On 18 April 2016 IUFRO President Mike Wingfield met with the Austrian Minister responsible for forests, Mr Andrä Rupprechter, to discuss the collaboration between Austria and IUFRO. The Government of Austria hosts IUFRO Headquarters in Vienna and provides indispensable funding and support for its operations.
In the meeting Mr Rupprechter expressed the continued support of the Government of Austria to IUFRO and underlined IUFRO's important role as a provider of scientific knowledge and best practices in key forestry issues not only to Austria but to the world.