EUFORGEN turns 20
3/10/2014 - Read MoreThis month the European Forest Genetic Resources Programme reaches the mature age of 20 years. To celebrate its anniversary, we have produced a short…
Global report on forest genetic resources released
13/06/2014 - Read MoreFAO publishes first global study of forest genetic resources
International Day of Forests: status of genetic conservation of forest trees in Europe
21/03/2014 - Read MoreThe celebration of the International Day of Forests is a good occasion to also celebrate recent achievements in conserving forest genetic resources in…
EUFORGEN Steering Committee met in Tallinn
12/12/2013 - Read More
National Coordinators from EUFORGEN member countries gathered to Tallinn, Estonia for the ninth meeting of the Steering Committee on 3-5 December…
Side event at the European Forest Week, Rovaniemi, Finland
27/11/2013 - Read More On the occasion of the European Forest Week, Bioversity International and FAO will hold the following side event:
The Global Plan of Action for the…
New European Commission publication on genetic resources
10/07/2013 - Read MoreThe European Commission (EC) has released a new publication summarizing the achievements of the 17 projects that were implemented in 2006-2011 with…
Global Plan of Action agreed for forest genetic resources
8/05/2013 - Read MoreThe draft State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources (SoW-FGR) report was presented by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to the 14th…
FAO Working Group recommends preparation of a Global Plan of Action for forest genetic resources
12/02/2013 - Read MoreThe Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources (ITWG-FGR) met in Rome on 23-25 January 2013 to discuss the preparation of…
Minimum requirements for genetic conservation units of trees published
20/12/2012 - Read MoreUntil recently, European countries had rather different understanding on how to apply forest conservation genetics in practice, and how genetic…
Can genetic diversity save ash forests?
14/12/2012 - Read MoreYou may have heard of ash dieback, a disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea. This disease has been ravaging forests of common ash (Fraxinus…
