IPC publications

	Forests for a better world - Unasylva No. 253 – Vol. 73 2022/1 To coincide with the 50th anniversary of FAO’s Committee on Forestry, this edition of Unasylva showcases ways in which forests are delivering the "four betters" and underscores how forests are crucial for resilient and sustainable agrifood systems in a changing climate. As FAO’s longest running periodical, Unasylva focuses on issues and themes relevant to forestry and forest industries and aims to bring globally significant developments in forestry to policy-makers, forest managers, technicians, researchers, students and teachers around the globe.
	How can fast-growing trees optimize agroforestry benefits? The role of the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the Environment This policy brief provides information on the role of fast-growing trees in agroforestry and the scientific and technical role of the International Commission on Poplars and other Fast Growing Trees sustainaing People and the Environment (IPC).
	Infographic: Illustrating the successes of IPC in using fast-growing tree species to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services since 1947
	Poplars and willows: Sustaining livelihoods in urban and peri-urban forests in China Illustrates the many production and protection services of poplars and willows and their important role in improving people’s livelihoods in urban and peri-urban areas and neighbouring agricultural lands, in a country as densely populated as China. 2018.
	Poplars and willows: Trees for society and the environment Guide to basic characteristics, cultivation and use of poplars and willows, as well as issues, problems and trends, synthesizing current knowledge, technology and research. Fully illustrated in black and white, with three sections of colour plates. Co-publication of FAO and the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI). Edited by J.G. Isebrands and J. Richardson. 2014. Available as an ebook. Printed book orders: Marston Book Services Ltd, 160 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK, OX14 4SD. Email: [email protected] Book orders for North America: Stylus Publishing, Customer Services, PO Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605. Email: [email protected] IPC photo gallery
	Unasylva issues and articles dedicated to poplars and willows Poplars and willows, 2005, Unasylva Issue No. 221 The poplar - A multi-purpose tree for forestry development, 1983, Unasylva, Isssue No. 145 Man-made forests, 1967, Unasylva Issue No. 86-87
	Field handbook: Poplar harvesting Practical guidelines for developing efficient, cost wise and secure harvesting systems. 2008.
	Damaging poplar insects: Internationally important species Guide to insect species of international importance, main types of damage, impact and integrated pest management methods. See also: Les Insectes Dommageables au Peuplier (in French only) Review of Fungal Diseases in Poplar,1999.
Other IPC documents	History of the International Poplar Commission (IPC), 1947 - 1997 Press release: First International Conference on the Future of Poplar Culture, November 2003 Workshop: Improve the contribution of Poplars and Willows in meeting sustainable livelihoods and land-use in selected Mediterranean and Central Asian countries, 2009 Agreement on restrictions to the use of reproductive material of experimental poplar/willow clones exchanged between research institutions