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I.W. Bailey Award 2025
The recipient of the 2025 I.W. Bailey Award is Vicky Beckers, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, the Netherlands, awarded for her paper entitled “Wood anatomy helps solve challenging taxonomic relationships in the tropical Sapotaceae”
Anatomy of Hardwoods of the United States and Canada: An Atlas of Photomicrographs of Selected Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
Elisabeth Wheeler has authored an atlas – “Anatomy of Hardwoods of the United States and Canada”. Covering 240 woody dicot species with over 1,250 photomicrographs
New 'Charcoal Atlas' Published by Thünen Institute, Germany in January, 2026 to Support Implementation of EU Deforestation Regulation
The Thünen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber, Hamburg, has published a new "Charcoal Atlas" as a scientific reference for the anatomical identification of charcoal and charcoal briquettes in January 2026.
2025 International Symposium on Fossil Wood Study and Propection in Chengdu, China, on November 24th to 26th, 2025
The 2025 International Symposium on Fossil Wood Study and Protection was successfully organized by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Request for images
IAWA member Piotr Otręba piotreba@pm.me is interested in some high-resolution images to promote wood anatomy in his institution.
New Progress in Xylonarchaeology in China
The utilization of wood reflects the evolution of social development and human civilization. This is not only documented in extensive literature but is also frequently corroborated by important new evidence from archaeological findings
Wood Anatomists attended the 20th meeting of the conference of the parties to CITES, Samarkand in Uzbekistan, November 23th-December 5th, 2025
From November 23 to December 5, 2025, the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Call for applications for the next IUBS triennial scientific programmes
The call for applications for its next IUBS triennial scientific programmes is open. Proposals that tackle international and interdisciplinary challenges in biology are encouraged.
The IAWA payment website was updated on December 12th, 2025
On December 12th, 2025, IAWA updated the website for payments as of 2026.
Adjustment of payment method IAWA membership fees starting 2026
Starting in 2026, IAWA members (FULL) will be able to pay for their membership not only for one year, but also for two or five years at once. IAWA members (STUDENT) can do this for one or two years.
A 2026 calendar for the wood anatomist or paleobotanist – Plants With A Past Inside Fossil Woods
Good for the office or lab, and also a good gift for any friend of woody plants. Each month features a different plant group or fossil wood locality. Most months have multiple photomicrographs. With this calendar
The French Academy of Agriculture has awarded Marie-Christine Trouy the ＂Clément Jacquiot＂ prize in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of wood atlases
The French Academy of Agriculture recently announced that it has awarded the prestigious "Clément Jacquiot" prize to Ms Marie-Christine Trouy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to wood research
IAWA Journal published a special issue "Quantitative Wood Anatomy, in memoriam Pieter Baas (1944–2024)" in November 2025
The November 2025 issue of the IAWA Journal (Vol. 46, Issue 4) is a special tribute to Professor Pieter Baas, a true pioneer in plant and wood anatomy.
The 4th China Conference on Wood Science and Technology in Kunming, China, September 27th-29th, 2025
The 4th China Conference on Wood Science and Technology was held in Kunming of Yunnan Province, China on September 27th-29th, 2025.
Afro-European Wood and Bark Anatomy Conference 2026, South Africa, November 17th-21st, 2026
We warmly invite you to the Afro-European Wood and Bark Anatomy Conference (AFEWBA) in South Africa — a country of exceptional plant diversity, offering untapped opportunities for botanists.
“Atlas of hardwoods in France - Multi-scale identification tool” has been released
The book "Atlas of hardwoods in France - Multi-scale identification tool" is available. The text is in French but it contains many photos of hardwoods
Special issues of IAWA Journal are on sale
Special issues of IAWA Journal such are on sale. They will be sold during some international or local meetings, as previously done during IBC
The 12th IAWA-China Group Annual Meeting & the 16th China-Korea-Japan Joint Seminar on Wood Quality and Utilization in Ha
The 12th IAWA-China Group Annual Meeting & the 16th China-Korea-Japan Joint Seminar on Wood Quality and Utilization, hosted by IAWA-China Group and Organizing Committee of the China-Korea-Japan Research Group of Wood Science
IAWA Special Issue 2026 on Digitizing Wood Collections
The IAWA Journal is calling for contributions to a Special Issue on the vast topic of digitizing wood collections. Research articles, reviews, opinion papers, technical notes and papers on data derived from wood collections are welcome
The 2024 impact factor of IAWA Journal is released
Recently, Clarivate released the 2024 Journal Impact Factors. The IAWA Journal, sponsored by the International Association of Wood Anatomists