FABI Articles : Major International Forestry Award to FABI researcher
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We have just been informed that Prof Jolanda Roux (FABI and Dept of
Microbiology and Plant Pathology, UP) will receive the IUFRO SCIENTIFIC
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the next IUFRO World Congress to be held in Salt
Lake City, USA, later this year. This is the highest scientific award
that is given to forestry researchers by IUFRO and for which there is
great competition. One award is presented every five years in each of
nine categories - Jolanda will receive the award for research
accomplishment in the field of Tree Health.
This award is testimony to the international recognition of the
research conducted by Jolanda and other staff members of the Tree
Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) at FABI. This would not have
been possible without major financial investments of the SOUTH AFRICAN
FORESTRY INDUSTRY and the UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA over many years. We
thus thank the member companies of the TPCP and the University for their
support to the programme.
Contact: FABI (Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute)