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AGM for IFA and AFG, and WA AGM

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) and Australian Forest Growers (AFG) will be held on 25 October in Melbourne. There will be an election of directors at the meeting. The IFA and AFG merged in early 2019 and the merged identity is called the IFA. Source: Timberbiz

Members of the IFA/AFG in WA are to hold their AGM on 10 November in conjunction with the official opening of the visitor interpretation shelter at the Foresters Wood, Glenoran.

The AGM for the IFA/AFG which is on 25 October will be held at Professionals Australia, 152 Miller Street, Melbourne.

The WA AGM will be held at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions office on the corner of South West Hwy and Muir Hwy in Manjimup.

Information including ballot papers, nominations and a program of events for both AGMs are available on the IFA website at www.forestry.org.au

The IFA also has volume 82.3 of Australian Forestry available for members to access online with information on:

  • Managing geomorphic values within Tasmanian plantations on karst terrain
  • Foliar application of exogenous polyamines to ameliorate drought-induced oxidative damage and physiological inhibition in Toona ciliata seedlings
  • Near infrared spectroscopy as a tool for predicting growth habit and gender of Araucaria angustifolia
  • Influence of hot water on breaking dormancy, incubation temperature and rhizobial inoculation on germination of Acacia mearnsii seeds.