<div dir="ltr">Dear Forest-list:<br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Would you be able to distribute this
announcement (below and attached) to your network members? It concerns
reactivation of the International Society of Tropical Foresters.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Sheila Ward<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">Reactivation of The International
Society of Tropical Foresters</span></b><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">We are reactivating the
International Society of Tropical Foresters which has been dormant for the last
five years. The first step is to rebuild the list of people interested in ISTF.
If you would like to connect with us, please send the following information to
Teija Reyes </span><span><a href="mailto:reyesteija@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">reyesteija@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> or Sheila Ward </span><a href="mailto:mahoganyforthefuture@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">mahoganyforthefuture@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"><wbr>:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>First and last name</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Title</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Email address</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Web page (if any)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Country of origin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Country of residence</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Organization or institution</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Languages</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Short description of areas of
expertise (25 words or less)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Countries of professional experience</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">At present, we have three
sources of information for International Tropical Foresters.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">1) Blair Orr at Michigan
Technical University has kindly continued the ISTF newsletter as a newsletter
for the Society of American Foresters International Forestry Working Group, and
is still sending it to the old ISTF mailing list. This newsletter can be
downloaded at: </span><span><a href="http://www.orrforest.net/saf/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.orrforest.net/saf/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">If you wish to subscribe
to the newsletter, please send your email address to Teija Reyes </span><span><a href="mailto:reyesteija@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">reyesteija@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> or Sheila Ward </span><a href="mailto:mahoganyforthefuture@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">mahoganyforthefuture@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> and they will send it on to Blair.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">2) The old ISTF web page
can be still be found at </span><span><a href="http://www.istf-bethesda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.istf-bethesda.org/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)"> </span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(69,69,69)">3) You can join the ISTF
facebook group page at: </span><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2262122534/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>groups/2262122534/</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>We hope to have your participation in
the new ISTF! Please forward this to others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span>Teija Reyes and Sheila Ward</span></p>
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