The Executive Committee of the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) will hold its Fifty-Fourth Session (IPC-EC54) at FAO Headquarters, in Rome, Italy, on 24 and 25 September.

In late July 2026, massive wildfire near Bordeaux, France, burned 40 000 hectares of the Landes de Gascogne forest within ten days. The fire followed an exceptionally prolonged period of high temperatures and very limited rainfall that had persisted since late May.

Chopo4D, a free web-based tool developed by the University of León (Spain) to support the management of productive poplar plantations, has been selected by PEFC Spain as one of the 32 exemplary initiatives included in its collection of Good Practices in Forest Bioeconomy.

Trees For Me, Sweden’s largest research initiative on fast-growing broadleaved trees is entering its second five-year phase (2027-2031) focusing on cooperation across the forest value chain.

Summary note - On 9 July 2026, the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) organized the webinar “From Country Needs to IPC Priorities for Fast-Growing Trees”.

The International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-growing Trees (IPC) was present at the European Institute of Planted Forest (IEFC) 2026 Annual Meeting, from 30 June to 1 July in Le Mans, France, marking the growing collaboration between these two platforms to advance planted forests and tree cultivation.

The International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) participated in the 2026 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference, Short Rotation Woody Crops for People and Nature held 20-23 April 2026 in Starkville, Mississippi, USA.

The Republic of the Congo has joined the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC), a statutory body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The announcement came during the inaugural FAO Treaty Ceremony held at FAO headquarters during the  44th Session of the FAO Conference.

The inaugural FAO Treaty Ceremony was held at FAO headquarters during the 44th Session of the FAO Conference on 30 June 2025, in the Plenary Hall. The event took place in the broader context of the celebrations for the 80th Anniversary of the Organization.

The International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment (IPC) hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today published a comprehensive guide on the innovative use of fast-growing trees to help sustain people and the environment amid the climate crisis.