Event

Venue: Cigar Room, Grand Hills Hotel of Brummana, Lebanon

Time: 17.00 - 18.30

The event will take place in the context of the 6th Mediterranean Forest Week which will bring together a diverse range of participants to consider how Mediterranean forests can assist countries in the region to achieve their goals under the Paris Agreement.

This side event aims to allow participants of the sixth Mediterranean Forest Week to share experiences, perspective and vision on the conservation of forest genetic diversity around the Mediterranean.

It will be an opportunity to learn how European countries have agreed to conserve FGR through the Pan-European strategy for conservation of forest genetic resources. The side events also aims to set the basis for a coordinated Mediterranean FGR conservation strategy.
 
Chair: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Department of Life and Earth Science, Saint-Joseph University (USJ) Lebanon

Presentations:

Management of Forest Genetic Resources in the Mediterranean Environment and Climate Change: Challenges ahead. Fulvio Ducci, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) Italy

Genetic diversity: a Nature Based Solution for the sustainable management of Mediterranean forests. Bruno Fady Mediterranean Forest Ecology Unit, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France

The Pan-European strategy for genetic conservation of forest trees - Michele Bozzano, European Forest Genetic Resources Programme, European Forest Institute

Discussion and questions with the audience

Co-Organizers:

USJ, EUFORGEN, GenRes Bridge Project, Silva Mediterranea FGR WG, INRA