continue to identify the active breeding programmes and research centres and inform
them of the importance of cultivar registration;
Update and upgrade the mailing lists from the network of plant geneticists and breeders
and update the list of Poplar and Willows experts in the working party portal;
Raise awareness through effective outreach to all involved in cultivar development and to
facilitate comprehensive compilation of international records of plant registrations through
the ICRA;
Maintain direct contacts with poplar and willow breeders to obtain more detailed and
updated information about registered and new cultivars and add to the IPC website; and
Create information sources related to Populus and Salix taxonomy.
Working Party on Domestication and conservation of genetic resources
22. Ms. Teresa Cerrillo (Argentina) was elected as the Chairperson for the 2016–2020 period,
Mr. Ian McIvor (New Zealand), Mr. Georg von Wühlisch (Germany) and Mr. Sasa Orlovic (Serbia)
were elected as Vice-Chairpersons, and Ms. Ann-Christin Rönnberg-Wästljung (Sweden) as Technical
Secretary.
23. The Working Party mission is to contribute to a better knowledge of international information
and results that relate to domestication and conservation of genetic resources of poplars, willows and
other fast-growing trees. The Working Party focused on: (i) Genetic improvement by classical
breeding, development and application of genomic tools and genetic transformations; (ii) Creation of
new cultivars for bioenergy, phytoremediation, waste water treatement etc; and (iii) Conservation of
natural genetic resources and ecosystems. Within the 25th IPC Session the working party was very
active with 54 papers from 16 countries, including one plenary, 29 oral and 24 poster presentations, of
which 54% were on genetics and 46% were on genomics. The working party intended to bring
awareness on: (i) plant breeders rights and promote exchange of information on genetic material of
Poplars, Willows and other fast-growing trees; and (ii) conservation of natural resources of poplars
and willows and about the genetic diversity that should be achieved in commercial plantations.
24. The programme of action for the period 2016–2020 included: (i) create an updated data
platform that included researchers and experts involving the domestication and conservation of
Poplars, Willows and other fast-growing trees and their genetic resources; (ii) update the database on
breeding programmes and pollen collections; (iii) develop a database of clone collections and gene
banks in collaboration with the working party on Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration; and
(iv) improve the interaction with the other working parties, including, breeding for desirable wood
traits and breeding for biomass production with the Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and
bioenergy working party; breeding for pytoremediation with the Environmental and ecosystem
services working party; and selection for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses with the Plant health
and resilience to threats and climate change working party.
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Working Party on Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change
25. Mr. Mauritz Ramstedt (Sweden) was elected as the Chairperson and Mr. Y. P. Singh (India)
and Ms. Silvia Cortizo (Argentina) were elected as the Vice-Chairpersons for 2016–2018. Office
holders to be reviewed after two years. Working party members within their own expertise set will
assist the working party officers as needed.
26. The concurrent sessions of the working party were very active with strong participation,
excellent presentations and robust discussions from a wide range of countries. Presentations and
discussions were on different aspects of poplar and willow health, including biotic (insects, diseases
and other pests) and abiotic (climate change, extreme weather events, fire etc.) stresses from around
the world. The business meeting was well attended with active participation from 8-10 different
countries that contributed to preparation of a new roadmap for the coming years.
27. The working party stressed: (i) climate change and extreme weather events that predisposed
poplars and willows to outbreaks of existing and new pests, insects, and diseases, but also introduced
new stress factors like drought, winds, competition from weeds and fire which may not have been
threats previously; (ii) genotypes deployed today will face challenges to grow in environments that
might change in the future; (iii) resilience to threats through improved genetic materials and the
development of common protocols to reduce the risk of introducing new pathogens while importing
reproductive material (cuttings, seeds, seedlings); (iv) communication of sound methods of selecting
plant material and implementation of plantations in new regions or countries; and (v) identification of
new key diseases on important crops.
28. The programme of action for 2016–2020 included:
Update the database on active researchers in plant health concerning poplar and willow, also
adding other possible plant species introduced by new member states and update on the
working party portal on the IPC website;
Monitor and link to new poplar and willow plant health publications;
Research and report poplar and willow selection and breeding programmes for resistence to
biotic and abiotic stress factors and upload to the IPC website;
Organize a working party meeting, concurrently with the 7th IPS Session in Buenos Aires
2018 with a theme on regional poplar and willow health issues and to revise the working party
officers and the programme of action.
Link more closely with other Working Parties for more inter-disciplinary approaches to
disease resistence, particularly with Domestication and conservation of genetic resources;
Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bioenergy; and Environmental and ecosystem
services working parties.
Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bioenergy
29. Mr. Joris Van Acker (Belgium) was elected as Chairperson and Mr. Joaquin Garnica (Spain),
Mr R. Dhiman (India) and Mr. Detlef Schmiedl (Germany) were elected as Vice-Chairpersons for the
sub-groups within the Working Party for the period 2016–2020. Regional focal persons identified
were Mr. Jim Richardson and Mr. Ahmed Koubaa (Canada) for North America, Mr. X Xu (China) and
Mr. Dinesh Kumar (India) for Asia, and Mr L. de Boever (Belgium) for Europe. A focal person for
South America is pending.
30. In addition to poplars and willows, there is potential to include the following genera of fast-
growing trees: Acacia, Pinus, Tectona, Robinia, Alder, Eucalyptus, Gmelina, Paraserianthes
(formerly Albizia), Paulownia, Liriodendron, Casuarina, Prosopis, Terminalia and Swietenia.
31. The revised working party was formed by amalgamation of the two former working parties on
poplar and willow Production systems and Harvesting and utilization and melding of the bioenergy
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component from the working party, Environmental applications of poplars and willows. The revised
scope of the working party will include poplars and willows (and potentially other fast-growing trees)
production systems to grow woody biomass that will be processed using sawing, peeling, chipping
into both products and energy in an economic perspective sustaining livelihoods.
32. The programme of action for 2016–2020 included:
Creation of the four sub-groups within the working party, including: (i) production systems;
(ii) livelihoods/economics; (iii) products; and (iv) bioenergy;
Elect officers to coordinate the activities for each sub-group;
Establish networks within the new sub-groups and beyond with appropriate initiatives and
institutions;
Continue to develop sub-group and regional contact networks and communications;
Establish a state-of-the-art data base on experts, production systems, products, bioenergy;
Compile a country-based information system;
Support young scientists to study production systems, livelihoods and utilization dimensions;
Organize workshops and conferences; and
Initiate new research in line with the new scope and mandate.
Working Party on Environmental and ecosystem services
33. Ms. Sharon Doty (USA) was elected as Chairperson and Mr. Andrej Pilipovic (Serbia) and
Mr. Lou Licht (USA) were elected as Vice-Chairpersons for the period 2016–2020.
34. The scope of the Environmental and ecosystem services working party used the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment definition for ecosystem services that included: (i) provisioning (food, water,
fibre and fuel); (ii) regulating (climate, water and disease); (iii) cultural (spiritual, aesthetic,
recreational and educational); and (iv) supporting (primary production and soil formation). The key
dimensions of the working party were identified as phytoremediation, wastewater treatment, erosion
control, protection of watersheds, riparian buffers, restoration of landscapes, combating desertification
and salinization, shelterbelts and windbreaks, soil rehabilitation, aesthetics and recreation.
35. The programme of action for 2016–2020 included:
working party meetings proposed: (i) 2017: link to the International Phytotechnologies
Society meeting tentatively to be held in Iowa, USA; (ii) 2018: link to the International Poplar
Symposium meeting to be held in Argentina; and (iii) 2019: Eastern Europe tour of
environmental applications sites in Serbia and Hungary;
environmental applications and ecosystem services information sheets for distribution to
stakeholders (translated into Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Chinese);
increase the use of the IPC Newsletter to better inform about the environmental services
research activities of the WP5 members;
work with IPC to broadly define “environmental and ecosystem services” to increase
membership, visibility, utility; and
collaborate with the working party on Policy, Communication and Outreach for dissemination
and communication.
Working Party on Policy, Communication and outreach
36. Ms. Barbara Thomas (Canada) was elected Chairperson and Mr. Raju Soolanayakanahally (Canada) as Vice-Chairperson for now.
37. The mandate of the new working party will be to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and
technology particularly from researchers (scientists and academics to practitioners, policy makers,
donors and the public) and provide outreach for working parties 1-5. Specifically, the mandate will be
to support National Poplar Commissions and provide wider support to the IPC membership.
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38. The programme of action for 2012–2016 included:
attract membership of interested parties;
establish links to other working parties;
establish a web-portal on IPC website;
provide links to existing policy documents broken down by: Region – Country (members and
non-members) – State/Province/etc;
provide a repository of current policy barriers to provide direction on research needs for
different regions of the world; and
provide ‘News Flashes’ to all IPC members and National Commissions when new information
is loaded to the IPC website (relating to all working parties); develop a template for ‘Highlight
Sheets’ - 2-page fact sheet with take home messages from science outcomes.
II.6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION
Conclusions
39. Ms. Dorothea Steinhauser of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture,
Mr. Georg von Wühlisch from the Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, and Mr. Torsten Gabriel from
the Agency for Renewable Resources and their dedicated team of scientists, technicians and volunteers
were commended for successfully hosting the 25th Session. The participants, through study tours,
plenary and concurrent sessions, were made aware of the environmental, social and economic
significance of poplars, willows and other fast-growing trees in improving livelihoods and landscapes
around the globe. The participants were acknowledged for the active participation and rich resources
in all dimensions in the cultivation of poplars and other fast-growing trees
40. The International Poplar Commission continued to provide a bridge linking research of poplar
and willow cultivation, conservation and utilization with development policies, planning and
implementation practices. Through effective networks, long-established partnerships, comprehensive
databases and outreach programmes, the IPC has successfully transferred poplar and willow
germplasm, knowledge and technology between scientists, growers, processors and users around the
globe. The new scope, when approved, will provide a wider range of species and geographic
participation within the IPC but the mechanism of delivery will be similar.
41. Although unanimously in favour of the IPC reform, the 25th IPC Session was unsuccessful in
achieving the required two-third majority of the membership (2 votes short). Because of the
unanimous vote (23 in favour votes out of 23 votes) in favour of reform, the out-going and the in-
coming Executive Committee will remain committed to continuing the IPC reform process. It was
proposed to convene the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 at FAO,
Rome, Italy where FAO member states attend so IPC member states can repeat the voting procedures.
Recommendations
42. The International Poplar Commission, through its Secretariat, Working Parties and National
Poplar Commissions, recommended to:
a) Continue the strong commitment (23 positive votes from 23 votes received from IPC member
countries) to the reform process initiated by the IPC in response to paragraph 46 of the Report
of COFO, 2016.
b) Immediately implement the revised structure of the six Working Parties approved by the
47th and 48th Executive Committee meetings and the 25th Session of the IPC, including
(i) Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration; (ii) Domestication and conservation of genetic
resources; (iii) Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change; (iv) Sustainable
livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy; (v) Environmental and ecosystem services;
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and (vi) Policy, communication and outreach, which do not entail a modification of the
Convention text and are not dependent upon the formal reform process.
c) The Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention as agreed by, and recommended by the
48th Executive Committee Meeting be presented to the appropriate FAO mechanism for
preliminary approvals of scope, legal language etc.
d) Conduct the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 in an endeavour
to achieve the two-third approval vote of the membership (25 positive votes of 38 member
countries) to formally trigger the first formal acceptance of the IPC reform process.
e) Increase recognition by Governments of the increased scope, roles and opportunities that
National Poplar Commissions of member countries will address when poplars and other fast-
growing trees are approved.
f) Increase communication and outreach from the IPC to key stakeholders and the efforts to raise
government, public and donor awareness of the activities, outputs and outcomes of projects,
programmes and other initiatives.
II.7 STUDY TOURS
43. Three pre-Session study tours were hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and
Agriculture. The first study tour held on Saturday, 10 September visited short-rotation coppice field
trials at the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde to view and discuss the site water supply,
management regimes, harvesting and utilization, cultivars tested, coppices as wind breaks, and poultry
husbandry under poplar plantations. The visit included a cultural visit to a 12th century monastery at
Chorin near Eberswalde. A visit of ancient beech forest Grumsin in the Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere
reserve (UNESCO World Natural Heritage) concluded the study tour. The second study tour held on
Sunday 11 September visited the Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Waldsieverdorf, to view tree
improvement projects on poplars, willows, black locust, douglas fir, scots pine and hybrid larch and
poplar clones for energy crops at Müncheberg, before a historical tour of central Berlin to the
Reichstag, Brandenburger Tor, Holocaust Memorial, Führerbunker, Potsdamer Platz and the Berlin
Wall. The third study tour on bioenergy and carbon sequestration on Monday 12 September visited the
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering in Postdam-Bornim and included: demonstration of
ongoing projects of short-rotation coppices, including cultivation, harvesting and storage technology,
nutrient and substance cycles, emission of climate-relevant gases, biomethane and biochar, hybrid
processes for energy production and carbon sequestration, and the use of residues for biochar
production to improve soils. A cultural programme followed to Postdam town including Neuer Garten,
Sanssouci Palace, markets, Nikolai Church, City Hall, Holländisches Viertel, and the Russian Colony
Alexandrowska.
44. Two post-Session study tours were undertaken. The first study tour, from 16 to 20 September,
entitled: “Bioenergy and Unesco World Heritage Sites in Central Germany”, included Hansestadt
Werben: Salix-Populus societies and conservation of black poplar trees at the Elbe river, a visit to a
bioenergy village in Beuchte and a visit to the one thousand year old Imperial Palace “Kaiserpfalz” in
Goslar. The second day, short-rotation coppice trials on three different sites with a 40-year old short-
rotation coppice clonal test “Haferfeld” and to the “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe” site in Kassel. On the
third day, the visit included the Ancient German Beech Forest in Altenlotheim/Eder, international
heating systems manufacturer Viessmann in Allendorf/Eder, as well as a Cistercian monastery in
Eberbach. On the last day, participants visited the Kühkopf natural preservation center and natural
regeneration of Black Poplar on the Rhine river.
45. The second post-Session study tour, from 16 to 20 September, took the participants to Sweden
to see forests, people and bioenergy. Starting in Malmö, in the south of Sweden, the tour ended in
Uppsala (north of Stockholm). The tour visited a commercial willow company (Salixenergy Europa);
the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden; the “SweTree Technologies”- a plant and forest
biotechnology company; then a 180-year old Oak plantation in Visingsö, an island on “Lake Vättern”;
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a large-scale poplar plantation in Tillberga outside Västeräs; “ENA Energi”, the district heating plant
in Enköping using nearby willow plantations fertilized with municipal wastewater; and finally Uppsala
and the poplar and willow experimental plantations at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU).
46. A comprehensive Spousal Programme was arranged including: Berlin bus tour through the
Government district, Potsdamer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie and Unter den Linden and a boat cruise to
view historical and cultural sites including Museum Island, Reichstag building, the Federal
Chancellery, the House of World Cultures and the Nikolai neighbourhood on Tuesday, 13 September;
Potsdam tour to Sanssouci and Cecilienhof Palaces and walks through their grand gardens and parks
on Wednesday 14 September; and a tour through Berlin’s typical neighbourhoods of Kreuzberg,
Prenzlauer Berg and Neukölln Districts on Thursday 15 September.
II.8 MAJOR INITIATIVES
47. The independent ballot committee that counted the votes for both ballots (IPC-Reform and
Executive Committee) were Ms. Albena Bobeva, Vice-chairperson of the Session (Bulgaria), and
Mr. Jud Isebrands (USA), member of the out-going IPC-Executive Committee.
Reform of the International Poplar Commission
48. Mr. Martin Weih, IPC Chairperson and Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, highlighted the
need for reforms to expand membership and scope of the IPC and to increase relevance and visibility
to member countries and donors. The results for the vote on the IPC reform included: total possible
votes = 38 (38 IPC member countries); required 2/3 majority = 25 votes; votes cast in favour of reform
= 23; votes cast against reform = 0; abstentions = 0. Although unanimously in favour of the IPC
reform, the 25th IPC Session was unsuccessful in achieving the two-third votes required (2 votes
short). Because of the unanimous vote in favour of reform, the out-going and the in-coming Executive
Committee will remain committed to continuing the IPC reform process. It was proposed to convene
the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 at FAO, Rome, Italy where FAO
member states attend so IPC member states can repeat the voting procedures. The continued reform
process was supported through the conclusions and recommendations of the 25th Session.
Election of the Executive Committee 2012–2016
49. Voting for the composition of the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Poplar
Commission (IPC) for 2016-2020 was conducted between Thursday 15 September at 12:00 hours and
Friday 16 September at 12:00 hours. From 20 candidates representing 18 countries, 12 were elected to
the Executive Committee for the period 2016–2020. An election was held by secret ballot involving 22
country delegates authorized to represent their respective governments.
50. The 12 elected members of the Executive Committee for the period 2016-2020 were: Esteban
Borodowski (Argentina), Joris Van Acker (Belgium), Barbara R. Thomas (Canada), Francisco
Zamudio (Chile), Catherine Bastien (France), Georg von Wühlisch (Germany), Mirko Liesebach
(Germany), Dinesh Kumar (India), Giuseppe Nervo (Italy), Ian McIvor (New Zealand), Martin Weih
(Sweden) and Emile S. Gardiner (United States of America).
51. At an informal meeting of the new Executive Committee subsequent to the 25th Session,
Mr. Martin Weih was re-elected as the IPC Chairperson; Ms. Barbara Thomas was elected as the IPC
Vice-Chairperson; Mr. Meng Zhu Lu (China) and Mr. Stefano Bisoffi (Italy) were co-opted to the
Executive Committee. Due to early commencement of the study tours, further voting for co-opted
members had to be postponed and will be done with the Executive Committee members by a web-
based election process coordinated by the IPC Secretariat. It was decided that due to the 25th IPC
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Session outcome on the reform process, that the next IPC Executive Committee meeting will be held
at FAO, Rome, Italy to coincide with COFO 2018 (date to be decided by December 2016) when FAO
member countries are present.
Poplars and willows: an International Photo Gallery
52. Mr. Jim Richardson, supported by Mr. Judson Isebrands, co-editors of the IPC flagship book
“Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment14”, published by CABI and FAO in
2014, reported that during the preparatory process, large numbers of historic and technically important
photos were obtained from poplar and willow specialists and institutions from around the globe. In
addition to those published, there remained a large number of important photos in their archives. A
project is now well advanced to have all photos, with credits, arranged in accordance with the chapters
of the book “Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment” made available through
FAO’s IPC website by the end of 2016. This photo gallery will provide a valuable resource for historic
records and for transfer of knowledge in the future.
Date and place of next Session
53. There were no formal proposals received to host the 26th Session of the IPC in 2020. Proposals
were invited for submission prior to the 49th Executive Committee meeting proposed to coincide with
COFO 2018, FAO, Rome, Italy.
II.9 OTHER MATTERS
IUFRO 7th International Poplar Symposium
54. Participants were invited to the IUFRO Seventh International Poplar Symposium (IPS-VII), in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, September–October 2018 (date to be confirmed) with post-conference study
tours being planned.
Best Poster Award
55. Mr. Sven de Vries, Ms. Jaconette Mirck and Mr. Cees van Oosten evaluated posters for their
formatting, content and clarity in communicating the introduction/background, materials and methods,
results and discussion and conclusions. The five winner awards were presented to Ms. Teresa Cerrillo
(Argentina) with a poster “Breeding willow clones for basket making in Argentina first results”;
Mr. Pier Mario Chiarabaglio and Mr. Achille Giorgelli (Italy) with a poster “Restoration of river banks
with Populus alba L. – a case study in Italy”; Ms. Maria del Carmen Dacasa Rüdinger, Ms. Marianne
Kadolski, Mr. Wolfgang Hüller, Mr. Heino Wolf, Ms. Anna Kraft and Mr. Kurt Zoglauer (Germany)
with poster “From a cone into the Petri dish and to the field: about the unusual trip of an immature
seed”; Mr. Hannes Lenz, Mr. Ralf Pecenka and Ms. Christine Idler (Germany) with poster “Optimum
storage techniques for poplar wood from short-rotation coppice – a comparison of whole tree and
chips storage”; and Ms. Jessica Rebola-Lichtenberg and Mr. Christian Ammer (Germany) with poster
“Biomass production in short-rotation coppice – growth efficiency of Populus in mixed cropping with
Robinia pseudoacacia”. Winners received a formal Best Poster Award Certificate and the book
“Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment”.
14 CABI, FAO and IPC book “Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment”: http://www.fao.org/3/a-
i2670e.pdf
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Evaluation of the Session 56. The results of the evaluation of the session by the country delegates are documented in
Annex VII.
II.10 CLOSING OF THE SESSION
57. Mr. Georg von Wühlisch, Chairperson for the 25th Session acknowledged on behalf of the
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the German Poplar Commission, the close collaboration
with FAO and the IPC Secretariat and acknowledged the diverse fraternity of the poplar and willow
family from 40 countries and the excellent participation in the plenary, concurrent and poster sessions.
The strong member country representation and participation of particularly Germany, India,
Argentina, Canada, China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, USA, Italy and Sweden and the strong interest
and participation by non-member countries made for rich and robust discussions reflecting poplar and
willow culture in very diverse and wide-spread contexts around the world. Additionally, the
participants represented a wide range of stakeholder groups including government, private sector
(corporate and smallholder), scientists, academics and NGOs which represented growers, wood
industries, users and research and educational institutions. The transfer of knowledge and technology
and capacity building were acknowledged as at least as important as the creation of knowledge and
advancement of science. The IPC, particularly if reforms proceed and revised Working Parties provide
relevant outputs and outcomes, can contribute significantly towards achievement of green economies
in the future with poplars and other fast-growing trees.
58. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, on behalf of FAO congratulated Ms. Dorothea Steinhauser
of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Mr. Georg von Wühlisch from the Thünen
Institute of Forest Genetics, and Mr. Torsten Gabriel from the Agency for Renewable Resources and
their dedicated team of scientists, technicians and volunteers (too many to name individually) for their
excellent arrangements, logistics and success of the 25th Session. The participants and the IPC
Secretariat staff were acknowledged for their key inputs to the Session. It was reiterated that 23 votes
in favour of reform out of 23 voting member countries was a strong message to convey to FAO. With
this strong mandate, the next vote for reform will coincide with COFO 2018, when more member
countries will attend and be eligible to vote on the recommended reforms and the amended IPC-
Convention. Business-as-usual was not an option. Congratulations were expressed to the newly elected
and re-elected Members of the Executive Committee who were reminded to convene for an informal
introductory meeting and to elect officers. The 25th IPC Session was thereafter officially closed.
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ANNEX I (a) - Agenda of the 48th Session of the Executive Committee
International Poplar Commission
48th Session of the Executive Committee
Adlershof Technology Center, Berlin, Germany
12 September 2016
AGENDA
9.00-10.30 hrs Session 1: Opening
Opening and welcome (Chairman)
Adoption of the provisional agenda (Chairman)
Arrangements for the 25th Session of the IPC (Secretary/Members)
10.30-11.00 hrs Coffee break
11.00-12.30 hrs
Session 2: Working parties
Summary reports and programme of work for Working Parties 1 to 6 and
Sub-Committee on Nomenclature and Registration (Chairpersons, ca. 10
min each)
Summary and conclusions (Chairman/Members)
12.30-14.00 hrs Lunch break
14.00-15.30 hrs
Session 3: IPC Reform
Progress report on IPC reform (Chairman/Secretary)
Moderated discussion on IPC reform process, incl. status and perspective
of working parties and national poplar commissions in a reformed IPC (all
members)
Summary and conclusions (Chairman/Secretary)
15.30-16.00 hrs Coffee break
16.00-18.00 hrs
Session 4: IPC events and other matters
Summary report on poplar related events since the 24th session of the IPC
in Dehradun, 2012 (all members)
Proposals for the composition of the Executive Committee for the period
2016–2020 (all members)
Proposals for the date and place of the 26th Session of the IPC (2020) and
49th Session of the IPC Executive Committee (2018) (all members)
Other matters (all members)
Closing of the Session (Chairman)
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ANNEX I (b) - Agenda of the 25th Session of the IPC
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION AND RELATED SESSIONS
Berlin, Germany, 13–16 September 2016
AGENDA
1. Opening of the Session
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. Election of Officers
4. Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees - Renewable Resources for Future Green
Economies
5. Synthesis of Country Progress Reports 2012–2015
6. Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration
7. Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources
8. Climate Change, Plant Health and Resilience to Threats and Crises
9. Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy
10. Environmental and Ecosystem Services
11. Policy, Communication and Outreach
12. Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the IPC-Convention
13. Election of Members of the Executive Committee for the period 2016–2020
14. Date and place of next Session
15. Other matters
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ANNEX II (a) – Programme Summary
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION, TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Time Mon, 12 Sep
IPC-Execut. Committ. Meeting
9:00-18:00
Tue, 13 Sep
Official Opening, Plenary Sessions
9.00-17.30
Wed, 14 Sep
Concurrent Sessions,
9.00 to 18.00 hrs
7:30
Foyer Lobby
Registration and distribution of material for IPC-Session
7:30 to 9:00
Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)
Room Pasteur (Convention Center)
Room Curie (Convention Center)
Room Hertz (Convention Center)
Hans Grade Hall (Adlershof Forum)
Room Melli Beese (Adlershof Forum)
7:45
8:00
8:15
8:30 Hans Grade Hall:
Registr. for Exec. Comm. Meetg.
9:00-10:30
Session 1A
Tree
Improvement
9:00-10:30
Session 2A
Tree
Improvement
9:00-10:30
Session 3A
Climate
impact/pathogens
9:00-10:30
Session 4A
Physiology
9:00-10:30
Session 5A
Production/
Livelihoods
9:00-10:30
Session 6A
Products
8:45
9:00 Hans Grade Hall:
IPC-Exec. Committee. Meeting
9:00 – 18:00
Bunsen Hall
Welcome remarks, Opening by Chair Adoption of the agenda
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:30 Morning break
10:30 to 11:00 10:45
11:00
Hans Grade Hall
IPC-Executive Committee
Meeting
Key note 1, Matthias Dieter, Germany. Poplars and other
fast-growing trees - renewable resources for future green
economies
Key note 2, Walter Kollert, FAO. The reform of the
International Poplar Commission (IPC) in light of modern
forest policy requirements
Key note 3, Mathias Fladung, Germany. Plant remodeling
in trees – breeding perspectives in poplar
Key-note 4, Teresa Cerrillo, Argentina. Advances in a
willow (Salix spp) breeding program in Argentina for
different wood applications
11:00-12:30
Session 1B
Tree
Improvement
11:00-12:30
Session 2B
Tree
Improvement
11:00-12:30
Session 3B
Pathogens
11:00-12:30
Session 4B
Physiology/
Agroforestry
11:00-12:30
Session 5B
Livelihoods/
Economics
11:00-12:30
Session 6B
Restoration/Phyto
-remediation
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12.30
Lunch break
12:30 to 14:00 hrs
12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
Hans Grade Hall
IPC-Executive Committee
Meeting
Key-note 5, Martin Weih, Sweden. Sweden’s quest for
renewable resources – an opportunity for growing poplars
and willows
Key note 6, Reinhart Ceulemans, Belgium. Bio-energy from
poplar biomass under short rotations: full greenhouse gas
balance, energy balance and environmental life cycle
analysis
Key note 7, Jan Grundmann, Germany. Short-rotation
coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge
Key note 8, Ramesh C. Dhimann, India. The role of the
private sector in promoting the culturing of poplar and other
fast growing tree species in India
14.00-15:30 Session 1C
Tree
Improvement
14:00-15:30 Session 2C
Genomics
14:00-15:30 Session 3C
Pathogens/Insects
14:00-15:30 Session 4C
Agroforestry
14:00-15:30 Session 5C
Economics
14:00-15:30 Session 6C
Restoration/
Phytoremediation
14:15
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
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15:30 Afternoon break
15:30-16:00 15:45
16:00
Hans Grade Hall
IPC-Executive Committee Meeting
Key-note 9, Timothy Volk, USA. Incorporating shrub
willow into multifunctional systems using a landscape
design approach.
Key note 10, Sharon L. Doty, USA. Importance of the plant
microbiome for growth, health, and stress tolerance.
Key note 11, Erika Pierattini, Italy. Pharmaceuticals and
Personal Care Products: Populus alba phenotyping and
uptake.
Key note 12, Jitze Kopinga, The Netherlands. The poplar in
the urban environment - experiences with its use and
usability in The Netherlands.
16:00-18:00
Session 1D
Tree
Improvement
16:00-18:00
Session 2D
Genomics
16:00-18:00
Session 3D
Insects
16:00-18:00
Session 4D
Production
16:00-18:00
Session 5D
Energy
16:00-18:00
Session 6D
Restoration/
Phytoremediation
16:15
16.30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45 17:30 End of plenary sessions
18:00
18:15 18:00 End of Executive
Committee Meeting
18:00 End of concurrent sessions
18:30
18:45
19:00 19:00-20:30
Cocktail Reception hosted by FAO at Foyer and Terrace of the Convention Center
19:00-21:00
Dinner hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture at Former Airport Hangar, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Str. 1, Adlershof (in walking distance from conference venue)
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Time Thu, 15 Sep
Concurrent Sessions, Poster Session, Business meetings of working groups
9.00 to 18.00 hrs
Fri, 16 Sep
Plenary Sessions, Closing
Bunsen Hall, 9.00-15.30 7:30
Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)
9:00-10.30
Session 1E
Tree
Improvement
Room Pasteur (Convention Center)
9:00-10.30
Session 2E
Genomics
Room Curie (Convention Center)
9:00-10.30
Session 3E
Ecology
Room Hertz (Convention Center)
9:00-10:30
Session 4E
Production
Hans Grade Hall (Adlershof Forum)
9:00-10:30
Session 5E
Energy
Room Melli Beese (Adlershof Forum)
9:00-10:30
Session 6E
Special Applications
Key note 13, Joris van Acker, Belgium.
Engineered wood products based on
poplar and willow wood
Key-note 14, Jim Carle, New Zealand.
Trends and perspectives in poplar and
willow cultivation – a global synthesis of
national progress reports
Key-note 15, Arvydas Lebedys, FAO.
Global and regional market trends for
poplar products
Key-note 16, Jim Richardson, Canada,
Jud Isebrands, USA. Poplars and
willows: a photo library
7:45
8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15
10:30 Morning break
10:30 to 11:00 10:45
11:00
Zuse Hall (Basement, Convention Center)
Poster Presentation
Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)
11:00-12:30
Working party reports 1 to 6
(15 min each)
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12.30
Lunch break
12:30 to 14:00 hrs 12:45
13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00 Business meetings of working parties 14:00-18:00
Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)
14:00 to 15:30
Closing ceremony
14:15 Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)
14.00-15:30
Session 1F
Domestication and
Conservation of Genetic Resources
Room Pasteur (Convention Center)
15:00-18:00
General Assembly of
the European Poplar
Association (ProPopulus)
Room Curie (Convention Center)
14:00-15:30 Session 6F
Policy, Communication
and Outreach
Room Hertz (Convention Center)
14:00-15:30
Session 4F
Environmental and
Ecosystem Services
Hans Grade Hall (Adlershof Forum)
14:00-15:30
Session 3F
Sustainable Livelihoods,
Land-use, Products and Bioenergy
Room Melli Beese (Adlershof Forum)
14:00-15:30
Session 2F
Plant Health and
Resilience to Threats and Climate Change
Terrace/Basement
(Convention Center)
14:00-15:30
Session 5F
Taxonomy,
Nomenclature and
Registration
14:30
14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30 Afternoon break
15:30-16:00 15:45
16:00
continued
Domestication and
Conservation of
Genetic Resources
continued
General Assembly of
the European Poplar
Association
(ProPopulus)
continued
Communication and
Outreach
continued
Environmental and
Ecosystem Services
continued
Sustainable Livelihoods,
Land-use, Products and
Bioenergy
continued
Plant Health and
Resilience to Threats
and Climate Change
continued
Taxonomy,
Nomenclature and
Registration
Hans Grade Hall (Forum Adlershof)
16:00-17:00
Informal meeting of the new
Executive Committee
16:15
16.30
16:45
17:00
17:15
17:30
17:45 17:30 End of daily session 17:30
Departure for post-
conference tours 18:00
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ANNEX II (b) – Detailed Programme
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION, TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION
DETAILED PROGRAMME
PLENARY SESSIONS – TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER VENUE: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
07:30-09:00 Registration and distribution of material for IPC-Session
09:00-10:30 Opening and Welcome
Master of ceremony: Mr. Stefano Bisoffi, IPC Executive Committee, Italy
Opening of the Session Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Member of the
German Parliament
Welcome remarks Eva Müller, FAO, Director Forestry Policy and Resources
Division
Welcome remarks
Martin Weih, Chairman of the International Poplar Commission,
Sweden Adoption of the agenda
Election of chairperson and two vice-
chairpersons
10:10-10:30
The Czech Republic - a new IPC
member
Jan Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and
Ornamental Gardening, Prúhonice, Czech Republic
10:30-11:00 - Morning Break
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PLENARY SESSION I, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Sven de Vries, Alterra, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:05 Presentation of the 7th Session of the International Poplar
Symposium (IPS), 2018, Argentina
Ron Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern
Research Station, USA and Silvia Cortizo,
INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11:05-11:20 Poplars and other fast-growing trees - renewable resources for
future green economies
Matthias Dieter, Johann Heinrich von Thünen
Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural
Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany
11:20-11:40 The reform of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) in
light of modern forest policy requirements
Walter Kollert, Secretary of the International
Poplar Commission, FAO, Italy
11:40-12:00 Plant remodeling in trees – breeding perspectives in poplar Mathias Fladung, Thünen Institute of Forest
Genetics, Germany
12:00-12:30 Advances in a willow (Salix spp.) breeding programme in
Argentina for different wood applications
Teresa Cerrillo, Instituto Nacional de
Tecnología Agropecuaria, Campana,
Argentina
12:30–13:30 - Lunch break
13:30 -14:00 Group photograph of all participants (Terrace of the Convention Center)
PLENARY SESSION II, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Ron Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, USA
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 Sweden’s quest for renewable resources – an opportunity for
growing poplars and willows?
Martin Weih, Dept. of Crop Production
Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Sweden
14:20-14:40 Bio-energy from poplar biomass under short rotations: full
greenhouse gas balance, energy balance and environmental life
cycle analysis
Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp,
Department of Biology, Belgium
14:40-15:00 Short-rotation coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge Jan Grundmann, Energy Crops GmbH,
Germany
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15:00-15:20 The role of the private sector in promoting the culturing of
poplar and other fast-growing tree species in India
Ramesh C. Dhiman, Wimco Seedlings unit of
ITC PSPD, India
15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break
PLENARY SESSION III, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Jud Isebrands, Environmental Forestry Consultants LLC, USA
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 Introduction of the European Poplar Association (ProPopulus) Pedro Garnica and Bernard Mourlan,
European Poplar Association (ProPopulus)
16:20-16:40 Importance of the plant microbiome for growth, health, and
stress tolerance
Sharon L. Doty, School of Environmental and
Forest Sciences, University of Washington,
USA
16:40-17:00 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Populus alba
phenotyping and uptake
Erika Pierattini, Institute of Life Sciences -
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
17:00-17:20 The poplar in the urban environment - experiences with its use
and usability in The Netherlands
Jitze Kopinga, Wageningen University and
Research Centre, Netherlands
18:00-19:00 Question and Answer Session on the proposed IPC reform IPC Executive Committee and IPC Secretary
END OF PLENARY SESSION
19:00-20:30 Cocktail reception hosted by FAO
Foyer and Terrace of the Convention Center
Welcome remarks by Eva Müller, FAO,
Director, Forestry Policy and Resources
Division
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS OF WORKING PARTIES
WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
Session 1A: Tree Improvement
Moderator: Bernd Degen, Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Sources of variation in hybrid poplar biomass production
throughout Michigan, USA
R. Miller, Michigan State University, Forest
Biomass Innovation Center, Escanaba,
Michigan, United States
09:20-09:50 Genetic improvement of poplar and prospects for poplar
cultivation in Germany
M. Hofmann, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche
Versuchsanstalt, Abt. Genressourcen, Hann.
Münden, Germany
09:50-10:10 Evaluation of growth and bioenergy potential of fast-growing
trees (Populus and Salix) for short-rotation plantation
N. Kutsokon, Institute of Cell Biology and
Genetic Engineering, NASU, Ukraine
10:10-10:30 Establishment of poplar plantations in Scandinavia and the
Baltic Sea region
A. Karacic, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2A: Tree Improvement
Moderator: M. Meyer, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Protoplast fusion based breeding of sterile polyploids in
various poplar species - presented by P. Welters
N. Efremova, Phytowelt Green Technologies
GmbH, Köln, Germany
09:20-09:50 Case Study of Hybrid aspen, poplar and willow yields in five
year rotation
D. Lazdina, LSFRI 'Silava', Salaspils, Latvia
09:50-10:10 Poplar breeding program in Argentina: 2013 comparative
clonal trial network status
S. Monteverde, Instituto Nacional de
Tecnología Agropecuaria, Campana,
Argentina
10:10-10:30 Flowering time genes influence biomass production in poplars T. Brügmann, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie
Session 3A: Climate impact / pathogens Moderator: Mauritz Ramsted, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Early climatic benefits of Salicaceae plantations on abandoned
arable land
R. Rytter, Rytter Science, Röstånga, Sweden
09:20-09:50 ------------------------ ------------------------
09:50-10:10 ------------------------ ------------------------
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz
Session 4A: Physiology Moderator: Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Belgium
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Growth and physiology of Salix clones in response to drought
and rewatering - (presented by S. Cortizo)
A. B. Guarnaschelli, Department of Vegetal
Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University
of Buenos Aires. Argentina
09:20-09:50 ------------------------ ------------------------
09:50-10:10 Transpiration and water relations of four poplar genotypes
under SRC - (presented by S. Vanbeveren)
A. Navarro, University of Antwerp, Belgium
10:10-10:30 Valuation of some growth and functional responses of Salix
clones in response to flooding - (presented by S. Cortizo)
F. D. Caccia, Department of Vegetal
Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5A: Production / Livelihoods
Moderator: Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council of Canada, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Mixed strategies for defense in willow; resistance and
tolerance to herbivory under varying nutrient regimes
C. Glynn, Department of Crop Production
Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
09:20-09:50 Process-based modeling to select optimal regional phenotypes
for SRC willow to maximize resource use efficiency
B. Richard, Rothamsted Research,
Harpenden, United Kingdom
09:50-10:10 A Salix spp. Short-rotation coppice system in Buenos Aires,
Argentina: Effects of clonal composition, planting density and
drip irrigation on biomass production
F. Achinelli, Comisión de Investigaciones
Científicas de Buenos Aires (CIC), Argentina
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10:10-10:30 Grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) MOENCH.) – a complement to
other fast-growing tree species in northern Europe
L. Rytter, Forestry Research Institute of
Sweden, Svalöv, Sweden
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese
Session 6A: Production Moderator, Andrea Polle, Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Wood Quality Research on Hybrid Poplar in Québec, Canada A. Koubaa, Université du Québec en Abiti-
Témiscamingue, Canada
09:20-09:50 Acid-catalyzed organosolv processing of short rotation coppice
"poplar with bark" - a parametric study on yield and
structure of sulfur-free lignin
V. Rohde, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical
Technology, Germany
09:50-10:10 Growth patterns of several poplar clones for plywood
production in Spain
P. Garnica, Bosques y Ríos SLU, Garnica
Plywood, Spain
10:10-10:30 Properties and utilization of selected fast-growing tree
plantation species for wood-based industries in the Philippines
R. Aggangan, Forest Products Research and
Development Institute (FPRDI), Department
of Science and Technology (DOST), Laguna,
Philippines
10:30-11:00 - Morning Break
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
Session 1B: Tree Improvement
Moderator: Bernd Degen, Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 Survival and growth analysis of aspen hybrid families in the
Central Chernozem area of Russia
R. Tsareva, All-Russian Scientific Research
Institute of Forest Genetics, Tree Breeding
and Biotechnology, Voronezh, Russia
11:20-11:40 Next generation tree biotechnology for biofuels and
biomaterials - (presented by Georg von Wühlisch)
M. R. Ahuja, Zobel Forest Associates, New
Paltz, NY, USA
11:40-12:00 Two Salix genotypes differ in their productivity when grown in
monoculture and mixture
S. Hoeber, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Sweden
12:00-12:20 Improvement on poplars of the section Populus in Germany M. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2B: Tree Improvement
Moderator: E. Beuker, Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke, Finland
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 Towards a high and sustainable biomass production: the Salix
Molecular Breeding Activities program (SAMBA)
A. C. Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,
Sweden
11:20-11:40 Production of diploid pollen in Populus by heat-induced
depolymerisation of meiotic microtubule cytoskeletons
J. Wang, Forestry University, Beijing, China
11:40-12:00 Triploid poplars as a potential for breeding fast growing trees H. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
12:00-12:20 Wood and tree-ring anatomical traits for phenotyping poplar
cultivars
M. Meyer, Technische Universität Dresden,
Germany
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3B: Pathogens
Moderator: Mauritz Ramstedt, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 A histological and biochemical comparison of resistant and
susceptible Populus genotypes inoculated with Sphaerulina
musiva
N. Abraham, North Dakota State University,
Plant pathology NDSU, Fargo, ND, United
States
11:20-11:40 Testing pathogenicity of Sclerotium rolfsii causing leaf spot of
poplar
S. Rawat, Forest Pathology Division, Forest
Research Institute, Dehradun, India
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz
Session 4B: Physiology / Agroforestry Moderator: R. Soolanayakanahally, AAFC, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 Introducing trees into cultivated fields to reduce the French
shortage of poplar wood: Agroforestry and wood quality
R. Marchal, CIRAD, RU BioWooEB,
Montpellier, France
11:20-11:40 Poplar and black locust yields from short-rotation coppice
hedgerows in an alley cropping system
J. Mirck, Department of Soil Protection and
Recultivation, Brandenburg University of
Technology, Cottbus, Germany
11:40-12:00 Biomass production in an improved sustainable mixed short-
rotation woody cropping of Populus-hybrids and Robinia
pseudoacacia
J. Rebola-Lichtenberg, Georg-August-
Universität Göttingen, Germany
12:00-12.20 Proposed management for willow agrosilvopastoral systems in
the delta of the Paraná River (Argentina)
E. Casaubon, INTA Delta de Paraná,
Argentina
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Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5B: Livelihoods / Economics
Moderator: Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council of Canada, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 Poplar in the Kyrgyz Republic N. Chyngozhoev, Forest Research Institute of
the National Academy of Science, Kyrgysztan
11:20-11:40 How poplar (Populus deltoides) based agroforestry
transformed weak rural economy to prosperous green
economy in north India?
M. S. Haque, National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development, India
11:40-12:00 Production potential and impact of wood market fluctuations
on plantation trend of exotic poplar (Populus deltoides) in
India (Presented by Georg von Wühlisch)
K. B. Bangarwa, Department of Forestry,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
(Haryana), India
12:00-12:20 The journey of poplar cultivation under agro-forestry in India
- responding to drivers of change
Gulshan Kumar, Indian Forest Service,
Haryana State, India
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese
Session 6B: Reclamation / Phytoremediation Moderator: Andrej Pilipovic, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment - ILFE, Serbia
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
11:00-11:20 Poplar for environmental restoration: Physiological and
molecular approaches for heavy metal and organic molecules
L. Sebastiani, Institute of Life Sciences -
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
11:20-11:40 Using native balsam poplar (Poplar balsamifera) for
reclamation in the oil sands region of north-eastern Alberta,
Canada
B. Thomas, University of Alberta, Department
of Renewable Resources, Alberta, Canada
11:40-12:00 Establishment of hybrid poplar for surface mine reclamation
in the southern coalfield of West Virginia, USA
R. Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern
Research Station, Rhinelander, WI, United
States
12:00-12:20 Willow afforestation for quarry rehabilitation in Rio Negro
Valley, Argentina
E. R. Thomas, Instituto Nacional de
Tecnología Agropecuaria, Río Negro,
Argentina
12:30-14:00 - Lunch Break
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall Session 1C: Tree Improvement
Moderator: Bernd Degen, Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 Widening of genetic base of Populus deltoides in India through
hybrid clone development
A. Kumar, Indian Council of Forestry
Research and Education, Dehradun, India
14:20-14:40 Reproduction of Populus intersectional hybrid by means of
ovule microcultures
A. Ghamari Zare, Research Institute of
Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2C: Genomics
Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office of Seeding and Planting, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 The SWEET gene family in Populus: evolution, expression
patterns, and contribution to secondary growth
Meng-Zhu Lu, Research Institute of Forestry,
Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
14:20-14:40 The analysis of gene expression profile in Salix under salt
stress
J. Zhou, Department of Tree Genetics and
Breeding, Jiangsu Academy of Forestry,
Nanjing, China
14:40-15:00 ISAP (Inter-Sine Amplified Polymorphism) – a
retrotransposon-based marker system for identification of
varieties, clones and accessions of poplar
A. Kögler, Technische Universität Dresden,
Faculty of Science, Institute of Botany,
Germany
15:00-15:20 Intra-specific variation in poplar drought responses A. Polle, Georg-August Universität
Göttingen, Germany
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3C: Pathogens/Insects
Moderator: Mauritz Ramstedt, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 Poplar clones in Latvia: Juvenile growth and fall frost
damages (Presented by K. Makovskis)
S. Senhofa, LSFRI ʻSilava’, Salaspils, Latvia
14:20-14:40 Plant decline etiology in poplar short-rotation coppices N. Anselmi, DIBAF University of Tuscia,
Viterbo, Italy
14:40-15:00 Poplar clones differ in their resistance against insect feeding H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest
Genetics, Germany
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15:00-15:20 Importance and management of the red poplar leaf beetle
(Chrysomela populi L.) in short-rotation coppices (SRC): an
overview
R. Georgi, TU Dresden, Faculty of
Environmental Sciences, Germany
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz
Session 4C: Agroforestry Moderator: R. Soolanayakanahally, AAFC, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 ----------------------- -----------------------
14:20-14:40 Fast-growing tree culture outside forest: experiences from
India
Dinesh Kumar, Silviculture Division, Forest
Research Institute, Dehradun, India
14:40-15:00 Biomass estimation models and allometry changes in a short
rotation coppice poplar plantation in the North of Spain
J. Valbuena-Castro, Sustainable Forest
Management Research Institute, Madrid,
Spain
15:00-15:20 A pilot study of poplar plantations optimal rotation period and
its growth dynamics under different planting densities
B. Hjelm, Dept. of Crop production Ecology,
Swedish Univ. of Agriculture Science,
Uppsala, Sweden
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5C: Economics
Moderator: Raymond Miller, Michigan State University, USA
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 Social poplar plantations of Balykchy Forest Service K.M. Zhantaev, State Agency on Environment
Protection and Forestry, Kyrgyz Republic
14:20-14:40 Poplar plantation - a boon to rural livelihoods and ecological
restoration in north India
S. K. Sharma, Geography and Environmental
Science Department, Dehradun, India
14:40-15:00 Populus deltoides financial maturity (case study: Kurdistan
province, western Iran)
K. Adeli, Forestry Department, Faculty of
Agriculture, Lorestan University, Iran
15:00-15:20 Economic analysis tool for SRWC-based feedstock production
in the Southeastern U.S.A. - (presented by D. Hazel)
S. Ghezehei, Department of Forestry and
Environmental Resources at North Carolina
State University, USA
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese
Session 6C: Reclamation / Phytoremediation Moderator: Andrej Pilipovic, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment - ILFE, Serbia
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
14:00-14:20 The effectiveness of poplar and willow trees in reducing
erosion on pastoral slopes in New Zealand
I. McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New
Zealand
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14:20-14:40 Study on growth parameters of poplar trees irrigated with
municipal wastewater in south of Tehran, Iran
A. Salehi, Research Institute of Forests and
Rangelands, Agricultural Research,
Education and Extension Organization,
Tehran, Iran
14:40-15:00 Treated wastewater use in forest plantations in north
Patagonia, Argentina
C. Tucat, Medanito S.A., Argentina
15:00-15:20 Selection and use of native willow clones for reclamation in
forest ecosystems impacted by elevated salt levels
R. Krygier, Natural Resources Canada,
Canadian Forest Service, Alberta, Canada
15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall Session 1D: Tree Improvement
Moderator: Barb Thomas, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 Geo-climatic gradient shapes functional trait variations in
Salix eriocephala
R. Soolanayakanahally, Saskatoon Research
and Development Centre, Saskatoon,
Canada
16:20-16:40 Evaluation of improved willow in north Patagonia, Argentina E. R. Thomas, Instituto Nacional de
Tecnología Agropecuaria, Río Negro,
Argentina
16:40-17:00 Testing of native willows for SRC on agricultural land J. Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute
for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening,
Průhonice, Czech Republic
17:00-17:20 Production of new clones of cricket bat willow (Salix alba) for
fast growth and quality timber
S. A. Gangoo, SK University of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology of Kashmir,
Benhama Grandersal, India
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2D: Genomics
Moderator: Ann Christin Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 -------------------------- --------------------------
16:20-16:40 SSR based DNA fingerprinting and genetic diversity analysis
of 92 poplar cultivars in China
J. Hu, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese
Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
16:40-17:00 Metabolomic responses of down-regulated p-coumaroyl
quinate/shikimate 3’-hydrolase (C3’H) and cinnamate 4-
hydrolase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of
Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis with reduced recalcitrance
T. Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, United States
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3D: Insects
Moderator: H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 The power of poplar odor- how we can help poplars to fight
back (Presented by St. Schültz, Göttingen University,
Germany)
M. Kazic, Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen, Forstzoologie und Waldschutz,
Germany
16:20-16:40 Olfactory navigation of sawflies (Nematus spec.) as a device for
hazard analysis of different practically relevant poplar
varieties in short rotation coppice
K. Manthe, University of Applied Sciences
Erfurt, Faculty of Landscape Architecture,
Horticulture and Forestry, Germany
16:40-17:00 Management of poplar defoliator: Clostera cupreata through
herbal approach
R. Sehrawat, Forest Research Institute,
Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education, Dehradun, India
17:00-17:20 Relations between insect resistance and tree age of transgenic
triploid Populus tomentosa plants
M. Yang, Forestry College, Agricultural
University of Hebei, China
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz
Session 4D: Production Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office of Forest Seeding and Planting, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 Results from six years of the joint research project PROLOC –
clone-site interaction and yield dynamics after two rotation
cycles
C. Stiehm, Northwest German Forest
Research Institute, Münden, Germany
16:20-16:40 Development of poplar clones for SRC in an EU-wide trial D. Glas, Bavarian Institute for forest seeding
and planting (ASP), Teisendorf, Germany
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16:40-17:00 Influence of two contrasting planting systems and weeding
regimes on willow performance under field conditions
M. Welc, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
17:00-17:20 Success factors for short-rotation plantation projects -
framework conditions, business models and case studies in
Europe
M. Weitz, Lignovis GmbH, Hamburg,
Germany
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5D: Energy
Moderator: Raymond Miller, Michigan State University, USA
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 Woodfuels as alternative source of energy in rural and
urban areas in the Philippines
R. Aggangan, Forest Products Research and
Development Institute, College Laguna,
Philippines
16:20-16:40 Bio-ethanol from hemicellulose wastes of ligno-cellulosic
biomass – a sustainable future bio-refinery prospect
(Presented by D. Kumar)
P. K. Gupta, Forest Research Institute
Dehradun, India
16:40-17:00 How to run a biomass group-heating on SRC basis H.-G. von Engelbrechten, Agraligna GmbH,
Stendal, Germany
17:00-17:20 Subsurface drip irrigation in poplar bioenergy systems:
biomass production and economic evaluation in
Mediterranean climate
P. Paris, CNR-Istituto di Biologia
Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Viterbo,
Italy
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Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese
Session 6D: Phytoremediation Moderator: Ian McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
16:00-16:20 --------------------- ---------------------
16:20-16:40 Phytoremediation of river sediments with the use of poplars
and willows
A. Pilipovic, University of Novi Sad - Institute of
Lowland Forestry and Environment, Russia
16:40-17:00 Effects of heavy metals and mycorrhizal fungi on growth
and nutrient status of Populus alba x glandulosa
N. Aggangan, University of the Philippines Los
Baños, College Laguna, Philippines
END OF CONCURRENT SESSION
19:00-21:00 Banquet Dinner hosted by the German Federal Ministry of
Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Former Airport Hangar, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Str. 1, Adlershof (in
walking distance from conference venue)
Welcome remarks by D. Steinhauser, Head,
Division Sustainable Forest Management and
Timber Markets, German Federal Ministry of
Food and Agriculture, Berlin
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS and POSTERS PRESENTATION
THURSDAY. 15 SEPTEMBER Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
Session 1E: Tree Improvement
Moderator: Barb Thomas, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Canada
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Breeding of fast-growing tree species for changing
environments in Saxony, Germany
H. Wolf, Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst, Pirna,
Germany
09:20-09:50 Poplar genetic transformation for sustainable growth in short
rotation plantation
N. Rashydov, Institute of Cell Biology and
Genetic Engineering, Kiev, Ukraine
09:50-10:10 Fast breeding of poplars and other tree species: future
prospects and biosafety concerns
H. Hönicka, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
10:10-10:30 Breeding of multipurpose willows on the basis of Salix
daphnoides, S. purpurea and S. pentandra
B. Bubner, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Waldsieversdorf, Germany
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2E: Genomics
Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Integrated SNP correlation, co-expression and genome-wide
association networks for Populus trichocarpa. pleiotropic and
epistatic network-based discovery
D. Weighill, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, United States
09:20-09:50 Improvement of the inducible activation tagging AC/DS
transposon system by employing the positive selection marker
TMS2
M. Fladung, Thünen Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
09:50-10:10 Complete genome sequences of Populus tremula chloroplast
and mitochondrion as new resources for holistic poplar
breeding
B. Kersten, Thünen Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
10:10-10:30 Chloroplast and mitochondrial SNP-markers support holistic
poplar breeding
H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie
Session 3E: Ecology Moderator: Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Belgium
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Methods for diagnosis of aspen sustainability O. Chernyshenko, State Forest University,
Moscow, Russia
09:20-09:50 Full LCA of poplar SRC considering environmental impacts
on a marginal SITE in Southwest Germany - (presented by J.-
P- Schnitzler)
J. Schweier, Albert-Ludwigs-University
Freiburg, Germany
09:50-10:10 Quantifying environmental impacts of poplar short-rotation
coppice on marginal land - summary results from the
PROBIOPA experiment
R. Grote, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Garmisch Pattenkirschen, Germany
10:10-10:30 Natural regeneration of black, hybrid and balsam poplars in
the landscape
H. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest
Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz
Session 4E: Production Moderator: Ann Christin Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Resource potential of aspen in Russia A. Tsarev, Petrozavodsk State University,
Russia
09:20-09:50 Growth potential of first generation hybrid aspen plantations
in southern Finland
E. Beuker, Natural Resources Institute
Finland, Punkaharju, Finland
09:50-10:10 Biomass productivity and mutual relations between tree
growth and soil nutrient status in short-rotation hybrid aspen
plantations in hemiboreal Estonia
R. Lutter, Institute of Forestry and Rural
Engineering, Estonian University of Life
Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
10:10-10:30 New clones will let farmers to increase variability and
sustainability of poplar plantation in Argentina
S. Cortizo, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología
Agropecuaria, Campana, Argentina
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Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5E: Energy
Moderator: Andrea Polle, Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Efficient harvest and storage of wood chips from poplar in
practice
R. Pecenka, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural
Engineering Potsdam-Bornim (ATB),
Germany
09:20-09:50 Post-harvesting emissions of CO2 and biogenic hydrocarbons
from woodchips produced by a poplar short-rotation coppice
A. Ghirardo, Helmholtz Zentrum München,
Research Unit Environmental Simulation,
Germany
09:50-10:10 Poplar short rotation coppice grown in marginal environments
of southern Italy
G. Facciotto, Consiglio per la Ricerca in
Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria
(CREA), Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
10:10-10:30 New poplar genotypes for short rotation biomass plantations
in the Mediterranean environment: productivity and quality of
biomass for biorefinery - (Presented by P. Paris)
M. Sabatti, CNR-Istituto di Biologia
Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Viterbo,
Italy
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese
Session 6E: Special Applications Moderator: Ian McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Lead Tolerance of Populus alba and Populus nigra Clones
Inoculated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Relation to
Physiological Parameters
A. Salehi, Poplar & Fast Growing Trees
Research Group, Research Institute of Forests
and Rangelands Tehran, Iran
09:20-09:50 Study of transporters of HMA and NRAMP family in wild
type and transgenic line (35S::aqua1) of Populus alba stressed
with cadmium
A. Neri, Institute of Life Sciences – Scuola
Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
09:50-10:10 The responses of different sources of low-molecular-weight
organic carbon (LMWOC) on soil nitrogen (N) transformation
in three plantations
X. Yening, Nanjing Forestry University,
China
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10:10-10:30 Ovicidal and larvicidal in vitro activity of eight Salix clone
extracts against a pure strain of Heamonchus contortus
J. Schapiro, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología
Agropecuaria, Campana, Argentina
10:30-11:00 - Morning Break
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Zuse Hall (Basement)
11:00-12:30 Poster presentation Authors of Posters
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-17:30 BUSINESS MEETINGS OF WORKING PARTIES Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
Session 1F: Domestication and conservation of genetic resources
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese Session 2F: Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall
Session 3F: Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products & bioenergy
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz Session 4F: Environmental and ecosystem services
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Terrace or Basement Session 5F: Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 6F: Policy, communication and outreach
Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur
15:00-18:00 General Assembly of the European Poplar Association (ProPopulus)
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15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break
17:30 END OF DAILY SESSIONS
PLENARY SESSIONS and CLOSING CEREMONY
FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER VENUE: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall
Plenary Session IV
Moderator: Bernard Mourlan, European Poplar Association (ProPopulus), France
TIME TITLE AUTHOR
09:00-09:20 Engineered wood products based on poplar and willow wood Joris van Acker, Ghent University, Belgium
09:20-09:50 Trends and perspectives in poplar and willow cultivation – a
global synthesis of national progress reports
Jim Carle, JB Carle & Associates Consulting
firm, New Zealand
09:50-10:10 Global and regional market trends for poplar products -
(presented by Walter Kollert)
Arvydas Lebedys, Forestry Officer
(Statistics), FAO-HQ, FAO
10:10-10:30 Poplars and willows: a photo library Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council
of Canada, Canada, and Jud Isebrands,
Environmental Forestry Consultants LLC,
USA
10:30-11:00 - Morning Break
11.00-11.05 Presentation of the Salicaceae Symposium, 2017, Talca, Chile Jaime Venegas, Chile
WORKING PARTY REPORTS, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Martin Weih, Chairman of the IPC, Sweden
TIME EVENT AUTHOR
11:00-11:15 Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration WP1, Julia Kuzovkina
11:15-11:30 Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources WP2, Sasa Orlovic
11:30-11:45 Plant Health, Resilience to Threats and Climate Change WP3, Mauritz Ramstedt
11:45-12:00 Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy WP4, Joris Van Acker
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12:00-12:15 Environmental and Ecosystem Services WP5, Sharon L Doty
12:15-12:30 Policy, Communication and Outreach WP6, Barb Thomas
12:30–14:00 - Lunch break
CLOSING CEREMONY, Bunsen Hall
Moderator: Joris van Acker, Ghent University, Belgium
14:00 -14:30 Best Posters Award Sven de Vries, Alterra, Wageningen
University, the Netherlands
14:30-15:00 Election results
1. Vote on the proposed IPC-reform
2. Composition of the new Executive Committee
Martin Weih, Chairman of the International
Poplar Commission, Sweden
15:00-15:30 Closing remarks Georg von Wühlisch, Thünen-Institute of
Forest Genetics, Germany
Closing speech Walter Kollert, Secretary of the International
Poplar Commission, FAO, Italy
END OF THE 25th IPC-Session 15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break
Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall 16:00-17:00 Informal meeting of the new Executive Committee
17:00 Departure for post-conference tours
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ANNEX III List of Participants
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
ARGENTINA
Fabio German ACHINELLI Ing. Forestal, Associate Professor
Course of Silviculture
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales,
(UNLP) Calle 28 No. 1720 (1900)
La Plata, Buenos Aires
Tel. : (54-9221) 5225578
Correo electrónico: [email protected];
Edgardo CASAUBÓN Ingeniero Agrónomo
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
(INTA)
Rio Paraná de las Palmas 2804
Campana, Buenos Aires
Tel: (54-3489) 460075/76
Correo electrónico:
(Sra.) Silvia CORTIZO E.E.A. Delta del Paraná INTA
Facultad de Agronomía
Universidad de Buenos Aires
CC 14 2804
Buenos Aires
Tel: (54-911) 50605009
Correo electrónico: [email protected];
(Sra) Mirta ROSA LARRIEU
Ingeniera Agrónoma, Directora de Producción
Forestal
Presidenta Nacional de IPC
Ministerio de Agroindustría
Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Forestal Industrial
Paseo Colón 982, Anexo Jardín
Buenos Aires
Tel. (54-11) 3436169
Cell.: (54-911) 63005197
E-mails: [email protected] or
(Sra.) Virginia M. LÜQUEZ
INFIVE (UNLP-CONICET)
Diagonal 113 No. 495
1900 La Plata
Tel.: (54-221) 4236618
Correo electrónico: [email protected]
Maria Silvana MONTEVERDE
INTA/Universidad de Concepción de Uruguay
Antuso 1236
Entredíos CP3260
Tel.: (54-03442) 15471340
E-mail: [email protected];
(Sra.) María Emilia RODRÍGUEZ
Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal, INFIVE,
CONICET, UNLP
Diagonal 113, No. 495, CC 327
1900 La Plata
Tel. : (54-221) 4236618
Correo electrónico: [email protected]
Esteban Ricardo THOMAS
Evaluation of Improved Willows in North
Patagonia
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
(INTA)
Juan XXIII 2080
8300 Neuquen
Tel.: (54 0299) 156321279
Correo electrónico:
BELGIUM
Reinhart CEULEMANS University of Antwerp
Centre d’Excellence PLECO
Department of Biology
Universiteteitsplein 1
B-2610 Wilrisk
Tel.: (32-3) 2652256
E-mail: [email protected]
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(Ms) Marijke STEENACKERS
Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Gaverstraat 4
B-9500 Geraardsbergen
Tel: (32) 477473648
E-mail: [email protected]
Joris VAN ACKER Laboratory of Wood Technology
Ghent University
Coupure Links 653
B-9000 Ghent
Belgium
Tel.: (32-9)2646233
E-mail: [email protected]
Stefan VANBEVEREN University of Antwerp
Centre of Excellence Pleco
Department of Biology
Universiteitplein 1
B-2610 Wilrisk
Tel. : (32-3) 2542349
E-mail: [email protected]
BULGARIA
Antoanet ANTONOV
State Forest Enterprise
18 Nove str.
5250 Svishtov
Tel.: (359) 886667072
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Albena BOBEVA Executive Forest Agency
Sofia 1040
Hristo Botev 55
Tel.: (359) 2 9045356
E-mail: [email protected];
Ivaylo N. TSVETKOV Forest Research Institute
132 Kliment Ohridski Bld.
Sofia 1756
Tel.: (359) 887500519
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
(Ms) Ilka YONOVSKA State Forest Enterprise
18 Nove str.
5250 Svishtov
Tel.:(359) 885167179
E-mail: [email protected]
CANADA
John J. DOORNBOS Manager, Operational Programs
Natural Resources Canada
8815-188 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5T 5Z8
Tel.: (1-780)4357318
E-mail: [email protected]
Ahmed KOUBAA
Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-
Témiscamingue
Département des sciences appliquées
Chaire de recherche du Canada en valorisation,
caractérisation et transformation du bois
445 Bld. de l’Université
Rouyn-Noranda Québec J9X 5E4
Tel. : (1-819) 7620971
E-mail : [email protected]
Richard KRYGIER Research Project Leader
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry
Centre
5320 – 122 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5
Tel.: (1-780) 4357286
E-mail: [email protected]
Jim RICHARDSON
J. Richardson Consulting
Poplar and Willow Council of Canada
1876 Saunderson Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 2C5
Tel: (+1-613) 7398354
E-mail: [email protected]
Raju SOOLANAYAKANAHALLY Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
107 Science Place
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2
Telephone: (+1-306) 3859585
Fax: (1-306) 3859585
E-mail: [email protected]
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(Ms) Barbara THOMAS Associate Professor, University of Alberta
NSERC/Industry Research Chair in Tree
Improvement
442 Earth Sciences Building
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3
Tel.: (1-780) 492-8016
E-mail: [email protected]
Cees VAN OOSTEN
Poplar and Willow Council of Canada
2356 York Crescent
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada, V9T 4N3
Tel.: (1-250) 7584789
E-mail: [email protected]
CHILE
Jaime VENEGAS
Gerente, Compañía Agrícola y Forestal El
Álamo
Ruta 5 Sur, km. 333
Parral
Tel.: (56-9) 95496660
E-mail: [email protected]
CHINA
Junfeng FAN Northwest A&F University
Taicheng Road 3
712100 Yangling, Shaanxi Province
Tel.: (86-1360) 9259021
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Xudong HE Jiangsu Academy of Forestry
109 Ningdan Road
211153 Nanjing
Mobile: (86-1360) 9259021
E-mail: [email protected]
Jianjun HU
Professor
Research Institute of Forestry
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Wan Shou Shan
Beijing 100091
Tel.: (86-10) 62888862
E-mail: [email protected]
Chao LIU Beijing Forestry University
No. 35 Qinghua East, Haidian District
100083 Beijing
Tel.: (86-138) 10437934
E-mail: [email protected]
Meng-Zhu LU Professor, Research Institute of Forestry
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Wan Shou Shan
Beijing 100091
Tel: (86-10) 62889606
Fax: (86-10) 62872015
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs.) Yan MA Jinling Institute of Technology
103 Heyan Road
210038 Nanjing
E-mail: [email protected]
Baosong WANG Jiangsu Academy of Forestry
109 Ningdan Road
211153 Nanjing
E-mail: [email protected]
Jun WANG Beijing Forestry University
No. 35, Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District
100083 Beijing
Tel: (86-10)
E-mail: [email protected]
Qingsheng WANG Jiangsu Academy of Forestry
109 Ningdan Road
211153 Nanjing
E-mail: [email protected]
Xinli XIA
College of Biological Sciences and
Biotechnology
Beijing Forestry University
No. 35, Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100083
Tel: (86-135) 81919075
E-mail: [email protected]
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MinSheng YANG College of Forestry
Agriculture University of Hebei
No. 289 Lingyusi S
71000 Baoding, Hebei Province
Tel.: (86-13) 931285875
E-mail: [email protected]
Weilun YIN
Key Laboratory of Silviculture and
Conservation
Beijing Forestry University
Poplar Committee of China
No. 35, Qinghua East Road, Haidian District
Beijing 100083
Tel: (86-13) 910678650
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Jie ZHOU Jiangsu Academy Of Forestry
109 Ningdan Road
2111153 Nanjing
Tel.: (86- )
E-mail: [email protected]
CROATIA
Davorin KAJBA Faculty of Forestry
University of Zagreb
Svetosimunska 25 – PO Box 422
10 000 Zagreb
Tel: (385-1) 2352523
Fax : (385-1) 2352505
E-mail : [email protected]
CZECHIA
Jan WEGER Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape
and Ornamental Gardening
Kvĕnové nám 391
25243 Průhonice
Mobile: (42) 296528327
E-mail: [email protected]
EGYPT
(Ms.) Sara HASSAN Student
Tuscia University
Viterbo, Italy
Tel.: (39-329) 2627219
E-mail: [email protected]
FINLAND
Egbert BEUKER Senior Researcher
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Finlandiantie 18
FI-58450 Punkaharju
Tel. : (358) 295324223
E-mail : [email protected]
FRANCE
(Mme) Catherine BASTIEN Institut national de la recherche agronomique
(INRA)
Unité d’amélioration génétique et physiologie
des arbres forestiers
2163 avenue de la Pomme de Pin
CS40001 Ardon
F45075 Orléans Cedex
Tel.: (33-2) 38417829
Fax: (33-2) 38417879
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Rémy MARCHAL CIRAD
73 rue Jean François Breton
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5
Tel. : (33-46) 7615981
Courriel : [email protected]
Bernard MOURLAN Président, Pro-Populus, Chambre du Peuplier
« Roustaud » Thivras
47200 Marmande
Tel. : (33-673) 654266
E-mail : [email protected]
GERMANY
Peter BLESER
Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Berlin
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(Ms) Caroline BRAUER
FNR, Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow
Tel.: (49-3843-6930147)
E-mail : [email protected]
Marie BRÜCKNER Master of Science
Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst
Bonnewitzer Str. 34
01796 Pirna OT Graupa
Tel.: (49-03501) 542175
E-mail: [email protected]
Tobias BRÜGMAN Thünen Institute for Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse
22927 Großhansdorf
Tel.: (49-04102) 696200
E-mail: [email protected]
Ben BUBNER
Thünen Institute for Forest Genetics
Eberswalder Chaussee 3A
15377 Waldsieversdorf
Tel.: (49-33433) 157150
E-mail: [email protected]
Frank BURGER Bavarian State Institute for Forestry
Hans-von-Carlowitz Platz 1
85354 Freising
Tel.: (49-08161) 715126
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Christin CARL Fachhochschule Erfurt
Am Wolfsbrunnen 3
99094 Erfurt
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) María Carmen DACASA RÜDINGER Sachsenforst
Bonnewitzer Str. 34
1796 Pirna OT Graupa
E-mail: [email protected]
Bernd DEGEN Thünen-Institut for Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthias DIETER Thünen-Institut fűr Internationale
Waldwirtschaft und Forstökonomie
Leuschnerstrasse 91
21031 Hamburg Berzedorf
Tel.: (49-40) 73962300
E-mail: [email protected]
Jens-Gerrit EISFELD
PAP(P)ILLON GmbH
Dorfstr. 38
01945 Tettan
Tel.: (49-2762) 3772376
E-mail: [email protected]
Hans-Georg von ENGELBRECHTEN
Agraligna GmbH
Zur Kirche 1
39576 Stendal
Tel.: (49-178) 7143724
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Dejuan EURING Göttingen University
Büsgenweg 2
37077 Göttingen
Tel.: (49-0551) 399746
E-mail: [email protected]
Matthias FLADUNG
Thünen-Institute
Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas,
Forestry and Fisheries
Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
D-22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel: (49-4102) 107
E-mail : [email protected]
Achim FORSTER Spanische Allee 42
14129 Berlin
Tel.: (49-30) 8016993
E-mail: [email protected]
Torsten GABRIEL
FNR
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow
Tel.: (49-3843) 6930117
E-mail: [email protected]
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Richard GEORGI Technische Universität Dresden
Professorship of Forest Protection
Pienner Str. 8
1737 Tharandt
Tel.: (49-352031)3831623
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea GHIRARDO Helmholtz Zentrum München GmbH
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1
München
Tel. : (49-0274) 1793262
E-mail :
Daniel GLAS
Bayerisches Amt für Forstliche Saat-und
Pflanzenzucht
Forstamtsplatz 1
83317 Teisendorf
E-mail: [email protected]
Rüdiger GROTE Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate
Research, Atmospheric Environmental
Research (IMK-IFU)
Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19
82467 Garmisch-Pattenkirschen
Tel.: (49-08821) 183424
E-mail: [email protected]
Jan GRUNDMANN Energy Crops GmbH
Überseering 12
22926 Hamburg
E-mail: [email protected]
Hans HÖNICKA Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel. (49-4102) 696160
E-mail: [email protected]
Martin HOFMANN Northwest German Research Institute
Abtellung Waldgenressourcen
Prof. Oelkers Str.
34346 Hann. Münden
Tel.: (49-05541) 700421
E-mail: [email protected]
Wolfgang HÜLLER
Sachsenforst
Bonnewitzer Str. 3
1796 Pima OT Graupa
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Susanne IOST
Leuphana University Lűneburg
Scharnhoostr. 1
Lüneburg
E-mail: [email protected]
Alwin JANSSEN Nordestdeutsche Forstisliche Versuchsanstalt –
Abt Waldgenressourcen
Prof. Oelkers Strasse
34346 Hann. Münden
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Marianne KADOLSKY Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst
Bonnewitzer Str. 34
01796 Pirna
Tel.: (49-3501) 542244
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Birgit KERSTEN Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel.: (49-04102) 696105
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Anja KÖGLER Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Botanik, Zell-und
Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen
Zellescher Weg 20
01062 Dresden
Tel.: (49-351) 46339575
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Anna KRAFT Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Invalidenstrasse 42
10415 Berlin
Tel.:(49-30) 80938626
E-mail: [email protected]
Wolfram KUDLICH
WALD 21 GmbH
Friedrich Ebos Str. 13
97215 Uffenheim
Tel.: (49-9842) 3929453
E-mail: [email protected]
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Lars KUMMERT
FNR
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow
E-mail : [email protected]
Dirk LANDGRAF University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
Leipziger Str. 77
99085 Erfurt
Tel.: (49-361) 6700295
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Heike LIESEBACH
Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel.: (49-4102) 696158
E-mail: [email protected]
Mirko LIESEBACH Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel.: (49-4102) 696156
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Julia LIST Amt für Forstliche Saat-und Pflanzenzucht
Forstamtsplatz 1
83317 Teisendorf
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Karoline MANTHE Erfurt University of Applied Sciences
Leipziger Str. 77
99085 Erfurt
Tel.: (49-01731) 1678579
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Heike MARKUS-MICHALCZYK\
University of Hamburg
Ohnhorstrasse 18
22609 Hamburg
Tel.: (49-40) 7121510
E-mail: heike.markus-michalczyk@uni-
hamburg.de
(Ms) Anne MERGNER
FNR
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow
E-mail : [email protected]
Matthias MEYER TU Dresden
Pienner Strasse 7
1737 Tharandt
Tel.:
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Jaconette MIRCK BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Lehrstuhl fúr
Bodenschutz und Rekultivierung
Konrad Wachsman
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Kristin MORGENSTERN Technische Universität Dresden
Institute of Forest Botany
Pienner Strasse 7
01737 Tharandt
Tel.: (49-035203) 3831836
E-mail: [email protected]
Clemens NEUMANN Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Wilhelm Str. 54
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (49-30) 185293106
E-mail: [email protected]
Ralf PECENKA Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering
Max-Eyth Allee 100
14469 Postdam
Tel.: (49-331) 5689312
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Andrea POLLE Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Büsgenweg 2
37077 Göttingen
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Julianne RASCHKE Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Invalidenstrasse 42
10415 Berlin
Tel.:(49-30) 20938458
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Jessica REBOLA LICHTENBERG Georg-August University of Göttingen
Büsgenweg 1
37077 Göttingen
E-mail: [email protected]
goettingen.de
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(Ms) Manja REUTER
Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und
Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)
(Ms) Viktoria ROHDE Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer Str. 7
76327 Pfinztal
Tel.: (49-721) 4640826
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Anja ROSKE-SIEVERT FNR
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow
E-mail : [email protected]
Randolf SCHIRMER Bavarian Office of Forest Seeding and Planting
(ASP)
Forstamtsplatz 1
83317 Teisendorf
Tel.: (49-8666) 988326
E-mail: [email protected];
Detlef SCHMIEDL
Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
Joseph von Fraunhofer Str. 7
D-76327 Pfinzial
Tel.: (49-721) 4640747
E-mail: [email protected]
Volker SCHNECK
Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Eberswalder Ch. 3
15377 Waldsieversdorf
Tel.: (49-0) 33433 157179
E-mail: [email protected]*Joerg
J.P.SCHNIKLE Helmholtz Zentrum München
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1
85764 Neuherberg
Tel.: (49-89) 31872413
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Hilke SCHRÖDER Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel.: (49-04102) 696148
E-mail: [email protected]
Stefan SCHÜTZ Professor, Georg-August University
Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation
Büsgenweg
37077 Göttingen
Tel.: (49-0551) 3933601
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Susann SKALDA Biomasse Schraden e V.
Dr.-Karl-Eduard-Zacharie-von-Lingenthal-Str.
01990 Großkmehlen
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Anna Dorothea STEINHAUSER Bundesministerium fur Ernährung und
Landwirtschaft
Wilhelm Str. 54
10117 Berlin
Tel.: (49-228) 995294334
E-mail: [email protected]
Christof STIEHM Northwest German Research Forest Institute
Department of Forest Genetic Resources
Prof. Oelkers Str. 6
34346 Hann. Münden
Tel.: (49-055) 41700462
E-mail: [email protected]
Konstantin STRAUB
Unique Forestry and Land Use GmbH
Schnewlinstr. 10
79098 Freiburg
Tel.: (49-761) 208534 – 25
E-mail: [email protected]
Felix VON RIESS Energy Crops GmbH
Berlin
E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Georg VON WÜHLISCH
Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics
Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas,
Forestry and Fisheries
Sieker Landstrasse 2
22927 Grosshansdorf
Tel.: (49-4102) 696106
E-mail: (49-4102) 696200
E-mail: [email protected]
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Pavol VYHLIDAL Paulownia Baumschule
Pertisau Strasse 26
81671 München
Tel.: (49-0176) 61003946
E-mail: [email protected]
Michael WEITZ
Lignovis GmbH
122587 Hamburg
Tel. : (49-178) 1447774
E-mail : [email protected]
(Ms) Madlen WALTHER Humboldt Universität Berlin
Invaliden Str. 42
10115 Berlin
Tel.: (49-03301) 20938626
E-mail: [email protected]
Michael WILD Federal Office of Agriculture and Food
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und
Ermährung (BLE)
Deichmanns Aue 29
53179 Bonn
Tel.: (49-228) 68453671
E-mail: [email protected]
Heino WOLF Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst
Bonnewitzer Str. 34
01796 Pirna OT Graupa
Tel.: (49-3501) 542220
E-mail: [email protected]
HUNGARY
Attila BENKE National Agricultural Research and Innovation
Centre
Varverület Street
Boja Sarvaz H-9600
Tel.: (95-3630) 4574413
E-mail: [email protected]
Attila BOROVICS National Agricultural Research and Innovation
Centre
Varverület Street
Boja Sarvar H-9600
Tel.: (95-3630) 320070
E-mail: [email protected]
INDIA
(Ms) Nivi ABRAHAM
North Dakota State University
NDSU Department
P.O. Box 6050
230 University Village
58108-6050 Fargo (ND)
Tel.: (1-630) 4077294
E-mail: [email protected]
Gulshan AHUJA Managing Director
Forest Development Corporation Ltd.
624, Sector 6
Panchkula
Tel.: (91-89) 68633774
E-mail: [email protected]
Kulvir Singh BANGARWA Professor
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Department of Forestry
Hisar 125004, Haryana
Tel: (91-1662) 243641
Fax: (91-1662) 234952
E-mail: [email protected]
Ramesh Chand DHIMAN Wimco Seedlings Limited
R&D Complex, Kashipur Road, P.O. Box 4
Bogwala Rudrapur, Uttaranchal
Tel: (91-992) 7042364
E-mail: [email protected]
Sajad Ahmad GANGOO
Faculty of Forestry
SK University of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology of Kashmir
F.O.F., Benhama, Grandersal JK-191201
Tel.: (91-94) 9076319; 19076319
E-mail: [email protected]
Praveen Kumar GUPTA Forest Research Institute
Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education
New Forest
248006 Dehradun
E-mail: [email protected]
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Mohammed Sayed HAQUE
Ex-Head of Forestry
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD)
304 Dhruv Apartm., Ashnagar Kandivili (E)
400101 Mumbai
Tel.: (91-7208) 556639
E-mail: [email protected]
Dinesh KUMAR
Scientist, Forest Research Institute
Silviculture Division
P.O. New Forest
Dehradun 248006
Tel.: (91-94111) 73576 or (91-135) 2224610
E/mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Rashmi SEHRAWAT Scientist, Forest Research Institute
248006 Dehradun
E-mail: [email protected]
Surendra Kumar SHARMA
Carman School, Environmental Education
Dehradun 248007
Tel: (91-135) 2773301
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Chhavi SIROHI CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Department of Forest
125004 Hisar
E-mail: [email protected]
K.B. SRIDHAR ICAR – Central Agroforestry Research
Institute
Gwalior Road
284003 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Tel.:
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Anubha SRIVASTAV Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-
rehabilitation
3/1 Lajpat Rai Road
211002 Allahabad
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Anita TOMAR ICFRE
3/1 Lajpat Rai Road
211002 Allahabad
Tel.: (91-0941) 2102281
E-mail: [email protected]
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Farhad ASADI
Division of Poplar and Fast Growing Trees
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
P.O. Box 13185-116
Tehran
E-mail: [email protected]
Abbas EBRAHIMI Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
Farjam
Tehran
E-mail: [email protected]
Abbas GHAMARI ZARE
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
P.O. Box 13185-116
Tehran
Tel.: (9821) 44787280
Fax: (9821) 44787223
Mobile: (98-912) 1859738
E-mail: [email protected]
Adeli KAMRAN Lorestan University
Faculty of Natural Resources
5 Kam Road of Ahvaz
Khoorramābād
Tel.: (98-916) 367 5283
E-mail: [email protected]
Pejman PARHIZKAR Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
National Botanical Garden Blv.
Tehran Karj Highway
Tehran
Tel.: (98-21) 44878220
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Azadeh SALEHI
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
National Botanical Garden Blv.
Tehran Karj Highway
Tehran
Tel.: (98-912) 8355662
E-mail: [email protected]
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ITALY
Enrico ALLASIA Biopoplar S.r.l.
Località S. Isidoro 97
12030 Cavallermaggiore (CN)
Tel.: (39-0761) 820210
E-mail: [email protected]
Naldo ANSELMI
Dipartimento di Innovazione in Biologia,
Agroalimentare e Sistemi Forestali (DIBAF)
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Via S. Camillo de Lellis
01100 Viterbo
Tel: (+39-0761) 357462
E-mail: anselmicasa.live.it
Stefano BISOFFI
Dirigente generale
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e
l’analisi dell’economia agraria
Via Po 14
00198 Roma
Tel: (39-06) 47836511
Mobile: +39 3484057484
E-mail: [email protected]
Valerio CRESCENZO Biopoplar Sr.l.
Corso Francia 248
Collello (Torino)
Tel.: (39) 3474919347
E-mail: [email protected]
Gianni FACCIOTTO CREA, Intensive Wood Production Outside
Forests
Strada Frassineto 35
15033 Casale Monferrato (AL)
Tel: (39-0142) 330900
Fax: (39-0142) 55580
E-mail: [email protected]
Pietro GASPARRI Dirigente, Ministero Politiche Agricole
Via XX Settembre 20
00174 Rome
Tel.: (39-06) 46655154
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrea NERI Institute of Life Sciences
Sant’Anna University
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33
56127 Pisa
Tel.: (39) 3297252297
E-mail: [email protected]
Giuseppe NERVO
Director
CREA, Unità di Ricerca per le Produzioni
Legnose Fuori Foreste
Strada Frassineto 35
15033 Casale Monferrato (AL)
Tel: (39-0142) 330900
E-mail: [email protected]
Pierluigi PARIS
Researcher, CNR-IBAF
Via G. Marconi 2
05018 Orvieto
Tel.: (39-0763) 374901
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Erika PIERATTINI Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Piazza Martiri della Libertá 33
56127 Pisa
E-mail: [email protected]
Giuseppe PIGNATTI
Researcher
Council for Agricultural Research and
Economics (CREA)
Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production
Via Valle della Quistione, 27
00166 Rome
Tel.: (39-06) 6157101 / 61571030
E-mail: [email protected]
Luca SEBASTIANI Institute of Life Sciences
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 Pisa
Tel.: (39 050) 883070
E-mail: [email protected]
Silvia TRAVERSARI Institute of Life Sciences
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 Pisa
Tel.: (39-050) 883466
E-mail: [email protected]
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Stefano VERANI Researcher
Council for Agricultural Research and
Economics (CREA)
Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production
Via Valle della Quistione, 27
00166 Rome
Tel.: (39-06) 6157101 / 61571030
E-mail: [email protected]
JAPAN
Satoshi KITA Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
3-2, Midorigashara, Tsukuba-shi
Iharaki, 300 2646
Tel.: (81-29) 8470150
E-mail: [email protected]
NETHERLANDS
Paul COPINI Wageningen Enironmental Research
NL 6700 AA Wageningen
P.O. Box 47
NL-6700AA Wageningen
Tel : (31-317) 486355
E-mail: [email protected]
Sven M.G. DE VRIES
Project Leader
Wageningen University and Research
P.O. Box 47
NL 6700 AA Wageningen
Tel : (31-317) 485437
E-mail: [email protected]
Jitze KOPINGA Kopinga Boomadvies
Churchillweg 41
6707JB Wageningen
Tel.:(31-06) 38188723
E-mail: [email protected]
NEW ZEALAND
Trevor JONES Plant and Food Research
Batchelar Road
Palmerston North 4442
Tel.: (64-6) 9537690
E-mail: [email protected]
Ian McIVOR Plant and Food Research
Private Bag 11600
Palmerston North 4442
Tel : (64-6) 9537673
E-mail: [email protected]
John TURLAND
IFIM Consulting Ltd.
P.O. Box 425
7940 Timaru
E-mail: [email protected]
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Jun-Won KANG Research Scientist, National Institute of Forest
Science
39 Onjeong-ro, Guonseon-gu
Suwon 16631
Tel.: (82-31) 2901116 / 2901009
E-mail: [email protected]
Eui Rae NOH
Chairman, National Poplar Commission
National Institute of Forest Science
39 Onjeong-ro, Guonseon-gu
Suwon 16631
Tel.: (82-31) 37612512
E-mail: [email protected]
ROMANIA
Cezar Ionut MATEI Romsilva – National Forest Administration
Tulcea Branch
Isaccei Street No. 25
820166 Tulcea
Tel. : (40-748) 276886
E-mail: [email protected]
(Mrs) Georgeta MIHAI
National Institute for Research and
Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”
Eroilor 128
Bucharest
Tel.: (40-21) 3503238
E-mail: [email protected]
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Costel PETCU Romsilva – National Forest Administration
Tulcea Branch
Isaccei Street No. 25
820166 Tulcea
Tel. : (40-748) 276848
E-mail: [email protected]
SLOVENIA (REPUBLIC OF) Gregor BOZIC
Slovenian Forestry Institute
Vecna pot 2
1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: (386) 31674545
E-mail: [email protected]
SPAIN
D. Gregorio CHAMORRO GARCÍA Jefe de Área de Programas Forestales
Subdirección General de Silvicultura y Montes
Secretario de la Comisión Nacional del Chopo
Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y
Medio Ambiente
Gran Via San Francisco 4
28005 Madrid
Tel.: (34-91) 3475894
E-mail: [email protected]
Pedro GARNICA Industrial, Garnica Plywood
P. San Miguel, 10 bajo
Logroño, La Rioja
Tel.: (34-69) 9771263
E-mail: [email protected]
(Sra) Angélica GONZÁLEZ MARTIN Tel.: (34) 680139253
E-mail: [email protected]
(Sra) Nerea de OLIVEIRA Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agraria y
Alimentaria (INIA)
Crta. de la Coruña km 7,5,
28040 Madrid
E-mail: [email protected]
(Sra) Hortensia SIXTO
INIA-CIFOR
Crta. de la Coruña km 7,5,
28040 Madrid,
E-mail: [email protected]
SWEDEN
(Ms) Carolyn GLYNN
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Crop Production
Box 7045, Ullsvág 16
SE 75007 Uppsala
Tel.: (46-706) 283087
E-mail: [email protected]
Birger HJELM Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU)
Department of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7043
75007 Uppsala
Tel.: (46-760) 671871
Stefanie HÖBER Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7043, Ullsväg 16
SE 75007 Uppsala
Tel.: (46-760) 919234
E-mail: [email protected]
Almir KARACIC Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
(SLU), Department of Crop Production
Ecology
Box 7043
75007 Uppsala
E-mail: [email protected]
Mauritz RAMSTEDT Associate Professor
Bioremed AB
Stensberg 81
SE-74892 Österbybruk
Tel.: (46-70) 4943010\E-mail:
(Ms) Ann Christin RÖNNBERG-
WÄSTLJUNG Associate Professor
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Biology
Box 7080
SE-75007 Uppsala
Tel.: (46-70) 1723927
E-mail: [email protected]
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Lars RYTTER Associate Professor
The Forestry Research Institute (Skogforsk)
Ekebo 2250
SE-26890 Svalóv
Tel.: (46-70) 5600405
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Rose-Marie RYTTER Skogforsk/Rytter Science
Backavágen 16
268 68 Róstánga91292
Tel.: (46-0435)
E-mail: [email protected]
Martin Heinrich WEIH
Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences (SLU)
Department of Crop Production Ecology
Ullsvag 16, P.O. Box 7043
SE-750 07 Uppsala
Tel: (+46-18) 672543
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Monika WELC Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Crop Production Ecology
Ulls vág 16
Box 7043
75007 Uppsala
E-mail: [email protected]
TUNISIA
(Mrs) Mejda ABASSI Institut National de Recherches en Génie
Rural, Eaux et Forêts
Rue Hedi Karray, B.P. 10
2080 Ariana Tunis
Tel.: (216) 71230039
E-mail: [email protected]
TURKEY
Cihan ATMACA
Head Engineer
Poplar and Fast-Growing Forest Trees
Research Institute
Ovacik mh Kavakcilik Yerleskesi
Hasat Sok No. 3
Basiskele, Kocaeli
Tel.: (90-262) 3121135 - 312
E-mail: [email protected]
Ercan VELIOGLU Director of the Institute
Poplar and Fast-Growing Forest Trees
Research Institute
Ovacik mh Kavakcilik Yerleskesi
Hasat Sok No. 3
Basiskele, Kocaeli
Tel.: (90-262) 3121135 - 3121137
E-mail: [email protected]
UNITED KINGDOM
Benjamin RICHARD Rothamsted Research
West Common
AL5 2JQ Harpenden
E-mail: [email protected]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Robert BARDON NC State University
Campus Box 8008
27695-8008 Raleigh (NC)
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Sharon Lafferty DOTY University of Washington
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
UW Box 352100
Seattle, Washington
Tel: (1-206) 6166255
E-mail : [email protected]
Emile S. GARDINER
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research,
Southern Research Station
P.O. Box 227
Stoneville, Mississippi 38776
Tel.: (+1-662) 6863184 / 6863195
E-mail: [email protected]
Dennis HAZEL
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 8008
27695-8008 Raleigh (NC)
Tel.:
E-mail: [email protected]
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Judson G. ISEBRANDS
Environmental Forestry Consultants, LLC
P.O. Box 54
New London, Wisconsin 54961
Tel: (+1-920) 5311007
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel JACOBSON Oak Ridge National Laboratory
180 Waterview Drive
37830 Oak Ridge (TN)
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Julia KUZOVKINA Professor, University of Connecticut
1376 Stows Road
Stows CT 06269
Tel: (1-860) 4863438
E-mail: [email protected]
Raymond O. MILLER Michigan State University
Forest Biomass Innovation Center
6005 J Road
Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Tel.: (1-906) 7861575
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrew RODSTROM GreenWood Resources
1500 SW 1st Avenue, Suite 1150
Portland, OR 97201
Tel.: (1-971) 2704815
E-mail: [email protected]
Timothy TSCHAPLINSKI Group Leader - Metabolomics
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road
37830 Oak Ridge (TN)
Tel.: (1-865) 5744591
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Jill ZALESNY USFS
6383 Northwestern Drive
Rhinelander, WI 5450
E-mail: [email protected]
Ronald ZALESNY Jr
USDA Forest Service
Team Leader, Research Plant Genetist
Northern Research Station
Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies
5985 Highway K
54501 Rhinelander (WI)
Tel.: (1-715) 3621132
E-mail: [email protected]
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FAO MEMBER NATIONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Dalibor BALLIAN Faculty of Forestry
University of Sarajevo
Zagrebacka 20
71000 Sarajevo
Tel: (387-33) 812490
E-mail: [email protected]
ESTONIA
Reimo LUTTER
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Departement of Silviculture
Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering
Kreutzwaldi 5
51014 Tartu
Tel.: (572) 50033063
E-mail: [email protected]
ICELAND
(Ms) Johanna OLAFSDOTTIR
Forester, Icelandic Forest Service
Mógilsá
IS-116 Reykjavik
Tel.: (354) 6922240
E-mail: [email protected]
Halldór SVERRISSON Plant Pathologist
Icelandic Forest Service
Mógilsá
IS-116 Reykjavik
Tel.: (354) 6943722
E-mail: [email protected]
KYRGYZSTAN
Mairambek ALIEV Balykchy Forest Service
Department of Ecosystems and Protected
Areas
State Agency for Environment Protection and
Forestry
Marat ASANALIEV Programme Expert, Regional Programme for
Sustainable and Climate Sensitive Land-Use
for Economic Development in Central Asia
Deutsche Gesellschaft fűr Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
22 Erkindik Ave.
720040 Bishkek
Tel.: (996) 770715588
E-mail: [email protected]
Nurstan CHYNGOZHOEV Forest Research Institute
National Academy of Science
80-17 Kiev Str.
720015 Bishkek
Tel.: (996-312) 679082
Mobile: (996-556) 660031
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Alona STARK Interpreter, Regional Programme for
Sustainable and Climate Sensitive Land-use
for Economic Development in Central Asia
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Kanatbek ZHANTAEV Balykchy Forest Service
Department of Ecosystems and Protected
Areas, State Agency for Environment
Protection and Forestry
5, Abdrakhmanov Str.
Balykchy
Mobile Tel.: (996) 554306630
E-mail: [email protected]
LATVIA
Dagnija LAZDINA Latvian State Forest Research Institute
Silava
Riga Street 111
LV-2169 Salaspils
Mobile: (371) 26595683
E-mail: [email protected]
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Kristaps MAKOVSKIS
Latvian State Forest Research Institute
Silava
Riga Street 111
LV-2169 Salaspils
Mobile: (371) 26376045
E-mail : [email protected]
Toms SARKANABOLS
LSFRI “Silava”
Riga Street 111
Salaspils
Mobile: (371) 26229484
E-mail: [email protected]
LITHUANIA
Mindaugas ŠILININKAS Euromediena
A Gostauto 8-304
01108 Vilnius
Tel.: (370) 69879911
E-mail: [email protected]
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Valeriu CAISIN ICAS MOLDSILVA
Calea Yesilor, 69
Chisinau
Tel.: (373) 060102396
E-mail: [email protected]
PHILIPPINES (Ms) Nelly AGGANGAN National Institute of Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College Laguna 4031
Tel.: (63-49) 53620563
E-mail: [email protected]
Romulo AGGANGAN Forest Products
Research and Development Institute
Department of Science and Technology
Narra Street
College Forestry Campus
Laguna 4031
Tel.: (63-49) 5363630
E-mail: [email protected]
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(Ms) Oxana CHERNYSHENKO Moscow State Forest University
1-Institutskaya
141005 Mytischy, Moscow
Tel.: (7498) 6873885
E-mail: [email protected];
(Ms) Elena SARAPKINA Moscow State Forest University
141005 1 Institutskaya
Mytischy, Moscow
Tel. : (7498) 6873885
E-mail: [email protected]
Anatoly P. TSAREV Petrozavodsk State University
33 Lenin Avenue
Petrozavodsk
Karelia 185910
Tel: (7-473) 2539436; (8-960) 1356565
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Raissa TSAREVA
All-Russian Research Institute of Forest
Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology
105 Lomonosov Str.
Voronezh
Tel.: (8-960) 1356565
E-mail: [email protected]
SERBIA
Sasa ORLOVIĆ Director
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Antona Cehova 13
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel.:(381 21) 540 383
Fax: (381 21) 540 385
E-mail: [email protected]
Andrei PILIPOVIC Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Novi Sad
Antona Cehova 13
P.O. Box 117
21000 Novi Sad, Vojvodina
Tel: (381-21) 540382; (381-60) 4588288
E-mail: [email protected]
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SLOVAKIA
Christoph LEIBING IKEA Industry
UKRAINE
(Ms) Natalia KUTSOKON Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic
Engineering NAS
148 Zabolotnogo Street
8622 Plesetske, Vasylkiv
E-mail: [email protected]
Namik RASHYDOV Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic
Engineering NAS
148, vul. Acad. Zabolotnog
03143 Kiev
Tel.: (380-44) 5267104
E-mail: [email protected]
OBSERVERS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE (CGIAR/ICRAF)
N. THEVS
World Agroforestry Centre
Togktogul Street 138
720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tel.: (996) 771771993
E-mail: [email protected]
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
(Ms) Eva Ursula MÜLLER Director, Forestry Policy and Resources
Division
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel. : (+39-06)-57054628
E-mail: [email protected]
Walter KOLLERT Secretary of the International Poplar
Commission (IPC)
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel. : (+39-06)-57053834
Fax: . (+39-06-)57055137
E-mail: [email protected]
Jim CARLE
Forestry Consultant
3 May Street, Mount Mauganui
Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
Tel.: (+64-7) 5749446
Mobile: (+64-21) 2054024
E-mail: [email protected]
Alberto DEL LUNGO Consultant
Forestry Policy and Resources Division
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: (39-06) 57053889
Fax: (39-06) 57055137
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Tiziana TARRICONE Forestry Policy and Resources Division
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: (39-06) 57053602
Fax: (39-06) 57055137
E-mail: [email protected]
(Ms) Stefania GIUSTI IPC/FAO Secretariat
Forestry Policy and Resources Division
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
E-mail : [email protected]
(Ms) Michèle MILLANES Consultant
Forestry Policy and Resources Division
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
E-mail : [email protected]
Luca de PAOLI
Intern to the
IPC Secretariat
Forestry Policy and Resources Division
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
E-mail : [email protected]
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ANNEX IV - Abstracts submitted
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION
ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED15
PLENARY (in alphabetical order by name)
Carle Jim - Trends and Perspectives in Poplar and Willow Cultivation – A Global Synthesis of
National Progess Reports
Cerrillo Teresa, Jorgelina Grande, Silvia Monteoliva, Virginia Lúquez, Araceli García, Celina
Braccini, Patricia Fernandez, Esteban Thomas, Ivana Amico, Ignacio Fosco, Fabio Achinelli,
Edgardo Casaubón and Raúl Villaverde - Advances in a Willow (Salix Spp) Breeding Programme
in Argentina for Different Wood Applications
Ceulemans Reinhart (+ POPFULL research team) - Bio-Energy from Poplar Biomass Under Short
Rotations: Full Greenhouse Gas Balance, Energy Balance and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
Dhiman Ramesh Chand - Role of the Private Sector in Promoting the Culture of Poplar and Other
Fast-Growing Tree Species in India
Dieter Matthias - Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees - Renewable Resources for Future Green
Economies
Doty Sharon L., Zareen Khan, Andrew W. Sher, Mahsa Khorasani, Andrea Firrincieli, Mitch
Scott, Shyam Kandel, Pierre Joubert, Roger Bumgarner, Soo-Hyung Kim and Thomas H.
DeLuca - Importance of The Plant Microbiome for Growth, Health, and Stress Tolerance
Fladung Matthias -Plant Remodelling in Trees – Breeding Perspectives in Poplar
Grundmann Jan - SRC as Fuel Hedge
Isebrands J.G. and J. Richardson - Poplars and Willows: A Photo Library
Kollert Walter - The Reform of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) in the Light of Modern
Forest Policy Requirements
Kopinga Jitze - The Poplar in the Urban Environment – Experiences with Its Use and Usability in
The Netherlands
Lebedys Arvydas - Global and Regional Market Trends for Poplar Products
15 Copies of papers can be requested directly from authors.
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Pierattini Erika Carla , Alessandra Francini, Andrea Raffaelli and Luca Sebastiani -
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Populus alba Phenotyping and Uptake
Van Acker Joris - Engineered Wood Products Based on Poplar/Willow Wood
Volk T.A., J.P Heavey, M.C. Negri, H. Ssegane, V. Dale, D. Daley and M.H. Eisenbies -
Incorporating Shrub Willow into Multifunctional Systems Using a Landscape Design Approach
Weih Martin - Sweden’s Quest for Renewable Resources – An Opportunity for Growing Poplars and
Willows?
1. WORKING PARTY ON TAXONOMY, NOMENCLATURE AND
REGISTRATION (in alphabetical order by name)
Guerra Fernando, Francisco Zamudio, Jorge Valdés and Cristian Espinosa - Development of an
Information Platform for Genomic Selection of Poplar Hybrids in Chile
Kajba Davorin, Dalibor Ballian , Marilena Idžojtić, Igor Poljak and Ivan Andrić -
Morphological Variability of Hairy and Typical European Black Poplar (Populus nigra L.)
Kuzovkina Yulia A. and Lorenzo Vietto - Registration of Populus and Salix Cultivars
Lazdina Dagnija, Martins Zeps, Ilze Veinberga, Agnese Gailite and Dainis Rungis -
Development and Registration of New Latvian Salix dasyclados and Populus x Woobsti Clones for
Multifuctional Use
2. WORKING PARTY ON DOMESTICATION AND CONSERVATION
OF GENETIC RESOURCES (in alphabetical order by name)
Ahuja M.R. - Next Generation Tree Biotechnology
Asadi F. and H. Mirzaie-Nodoushan – Comparison of Growth Behaviour of Populus caspica and
their Progenies in North of Iran
Brügmann Tobias and Matthias Fladung – Flowering Time Genes Influence Biomass Production
in Poplars
Bubner Ben, Volker Schneck, Matthias Zander, Jan Gloger and Christian Ulrichs - Breeding of
Multipurpose Willows on the Basis of Salix daphnoides, S. purpurea and S. pentandra
Calagari Mohsen - Investigation on Growth of F1 Hybrid Salix Seedlings in Experimental Field of
Karadj, Iran
Calagari Mohsen, H. Mirzaie Nodoushan and F. Asadi - Growth Characteristics of Populus
euphratica Seedlings from Superior Genotypes in Research Station of Karadj
Cerrillo Teresa - Breeding Willow Clones for Basket-Making in Argentina. First Results
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Dacasa Rüdinger María del Carmen, Marianne Kadolsky, Wolfgang Hüller, Heino Wolf, Anna
Kraft, Kurt Zoglauer - From a Cone into the Petri Dish and to the Field: About the Unsual Trip of
an Immature Seed
Demidova Natalia - Fast-Growing Poplars in the North of European Russia
Duan Hui, Xin Lu, Conglong Lian, Yi An, Weilun Yin and Xinli Xia - Genome-Wide Analysis of
Micro-RNA Responses to the Phytohormone Abscisic Acid in Populus euphratica
Efremova Nadia, Peter Welters, Guido Jach - Protoplast Fusion Based on Breeding of Sterile
Polyploids in Various Poplar Specie
Fladung Matthias - Improvement of the Inducible Activation Tagging Ac/Ds Transposon System by
Employing the Positive Selection Marker TMS2
Fladung Matthias - Plant Remodelling in Trees – Breeding Perspectives in Poplar
Gangoo S. A., Paray P. A., Masoodi. T. H. and Sofi P. A. - Production of New Clones of ‘Cricket
Bat Willow’ (Salix alba) for Fast Growth and Quality Timber
Ghamari Zare Abbas, Maeysam An sari, Lila Mirjani, Narjes Vahidi, Mohsen Kalagari,
Rafatolla Ghasemi and Alireza Modirrahmati - Reproduction of Populus Intersectional Hybrids by
Means of Ovule Microcultures
Gupta Sangeeta and Raman Nautiyal - Wood Quality Assessment of Clones of Populus deltoides
Developed by the Forest Research Institute, India, through Closed and Open Pollination
Hoenicka Hans - Fast Breeding of Poplars and Other Tree Species: Future Prospects and Biosafety
Concerns
Hoenicka Hans, Denise Lehnhardt, Valentina Briones, Ove Nilsson and Matthias Fladung - An
Early Flowering System Allows Reliable Induction of Fertile Flowers and Crossings in Juvenile
Poplar
Hofmann Martin and Alwin Janßen - Genetic Improvement of Poplar and Prospects for Poplar
Cultivation in Germany
Hu Jianjun, Pei Sun and Huixia Jia - SSR Based DNA Fingerprinting and Genetic Diversity
Analysis of 92 Poplar Cultivars in China
Kadolsky Marianne and Heino Wolf - Cultivation of Fast-Growing Hybrid Larch (Larix x
Eurolepis) Derived from Somatic Embryogenesis
Kahraman Filiz K, Cihan Atmaca, Huseyin Karatay, Teoman Kahraman and Yusuf Tastan - A
New Hybrid Clone for South Anatolia
Kahraman Teoman, Filiz Kahraman, Cihan Atmaca, Yusuf Tastan and Burcu Uzan - Selection
of Poplar Clones for Biomass Production
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Kajba Davorin and Ivan Andrić - Selection of White Willow (Salix alba L.) and Chinese Willow
(Salix matsudana Koidz.) for Biomass Production
Kersten Birgit, Patricia Faivre Rampant, Malte Mader, Marie-Christine Le Paslier, Rémi
Bounon, Aurélie Bérard, Cristina Vettori, Hilke Schroeder, Jean-Charles Leplé and Matthias
Fladung - Complete Genome Sequences of Populus tremula Chloroplast and Mitochondrion as New
Resources for Holistic Poplar Breeding
Kögler Anja, Kristin Morgenstern, Thomas Schmidt, Doris Krabel and Marie Brückner - ISAP
(Inter-Sine Amplified Polymorphism) – A Retrotransposon-Based Marker System for Identification
of Varieties, Clones and Accessions of Poplar Kumar Ashwani - Widening of Genetic Base of Populus deltoides in India Through Hybrid Clone
Development
Kutsokon N., Rudas V., Shinkaruk M., Lakhneko O., Morgun B. and Rashydov N. - Poplar
Genetic Transformation for Sustainable Growth in Short-Rotation Plantations
Liesebach Heike, Kristin Morgenstern, Doris Krabel and Matthias Meyer - Natural Regeneration
of Black, Hybrid and Balsam Poplars in the Landscape
Liesebach Heike, Kristina Ulrich and Dietrich Ewald – Triploid Poplars as a Potential for
Breeding Fast-Growing Trees
Liesebach Mirko and Volker Schneck - Improvement on Poplars of the Section Populus in
Germany
Lu Meng-Zhu, Li Zhang, Jin Zhang and Lijuan Wang - The Sweet Gene Family in Populus:
Evolution, Expression Patterns, and Contribution to Secondary Growth
Mihai Georgeta, Maria Dogaru, Ionel Mirancea and Paula Ivanov - New Genetic Resources of
Poplars in Romania in the Context of Climate Change
Miller Raymond O. and Bradford A. Bender - Sources of Variation in Hybrid Poplar Biomass
Production Throughout Michigan, USA
Miller Raymond O., Bradford A. Bender, Paul N.Irving and Kile T. Zuidema - Common Short-
Rotation Poplar Growth Patterns Observed in Ten Trials Over 18 Years in Michigan, USA
Monteverde María Silvana, Silvia Cortizo and Nora Abbiati - Poplar Breeding Programme in
Argentina: 2013 Comparative Clonal Trial Network Status
Navarro A., Balzarolo M., Vanbeveren, S. and Ceulemans R. - Transpiration and Water Relations
of Four Poplar Genotypes Under SRC
Neri Andrea, Alessandra Francini, Andrea Andreucci and Luca Sebastiani - Study of
Transporters of HMA and NRAMP Family in Wild Type and Transgenic Line (35s::Aqua1) of
Populus alba Stressed With Cadmium
Özel Halil Barış and Nebi Bilir - Genetic Variation in Growth Traits and Morphological
Characteristics of Black Poplar ((Populus nigra L.) Nursery Stage
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Polle Andrea, Shanty Paul and Henning Wildhagen - Intra-Specific Variation in Poplar Drought
Responses
Rönnberg-Wästljung Ann Christin, Berit Samils, Nils-Erik Nordh, Jan Stenlid and Martin
Weih - Towards a High and Sustainable Biomass Production: The Salix Molecular Breeding
Activities Programme (SAMBA)
Ropertz Johanna Ingeborg and Reiner Finkeldey - Transcriptome Analysis of Poplar Clones to
Understand Differences in their Genetic Performance in Mono and Mixed Stand with Black Locust
Schroeder Hilke and Matthias Fladung - Chloroplast and Mitochondrial SNP-Markers Support
Holistic Poplar Breeding
Soolanayakanahally Raju - Geo-Climatic Gradient Shapes Functional Trait Variations In Salix
eriocephala Thomas Esteban and Teresa Cerrillo – Evaluation of Improved Willows in North Patagonia,
Argentina
Tomar Anita - Conservation of Economically Valuable Under-Utilized Wild Mango -Spondias
pinnata
Tsareva Raisa P., Anatoly P. Tsarev, Vadim A. Tsarev and Olga V. Komarova - Survival and
Growth Analysis of Aspen Hybrid Families in the Central Chernozem Area of Russia Tschaplinski Timothy, Madhavi Martin, Sara Ellen Johnston, Will Rottmann and Maud
Hinchee - Metabolomic Responses of Down-Regulated P-Coumaroyl Quinate/Shikimate 3’-
Hydrolase (C3’h) and Cinnamate 4-Hydrolase (C4h) Genes in The Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway of
Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis with Reduced Recalcitrance
Wang Jun, Li Daili and Kang Xiang-yang - Production of Diploid Pollen in Populus by Heat-
Induced Depolymerization of Meiotic Microtubule Cytoskeletons Weger Jan, Jaroslav Bubeník, Dušan Reininger and Přemysl Fiala - Testing of Native Willows
for Short-Rotation Coppice on Agricultural Land
Weighill Deborah, Carissa Bleker, Gerald Tuskan, Wellington Muchero, Tim Tschaplinski and
Daniel Jacobson - Integrated SNP Correlation, Co-Expression and Genome-Wide Association
Networks for Populus trichocarpa. Pleiotropic and Epistatic Network-Based Discovery
Wolf Heino - Breeding of Fast-Growing Tree Species for Changing Environments
Zhou Jie, Jiwei Zheng, Baosong Wang and Xudong He - The Analysis of Gene Expression Profile
in Salix Under Salt Stress
3. WORKING PARTY ON PLANT HEALTH, RESILIENCE TO
THREATS AND CLIMATE CHANGE (in alphabetical order by name)
Abraham Nivi, Periasamy Chitrampalam, Pawel Borowicz, and Jared LeBoldus - A Histological
and Biochemical Comparison of Resistant and Susceptible Populus Genotypes Inoculated with Sphaerul
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Aggangan N.S., S.H. Han, YI Choi and E.W. Noh - Growth, Photosynthetic Pigments and Nutrient
Status of Ectomycorrhizal Non-Transgenic and Transgenic Populus alba x glandulosa
Aggangan N.S. and P.M. Rocamora - Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and NPK Fertilizer Interaction on
Acacia mangium Willd
Anselmi Naldo, Piero Paris, L. Tosi, M. Tarchi, P. Gothier and L. Mugnai - Plant Decline Etiology
in Poplar Short-Rotation Coppices
Bagwari Archana, Y.P. Singh, J. Kumar and R.C. Dhiman - Leaf Bioassay Against Curvularia sp.
Toxin for the Resistance Screening of Populus deltoides Germplasm
Caccia F.D., A.B. Guarnaschelli; J. Spinardi.; P. Vincent, A.M. Garau; T. Cerrillo and
S. C. Cortizo - Evaluation of Some Growth and Functional Responses of Salix Clones in Response to
Flooding
Chernyshenko Oxana, Denis Rumyantsev and Elena Sarapkina - Methods for Diagnosis of Aspen
Sustainability
Clara Manasa P.A., Ramakrishna Hegde, Abhiyu Singh and Amanulla, B.K.M - Biomass and
Carbon Stock in Plantations: Manipulation Through Genotype and Spacing
Dacasa Rüdinger María del Carmen - Drought Tolerance Variation of Hybrid Larch in Greenhouse
Experiments
Dhiman Ramesh Chand and J. N. Gandhi - Heat Injury to Freshly Planted Poplar Seedlings in
Nurseries
Fey-Wagner Christina and Alwin Janßen - Tolerance Characteristics of New Top Performing Black
and Balsam Poplars against Melampsora larici-populina Tested in Short-Rotation Coppices
Georgi Richard and Michael Müller - Importance and Management of the Red Poplar Leaf Beetle
(Chrysomela populi L.) in Short-Rotation Coppices (SRC): An Overview
Glynn Carolyn, Daniel A. Herms, Olof Widenfalk, Riitta Julkunen Tiitto and Ann Christin
Rönnberg-Wästljung - Mixed Strategies for Willow Defense - Resistance and Tolerance to Herbivory
Under Varying Nutrient Regimes
Guarnaschelli A.B., P. Pizzorno, J.P. Esposito, A.M. Garau and S. C. Cortizo - Growth and
Physiology of Salix Clones in Response to Drought and Rewatering
Kazic Marta and Stefan Schütz - The Power of Odors – How to Help Poplar Trees to Help
Themselves
Lazdina Dagnija, Ieva Bebre, Kristaps Makovskis, Toms Sarkanābols, Irēna Pučka and Julija
Konstantinaviciene - Results of Annual and Biannual Willow Clones Shoot Survival and Browsing
Intensity in the West and East Regions of Latvia
Manthe Karoline and Dirk Landgraf - Olfactory Navigation of Sawflies (Nematus Spec.) as a Device
for Hazard Analysis of Different Poplar Varieties in Short-Rotation Coppice
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Naharia K., S. Barthwal, U.S. Singh and Y.P.Singh - Could Pathogenicity Be Used as a Determining
Factor to Study Isolate Variation?
Parhizkar Pejman, Soudabe Korori, Farhang Moraghebi and Azadeh Yaghubian - Seasonal
Alteration of Peroxidase in Branch and Leaves of Eucalyptus viminalis
Parhizkar Pejman, Farhad Asadi, Mostafa Khoshnevis and Beitollah Amanzadeh - Asexual
Reproduction of Populus caspica Bornm. Stimulat of Cuttings in Northern Iran
Rawat Suman, Santan Barthwal, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh - Testing Pathogenicity of Sclerotium
rolfsii Causing Leaf Spot of Poplar
Rodríguez María Emilia, Guillermo Doffo, Teresa Cerrillo and Virginia Lúquez - Responses to
Different Levels of Flooding in Willows (Salix Spp)
Schapiro Javier, Edgardo Casaubón, Gabriel Morici, Adriana Salvat, Lucía Di Ciaccio, Teresa
Cerrillo, Ignacio Gamietea and Jorge Caracostantogolo - Ovicidal and Larvicidal In vitro Activity of
Eight Salix Clone Extracts Against a Pure Strain of Haemonchus contortus
Schneck Volker and Mirko Liesebach - Tree Improvement for Future Forests Under Climate Change
in Germany
Schroeder Hilke and Matthias Fladung - Poplar Clones Differ in Their Resistance against Insects
Feeding
Sehrawat Rashmi and K.P.Singh - Management of Poplar Defoliator Clostera cupreata through
Herbal Approach
Šēnhofa Silva, D. Lazdiņa, M. Zeps, K. Makovskis, I. Bebre and Ā. Jansons - Poplar Clones in
Latvia: Juvenile Growth and Fall Frost Damages
Uniyal Kartik, R.U. Khan, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh - Testing of Fungicidal Efficacy against
Alternaria Leaf Spot of Poplar
Uniyal Kartik, R.U. Khan, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh -RAPD Analysis of Alternaria alternata
Isolated from Populus deltoides
Wang Congpeng, Sha Liu, Ying Zhao, Yan Dong, Anke Geng, Xinli Xia and
Weilun Yin - PDEPF1 Regulates Water Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance by Modulating Stomatal
Density in Poplar
Wang Guiying, Jinmao Wang, Haiyong Liang, Xiaojie Liu, Li Li and Minsheng Yang - Relations
Between Insect Resistance and Tree Age of Transgenic Triploid Populus tomentosa Plants
Xu Ye-ning, Tian Ye, Zhang Jia-yu and Tao Hui-ying - The Responses of Different Sources of Low-
Molecular-Weight Organic Carbon (LMWOC) on Soil Nitrogen (N) Transformation in Three
Plantations
Zeps Martins, Arnis Gailis, Silva Senhofa, Baiba Dzerina, Martins Purins,
and Aris Jansons - Sunscald Injuries in Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremuloides × P. tremula) Plantations
in Latvia
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4. WORKING PARTY ON SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, LAND-USE,
PRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY (in alphabetical order by name)
Achinelli Fabio G., Guillermo Doffo, Pablo Etchevers and Virginia M. C. Lúquez - A Salix Spp.
Short-Rotation Coppice System in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Effects of Clonal Composition, Planting
Density and Drip Irrigation on Biomass Production
Addis Fentahun, Habtemariam Kassa, Surafel Melak and Berihun Tefera – Socioeconomic Impacts
of Smallholder Plantations in Amhara Region of Ethiopia: The Case of Lay Gayint and Fagta Locuma
Districts
Adeli Kamran, Javad Soosani and Samaneh Namdari - Using Stem Analysis Results for
Determination of the Economic Rotation Age of Pinus brutia in South Western Iran
Adeli Kamran, Saman Saeedi and Samaneh Namdari - Populus deltoides Financial Maturity (Case
Study: Kurdistan Province, Western Iran)
Aggangan Romulo T. - Woodfuels as Alternative Source of Energy in Rural and Urban Areas in The
Philippines
Aggangan Romulo T., Dwight A. Eusebio and Robert A. Natividad - Properties and Utilization of
Selected Fast-Growing Tree Plantation Species for Wood-Based Industries in The Philippines
Asadi F. and A. Khodakarimi - Hedgerow Intercropping of Populus alba and Alfalfa in West
Azarbayjan Province, Iran
Asadi F. and F. Nouri - Investigation of Growth Variations of Poplar (Populus nigra) Plantations in
Riverbanks of Kermanshah Province, Iran
Bangarwa, Kulvir S.- Production Potential and Impact of Wood Market Fluctuations on Plantation
Trend of Exotic Poplar (Populus deltoides) in India
Berdón Jose, Adrián J. Montero, Luis Royano, Ana Isabel Parralejo and Jerónimo González -
Study of Paulownia´s Timber and Biomass Production in Mérida (Badajoz), Southwestern Spain
Bergante Sara and Gianni Facciotto – Horizontal Planting of Poplars in SRC Trials: First Results with
Different Clones
Beuker Egbert, Anneli Viherä-Aarnio and Jari Hynynen - Growth Potential of First Generation
Hybrid Aspen Plantations in Southern Finland
Bodorowski E.D. - Contribution of Poplars and Willows for Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable
Development in Argentina
Bustamante J.A., E.M. da Silva, L. López and J. Llera - Biomass Production of the Populus x
canadensis ´Conti 12’ Clone, in Different Planting Densities
Calderón A.D., C. Rébora, J.A. Bustamante, F. Tacchini, S. Robledo, M. Ochoa, M. Tondi and O.
Araya - Alternative Models of Silvopastoral Systems in Poplar Forests for Irrigated Areas of Mendoza,
Argentina
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Casaubon Edgardo and Teresa Cerrillo - Establishment of Silvopastoral Systems in the Delta of the
Parana River: Rooted and Un-Rooted Pole Cuttings Willow as Propagating Material
Casaubon Edgardo, Teresa Cerrillo, Laura Gurini and Mauro Fernández - Proposed Management
for Willow Agrosilvopastoral Systems in The Delta of the Paraná River (Argentina)
Chyngozhoev N. - Poplars in the Kyrgyz Republic
Cortizo Silvia, María Silvana Monteverde and Nora Abbiati - New Clones Will Let Farmers Increase
Variability and Sustainability of Poplar Plantations in Argentina
Cortizo Silvia, María Silvana Monteverde, Mercedes Refot and Gabriel Keil - Variation of the
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Four New Poplar Clones Selected in Argentina
De Boever Lieven and Joris Van Acker - Poplar and Willow Wood as a Multi-Use, Local, Raw
Material for a Broad Spectrum of Green Construction Products Within the European Forestry Wood
Chain
Engelbrechten Hans-Georg von - How to Run a Biomass Group-Heating on SRC Basis
Facciotto Gianni, Sara Bergante and Giuseppe Nervo - Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice Grown in
Marginal Environments of Southern Italy
Facciotto Gianni and Sara Bergante – Biomass Production with Poplar and Willow in Alley Coppice
Systems in Piedmont (Italy)
Garnica P., Pedro Romero, Oscar Crespo and J. Garnica - Growth Patterns of Several Poplar Clones
for Plywood Production in Spain
Ghezehei Solomon B., Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols, Robert Bardon and Dennis W Hazel - Economic
Analysis Tool for SRWC-Based Feedstock Production in the Southeastern U.S.A.
Ghirardo Andrea, Karin Pritsch and Jörg-Peter Schnitzler - Post-Harvesting Emissions of CO2 and
Biogenic Hydrocarbons from Woodchips Produced by a Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice
Grau J.M., I. Cañellas and H. Sixto - Evolution and Perspectives of Poplar Cultivation in Spain in the
Last 100 Years
Gupta P.K. and Vikas Rana - Bio-Ethanol from Hemicelluloses Waste of Ligno-Cellulosic Biomass –
A Sustainable Future Bio-Refinery Prospect
Haque M.S. - How Poplar (Populus deltoides)-Based Agroforestry Transformed Weak Rural Economy
into Prosperous Green Economy in North India?
Hjelm Birger, Tord Johansson, Per-Ove Persson and Theo Verwijst - Fertilization Around Poplar
Stumps With Established Sprouts
Hjelm Birger, Tord Johansson, Per Ove Persson and TheoVerwijst - A Pilot Study of Poplar
Plantations Optimal Rotation Period and its Growth Dynamics Under Different Planting Densities
Jones Trevor and Ian McIvor - Diameter Growth and Wood Properties of New Zealand Poplar Clones
Karacic Almir, Anneli Adle, Mindaugas Silininkas and Audrius Gradeckas - Establishment of
Poplar Plantations in Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea Region
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Kumar Dinesh - Fast-Growing Tree Culture Outside Forest: Experiences from India
Kumar Gulshan Ahuja – The Journey of Poplar Cultivation under Agroforestry in India – Responding
to Drivers of Change
Kutsokon N., D. Rakhmetov, S. Rakhmetovaand N. Rashydov - Evaluation of Growth and
Bioenergetic Potential of Fast-Growing Trees (Populus and Salix) for Short-Rotation Plantation
Lazdina Dagnija, Toms Sarkanabols, Arta Bardule, Martins Zeps, Aris Jansons, Andis Bardulis
and Andis Lazdins - Case Study of Hybrid Aspen, Poplar and Willow Yields during Five-Year Rotation
Lenz Hannes, Ralf Pecenka and Christine Idler – Can Results from Analysis of Ash Contents Be
Used for Determination of Mass Losses During Storage of Wood Chips? A Comparison of Results from
9-Month Storage of Poplar
Limburg Annabell v., Falk Berster and Georg v.Wuehlisch - Poplar Wood in the Manufacture of
Prostheses
Lutter Reimo, Arvo Tullus, Tea Tullus and Hardi Tullus - Biomass Productivity and Mutual
Relations Between Tree Growth and Soil Nutrient Status in Short-Rotation Hybrid Aspen Plantations in
Hemiboreal Estonia
Marchal Rémy, Serge-Stephane Kouakou, Loïc Brancheriau and Kevin Candelier - Introducing
Trees into Cultivated Fields to Reduce the French Shortage of Poplar Wood: Agroforestry and Wood
Quality
Meyer Matthias, Alexander Solger, Kristin Morgenstern, Björn Günther, Gerd Helle, Kathrin
Gebauer, Alwin Janßen and Doris Krabel - Wood and Tree-Ring Anatomical Traits for Phenotyping
Poplar Cultivars
Mosquera-Losada M.R., O. Crespo, F.Balaguer, F. Liagre, P. Paris, G. Facciotto and C. Dupraz -
Poplar in Southern European Agroforestry
Otero J.M., J. Salvia, J.J. Hernandez, E. Monedero; A.Pazo; P. Chueca, E. Molto; F. Caballero,
J.M. Grau, I. Cañellas and H. Sixto - Growing Poplar Biomass in Short Rotation: Lignocrop Project
Paulrajan Dinesh Babu – Poplar as a Raw Material for Match Stick Manufacturing Industries in India
Pecenka Ralf, Hannes Lenz and Christine Idler - Efficient Harvest and Storage of Wood Chips from
Poplar in Practice
Pecenka Ralf, Hannes Lenz and Christine Idler - Optimum Storage Techniques for Poplar Wood from
Short Rotation – A Comparison of Whole Tree and Wood Chip Storage
Peñuelas J.L., B. González-González , M.M. Sanchez, I. Gonzalez, J.L. Nicolas, I. Cañellas and H.
Sixto - Evaluation of Poplar Genotypes Under Mediterranean Conditions: Growth and Water Use
Efficiency in the First Vegetative Period
Rebola-Lichtenberg Jessica and Christian Ammer - Biomass Production in an Improved Sustainable
Mixed Short-Rotation Woody Cropping of Populus-Hybrids and Robinia pseudoacacia
Reinhardt S., E. Pindel, S. Böringer, D. Schmiedl and R. Schweppe – Optimization of Lignin
Extraction from Populus balsamifera Using Design of Experiments (DOE)
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Rohde Viktoria, Sarah Böringer, Nicolaus Dahmen, Beatrice Tübke and Detlef Schmiedl - Acid-
Catalyzed Organosolv Processing of Short-Rotation Coppice “Poplar With Bark” - A Parametric Study
on Yield and Structure of Sulfur-Free Lignin
Rytter Lars and Rose-Marie Rytter - Grey Alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench.) – A Complement to
Other Fast-Growing Tree Species in Northern Europe
Sabatti M., A. Paoletti , G. Martometti, L. Tosi, A. Battistelli, S. Proietti, M. Tarchi, G. Scarascia
Mugnozza and P. Paris - New Poplar Genotypes for Short-Rotation Biomass Plantations in the
Mediterranean Environment: Productivity and Quality of Biomass for Biorefinery
Sadeghzadeh Hallaj Mohammad Hosein, Davood Azadfar and Rasoul Mirakhorli - Three-Year
Survey on Growth Performance of Various Salt Cedar Populations on Saline-Alkaline Soils of Iran
Central Desert
Saulino Luigi, Francesco Cona, Maurizio Teobaldelli, Alberto Battistelli, Stefano Moscatello,
Simona Proietti and Antonio Saracino - Feedstock for Energy and Biochemical Compounds in Bio-
Based Industry from Short-Rotation Coppices in Southern Italy
Schirmer Randolf and Daniel Glas - Development of Poplar Clones for SRC in an EU-Wide Trial
Schmiedl D., E. Pindel, S. Reinhardt, S. Böringer and B. Tübke - Base Catalyzed Depolymerization
of Organosolv-Lignin from Populus balsamifera – Effect on Yield and Structural Features of Cleavage
Products
Sharma S.K. - Poplar Plantation- A Boon to Rural Livelihoods and Ecological Restoration in North
India
Sirohi Chhavi and K.S. Bangarwa - Performance of Various Wheat Varieties and Soil Fertility Under
Different Spacings of Poplar-Based Agroforestry System in Northern India
Sperandio Giulio, Stefano Verani, Massimo Tarchi, Giovanni Di Matteo, Luca Tosi and Pierluigi
Paris - Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Poplar Bioenergy Systems: Biomass Production and Economic
Evaluation in Mediterranean Climate
Sridhar K.B., Yadav Harsharn, A.R. Uthappa, S.B. Chavan, Mahendra Singh,
R.P. Dwivedi, Dev Inder, S. Vimaladevi, R.K Tewari and O.P. Chaturvedi - Farm Woodlots of
Poplar and Other Fast-Growing Industrial Trees in Smallholder Farms of Bundelkhand Region of
Central India
Srivastav Anubha, Anita Tomar, V.P. Pandey and S. D. Shukla - Bamboo-Based Agroforestry in
Vindhyan Region of India
Stiehm Christoph, Martin Hofmann and Alwin Janßen - Results From Six Years of the Joint
Research Project Proloc – Clone-Site Interaction and Yield Dynamics after Two Rotation Cycles
Sverrisson Halldór and Thorbergur H. Jónsson - The History of Black Cottonwood in Iceland
Tomar Anita, Kumud Dubey and Anubha Srivastava – Seed Traits of Money Spinning Agroforestry
Tree – Melia dubia
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Tomar Anita, Anubha Srivastava, M.K. Shukla and Dinesh Kumar - Suitability of Populus
deltoides Clones for the Indo Gangetic Plain Region
Tsarev Anatoly P. - Resource Potential of Aspen in Russia
Tsvetkov Ivaylo, Hristina Hristova, Emil Popov and Tatiana Stankova - Assesment of Biomass
Productivity by Studying Some Factorial Effects on Early Growth of Poplar (Populus spp.) Clones
Valbuena-Castro J., N. Oliveira, R. Rodríguez-Soalleiro, H. Sixto and I. Cañellas - Assessment of
Biomass Productivity and Effect of Planting Density in a Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar Plantation in
the North of Spain
Valbuena-Castro J., N. Oliveira,, I. Cañellas, H. Sixto, and R. Rodríguez-Soalleiro -Biomass
Estimation Models and Allometry Changes in a Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar Plantation in the North
of Spain
Welc Monika, T. Verwijst and N.E. Nordh - Influence of Two Contrasting Planting Systems and
Weeding Regimes on Willow Performance Under Field Conditions
5. WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (in alphabetical order by name)
Aggangan N.S., S.H. Han, Y.I. Choi and E.W. Noh - Effects of Heavy Metals and Mycorrhizal Fungi on
Growth and Nutrient Status of Populus alba x P. glandulosa
Chiarabaglio Pier Mario and Achille Giorcelli - Restoration of River Banks with Populus alba L.: A
Case Study in Italy
Förster Achim - The Unexpected Increase of Wild Populus nigra L. in Berlin and Brandenburg
Grote Rüdiger, Janine Schweier, Eugenio Diaz-Pines, Edwin Haas, Saul Molina-Herrera, Klaus
Butterbach-Bahl and Jörg-Peter Schnitzler - Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Poplar Short-
Rotation-Coppice on Marginal Land – Summary Results from the Probiopa Experiment
Hoeber Stefanie, Martin Weih, Stefano Manzoni and Petra Fransson - Two Salix Genotypes Differ in
Their Productivity When Grown in Monoculture and Mixture
Jennemann Leena, Pascal Kinast, Wolfgang Peters and Imke Hennemann-Kreikenbohm - Short-
Rotation Coppice (SRC) – Planned and Cultivated in a More Naturally Compatible Way
Krygier Richard and Martin Blank - Selection and Use of Native Willow Clones for Reclamation in
Forest Ecosystems Impacted by Elevated Salt Levels
Liu Chao, Hailong An, Huihong Guo, Xinli Xia and Weilun Yin - Characterization of PM2.5–Bound
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and its Absorption by Populus tomentosa Leaves in Three Places of
Beijing
McIvor Ian, Kerry Clarke and Grant Douglas - The Effectiveness of Poplar and Willow Trees in
Reducing Erosion on Pastoral Slopes in New Zealand
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Mirck J., M. Kanzler, Christian Boehm and Dirk Freese - Poplar and Black Locust Yields from Short-
Rotation Coppice Hedgerows in an Alley Cropping System
Nosetti M.J. and L. Renzi - Reuse of Municipal Wastewater for Generating Timber Species in San Juan,
Argentina
Pilipović Andrej, Saša Orlović, Srđan Rončević, Nataša Nikolić, Marina Katanić, Danijela Arsenov
and Jelena Spasojević - Phytoremediation of River Sediments with the Use of Poplars and Willows
Richard Benjamin, Aiming Qi and Goetz M Richter - Process-Based Modelling to Select Optimal
Regional Phenotypes for SRC Willow to Maximize Resource Use Efficiency
Rytter Rose-Marie, Lars Rytter and Lars Högbo - Early Climatic Benefits of Salicaceae Plantations on
Abandoned Arable Land
Salehi A., M. Kalagari, R. Baghery and R. Ghasemi - Study on Growth Parameters of Poplar Trees
Irrigated with Municipal Wastewater in South of Tehran,-Iran
Salehi Azadeh, Masoud Tabari Kouchaksaraei, Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh and Anoushirvan
Shirvani - Lead Tolerance of Populus alba and Populus nigra Clones Inoculated with Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Fungi in Relation to Physiological Parameters
Schweier Janine, Saúl Molina-Herrera, Andrea Ghirardo, Rüdiger Grote, Eugenio Díaz-Pinés, Edwin
Haas, Jürgen Kreuzwieser, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Heinz Rennenberg, Jörg-Peter Schnitzler and
Gero Becker - Full LCA of Poplar SRC Considering Environmental Impacts on a Marginal Site in
Southwest Germany
Sebastiani Luca - Poplar for Environmental Restoration: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for
Heavy Metal and Organic Molecules
Tabari Kouchaksaraei M., A. S. Emami, N. Bahramifar and A. Salehi - Study of Physiological
Responses of Two Poplar Clones (Populus euramericana 561.41 and P. nigra 63.135) to Pb Contaminated
Soils
Tabari Masoud, Azemat Hosseni and Seyed Ehsan Sadati - Response of Flooded Weeping Willow
Seedlings to Zinc Heavy Metal
Thomas B.R. and D.P. Kamelchuk - Using Native Balsam Poplar (Poplar balsamifera) for Reclamation in
the Oil Sands Region of North-Eastern Alberta, Canada
Thomas Esteban, Francisco Pili, Eduardo Pili and Teresa Cerrillo - Willow Afforestation for Quarry
Rehabilitation in Rio Negro Valley, Argentina
Tucat Clelia, Sergio Romagnoli, Esteban Thomas and Teresa Cerrillo - Use of Treated Wastewater in
Forest Plantations in North Patagonia, Argentina
Zalesny Jr. Ronald S., Amir Hass and Dharmesh Patel - Establishment of Hybrid Poplar for Surface
Mine Reclamation in the Southern Coalfield of West Virginia, USA
Zalesny Jr Ronald S., Joel G. Burken, Richard A. Hallett andAdam H. Wiese - Mitigating Nonpoint
Source Pollution Impacts on Nearshore Health in the Great Lakes Basin, USA
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ANNEX V - National Reports
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION
NATIONAL REPORTS
National reports on activities related to poplar and willow cultivation, exploitation and utilization
2012–2015 were received from 24 countries (three of which being observer countries), as follows:
Argentina Republic of Korea
Belgium Republic of Moldova*
Bulgaria New Zealand
Canada Romania
Chile Russian Federation*
China Serbia*
Croatia Slovenia (Republic of)
France Spain
Germany Sweden
India Tunisia
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Turkey
Italy United States of America
* Moldova, the Russian Federation and Serbia are not a member of the IPC.
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ANNEX VI – Draft Amendments to the IPC Convention
International Poplar
Commission
Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention
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Draft Amendments to the IPC Convention
Deletions are indicated using strikethrough text and insertions are indicated using underlined italics; both are
yellow-coded
Convention Placing the International Poplar Commission Within the Framework of FAO
Convention on the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People
and the Environment
Article I - Status
The International Poplar Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the
Environment (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"), shall be which is placed within the framework of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"), and the
present Convention whose object is to achieve that purpose shall be governed by the provisions of Article XIV
of the Constitution of the Organization and by the present Convention.
Article II - Membership
1. Member Nations of the Commission shall be such Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization
as accept this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII of this Convention.
2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, admit to membership such other States that
are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency
as have submitted an application for membership and a declaration made in a formal instrument that they accept
this Convention as in force at the time of admission.
3. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that are not Members of the Commission may,
upon request, be represented as observers at sessions of the Commission. Non-member States of the
Organization that are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International
Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request, be represented as observers at sessions of the Commission, subject to
the provisions relating to the granting of observer status to Nations adopted by the Conference of the
Organization.
Article III - Functions
The functions of the Commission shall be:
a) to study and engage on the scientific, technical, social and economic aspects of poplar and willow
cultivation scientific, technical, social, economic and environmental aspects of Populus and other fast-
growing trees. In addition to the Commission’s work on the genus Populus, the Commission’s
subgroups may work on other genera such as Acacia, Pinus, Salix and Tectona. Priorities of the
Commission’s work are forest resources production, protection, conservation and utilization, with a
view to sustaining livelihoods, land uses, rural development and the environment. This work includes
food security issues, climate change and carbon sinks, biodiversity conservation and resilience against
biotic and abiotic threats, and combating deforestation.
b) to promote the exchange of ideas sustainable management practices, knowledge, technology, and
material, on mutually agreed terms, between researchers, developers, producers and users;
c) to arrange joint research programs;
d) to stimulate the organization of congress combined with study tours;
e) to report and make recommendations to the Conference of the Organization, through the Director-
General of the Organization; and
f) to make recommendations to the National Poplar Commissions or other national bodies provided for in
Article IV of this Convention, through the Director-General of the Organization and the governments
concerned.
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Article IV - Establishment of National Poplar Commissions
Each Contracting Nation shall make provision as soon as possible and to the best of its ability, either for the
establishment of a National Poplar Commission dealing with poplars and other fast-growing trees, or, if not
possible, for the designation of some other suitable national body, and shall transmit a description of the
competence and scope of the National Commission or other body and of any changes thereto, to the Director-
General of the Organization who shall circulate this information to the other Member Nations of the
Commission. Each Contracting Nation shall communicate to the Director-General the publications of its
National Commission or other body.
Article V - Seat of the Commission
The seat of the Commission shall be in Rome at the Headquarters of the Organization.
Article VI - Sessions
1. Each Member Nation of the Commission shall be represented at sessions of the Commission by a single
delegate who may be accompanied by an alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and advisers
may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but not vote, except in the case of an alternate who is duly
authorized to substitute for the delegate. Each Member Nation of the Commission shall have one vote. Decisions
of the Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except as otherwise provided in this
Convention. A majority of the Member Nations of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
2. The Director-General of the Organization, in consultation with the Chairmanperson of the Executive
Committee of the Commission, shall convene a regular session of the Commission once every four years.
Special sessions of the Commission may be convened by the Director-General in consultation with the
Chairmanperson of the Executive Committee, or if requested by the Commission, or by at least one-third of the
Member Nations of the Commission.
3. The sessions of the Commission shall be held at the place determined by the Commission within the territories
of its Member Nations or at the seat of the Commission.
4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each session, from amongst the delegates, a Chairmanperson
and two Vice-Chairmenpersons.
5. There shall be a General Committee of the session consisting of the Chairman and the two Vice-Chairmen of
the session and the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Committee. Recommendations of the
Commission should be given due consideration by the National Commissions and other national bodies provided
for in Article IV of this Convention.
Article VII - Executive Committee
1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Commission consisting of 12 members and up to 5 co-opted
members.
2. Twelve members of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Commission from among individuals
nominated by Member Nations of the Commission upon the suggestion of their respective National Poplar
Commissions or other national bodies provided for in Article IV of this Convention. Members of the Executive
Committee shall be appointed in their personal capacity because of their special competence, and shall serve for
a period of four years. Members of the Executive Committee shall be eligible for re-election.
3. The Executive Committee may, in order to ensure the co-operation of the necessary specialists, co-opt one to
five additional members under the same conditions as are provided for in paragraph 2 above. The term of office
of the additional members shall expire with the term of the elected members.
4. The Executive Committee shall, between sessions of the Commission, act on behalf of the Commission as its
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executive organ. The Executive Committee shall in particular make proposals to the Commission regarding the
general orientation and the program of work of the Commission, study technical questions and implement the
program as approved by the Commission.
5. The Executive Committee shall elect from amongst its members a Chairmanperson and a Vice-
Chairmanperson.
6. Sessions of the Executive Committee may be convened as often as necessary by the Director-General of the
Organization in consultation with its Chairmanperson. The Committee shall meet in connection with each
regular session of the Commission. It shall also meet at least once between two regular sessions of the
Commission.
7. The Executive Committee shall report to the Commission.
Article VIII - Secretary
A Secretary of the Commission shall be appointed by the Director-General of the Organization from amongst the
senior staff of the Organization and shall be responsible to the Director-General. The Secretary shall perform
such duties as the work of the Commission may require.
Article IX - Subsidiary Bodies
1. The Commission, may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, committees or working parties, subject to the
availability of the necessary funds in the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization. Sessions
of such sub-commissions, committees or working parties shall be convened by the Director-General of the
Organization in consultation with the Chairmanperson of such body.
2. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall be open to all Member Nations of the Commission, or shall consist of
selected Member Nations of the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal capacity, as
determined by the Commission.
Article X - Expenses
1. Expenses incurred by delegates of Member Nations of the Commission and of their alternates and advisers,
when attending sessions of the Commission, or subsidiary bodies, as well as the expenses incurred by observers,
shall be borne by the respective governments or organizations.
2. Expenses of all the members of the Executive Committee when attending sessions of the Executive
Committee shall be borne by the countries of which they are nationals.
3. Expenses incurred by individuals invited in their personal capacity to attend sessions or participate in the work
of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except when they have been
requested to perform a specific task on behalf of the Commissions or its subsidiary bodies.
4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the Organization.
5. When the Commission or Executive Committee hold sessions elsewhere than at the seat of the Commission,
all additional expenses related to such sessions shall be borne by the host government. The expenses for
publications relating to sessions of the Commission other than the report of such sessions, of the Executive
Committee and subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the host government.
6. The Commission may accept voluntary contributions generally or in connection with specific projects or
activities of the Commission. Such contributions shall be paid into a Trust Fund to be established by the
Organization. The acceptance of such voluntary contributions and the administration of the Trust Fund shall be
in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Organization.
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Article XI - Rules of Procedure
The Commission may, by a majority of two-thirds of its membership, adopt and amend its own rules of
procedure, which shall be consistent with the General Rules of the Organization. The Rules of the Commission
and any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the Director-General of the Organization,
and from the date of such approval.
Article XII - Amendments
1. This Convention may be amended by the Commission by a two-thirds majority of the membership of the
Commission.
2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member Nation of the Commission in a communication
addressed to the Director-General of the Organization not later than 120 days before the session at which the
proposal is to be considered. The Director-General shall immediately inform all Member Nations of the
Commission of all proposals for amendment.
3. Amendments shall become effective only with the concurrence of the Conference of the Organization and as
from the date of such concurrence. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all Member Nations of
the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of
the United Nations of such amendments.
4. Amendments involving new obligations for Member Nations of the Commission shall come into force in
respect of each Member Nation only upon acceptance of amendments involving new obligations shall be
deposited with the Director-General of the Organization. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform
all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and
the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any Member
Nation of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment involving additional obligations shall continue to
be governed by the provisions of the Convention in force prior to the amendment.
Article XIII - Acceptance
1. Acceptance of this Convention by any Member Nation or Associate Member of the Organization shall be
effected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the Organization and shall
take effect on receipt of such notification by the Director-General.
2. Acceptance of this Convention by Non-Member Nations of the Organization shall become effective on the
date on which the Commission approves the application for membership in conformity with the provisions of
Article II of this Convention.
3. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member
Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of all
acceptances that have become effective.
4. Acceptance of this Convention may be made subject to reservations, which shall become operative only upon
unanimous concurrence by the Member Nations of the Commission. The Director-General of the Organization
shall notify forthwith all Member Nations of the Commission of any reservations. Members of the Commission
not having replied within three months from the date of the notification shall be deemed to have accepted the
reservation.
Article XIV - Territorial Application
Member Nations of the Commission shall, when accepting this Convention, state explicitly to which territories
their participation shall extend. In the absence of such a declaration, participation shall be deemed to apply to all
the territories for the international relations of which the Member Nation of the Commission is responsible.
Subject to the provisions of Article XVI, paragraph 2 below, the scope of the territorial application may be
modified by a subsequent declaration.
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Article XV - Interpretation and Settlement of Disputes
Any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of this Convention, if not settled by the Commission,
shall be referred to a committee composed of one member appointed by each of the parties to the dispute, and in
addition an independent chairmanperson chosen by the members of the committee. The recommendations of
such a committee, while not binding in character, shall become the basis for renewed consideration by the parties
concerned of the matter out of which the disagreement arose. If as the result of this procedure the dispute is not
settled, it shall be referred to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the Statute of the Court, unless
the parties to the dispute agree to another method of settlement.
Article XVI - Withdrawal
1. Any Member Nation of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal from the Commission at any time
after the expiry of one year from the date of its acceptance of this Convention. Such notice of withdrawal shall
take effect six months after the date of its receipt by the Director-General of the Organization, who shall inform
all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and
the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such receipt.
2. A Member Nation of the Commission that is responsible for the international relations of more than one
territory shall, giving notice of its own withdrawal from the Commission, state to which territory or territories
the withdrawal is to apply. In the absence of such a declaration, the withdrawal shall be deemed to apply to all
the territories for the international relations of which the Member Nation of the Commission is responsible. A
Member Nation of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal with respect to one or more of the territories
for the international relations of which it is responsible. Any Member Nation of the Commission that gives
notice of withdrawal from the Organization shall be deemed to have simultaneously withdrawn from the
Commission, and this withdrawal shall be deemed to apply to all the territories for the international relations of
which the Nation concerned is responsible, with the exception of Associate Members.
Article XVII - Termination
This Convention shall be considered terminated if and when the number of Member Nations of the Commission
falls below 6 unless the remaining Member Nations of the Commission unanimously decide otherwise, subject to
the approval of the Conference of the Organization. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all
Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the
Secretary-General of the United Nations of such termination.
Article XVIII - Entry into force
1. This Convention shall enter into force as soon as twelve Member Nations or Associate Members of the
Organization have become parties to it by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance in accordance with the
provisions of Article XIII, paragraph 1 of this Convention.
2. With respect to such Nations as are already Members of the Commission and who become parties to the
present Convention, the provisions of this Convention shall replace the provisions of the Statutes of the
International Poplar Commission adopted at the second session of the Commission held on 20 to 28 April 1948
in Italy.
Article XIX - Authentic Languages
The English, French and Spanish texts of this Convention shall be equally authentic.
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ANNEX VII - Evaluation Results
INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION
EVALUATION RESULTS
1 How would you rate the planning, announcements, pre-registration and access to information
prior to the 25th Session?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
IPC should be more pro-active in distributing information.
Programme details should come earlier and posted before the session.
Unify Host and IPC websites – information did not coincide. Better to have only one updated website.
Information about selection for oral and poster presentations came late.
PPT presentations should be sent to the Secretariat before the session.
2 How would you rate the programme and structure of the 25th Session?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.6 9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
Very good plenary sessions. Perfect location.
Less concurrent sessions with similar topics (four should be enough). Some similar topics were
overlapping. Planning to attend sessions almost impossible.
Schedule of concurrent sessions should be more concentrated with a more rigorous selection of
presentations.
More equal distribution of plenary speakers with regard to gender, age, position.
Better announce sessions which are held in other buildings. In general, better logistic information.
3 How would you rate the Poster presentation arrangements at the 25th Session?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7.6 8 9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
Poster session should be planned earlier during the meeting.
Posters should be organized according to Working Groups and more formally structured, for example
by topics.
Posters should be regrouped in the same room even if having them outside was a good idea.
Arrange for poster authors to be present during the poster session so that additional information can be
obtained.
Need to announce poster session in advance.
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4 How would you rate the administrative and logistical support by the HOST Secretariat at the
25th Session? (registration, IT support, help services etc.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.0 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
The host support was very effective, professional, friendly, welcoming.
Confirmation should be sent when presentations, CVs, etc. are received, otherwise it becomes
confusing.
One central point for uploading presentations would have been better.
5 How would you rate the administrative and logistical support by the FAO Secretariat?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.3 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
FAO Secretariat is as always helpful and very efficient.
6 How would you rate the technical inputs prepared by FAO to the 25th Session (Book of Abstracts,
Synthesis of Country Reports, Working Papers, Programme, Website)?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8.9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
Quite a lot of participants did not realise that these documents had been distributed and copied on the
USB key. Perhaps a loss of communication?
Country reporting should be improved.
Would be better to have a printed version of the Book of Abstracts (if funds available).
A list of posters should be provided.
Would be interesting to get presentations (PDF or PPT).
7 How would you rate the performance of the interpretation services?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
No improvements needed.
Many participants did not use this service.
8 How would you rate the conference facilities and services?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.1 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
Conference Centre located too far away from the city centre but very pleasant. Difficult for spouses.
Meeting rooms did not always fit to talks and audience (too big for small audience).
Some rooms were too hot and lacked air ventilation.
Room in Adlershof Forum had a very bad acoustics.
Good facilities anyway.
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9 How would you rate the hotel accommodation, meals and services?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10
Poor Excellent
Suggestions for improvement in the future
Excellent hotel accommodation, location very convenient. No Internet in some hotels.
Meals at the Conference site were excellent.
10 Any other comments to improve IPC Sessions in the future?
Increase information on the IPC, its Executive Committee and Working Groups.
Papers on international scientific journals are key issues for scientists. IPC could be a good opportunity
for preparing review papers, etc.
CVs of speakers are requested before the session but in fact they are not introduced accordingly. Would
be good to do it in future. Also lift women’s contributions in Plenary.
Less presentations and more discussion.
Give more exposure to posters.
It would be better to have only one field trip after the session, which would regroup all participants and
would be better for social interaction.
It would be a good idea to accommodate a field trip in the middle of the session in order to clear minds
and have more discussion in nature.
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