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Watch the latest EUFORGEN webinar: Mediterranean stone pines under attack
3/05/2024 - Read More

The EUFORGEN webinar "Mediterranean stone pines under attack: the invasion of the pine tortoise scale", held in May 2024, addressed the threat of the…

EVOLTREE Summer School: Assisted migration for adapting forests to climate change
25/04/2024 - Read More

Forest trees have evolved at species and population levels to adapt to the local environment in which they grow. Such local adaptations lead to…

OptFORESTS new network of multi-species common gardens: in the search of unique tree lineages
23/04/2024 - Read More

OptFORESTS is a new Horizon Europe project in the field of forest genetic resources. One of its objectives is to establish a new network of common…

EUFORGEN 20th Steering Committee held in Bergen, Norway
21/04/2024 - Read More

EUFORGEN National Coordinators, members of the Secretariat and invited observers converged on the beautiful Norwegian city of Bergen for the 20th…

EUFORGEN Webinar – Mediterranean stone pines under attack: the invasion of the pine tortoise scale
10/04/2024 - Read More

The event will take place on 2 May 2024, from 14:00 to 16:00 CEST. Register now for the webinar here.

Stone pine's fascinating genetics
21/03/2024 - Read More

Genetic diversity is said to be essential for evolution and adaptation, but stone pine is both genetically uniform and widely successful. Maybe it was…

EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting in December rounds off a busy 2023
18/12/2023 - Read More

The EUFORGEN Steering Committee held the 19th EUFORGEN meeting online from 13-15 December. The virtual event focussed on reporting on EUFORGEN…

Mobilising research in support of the new EU forest strategy for 2030
13/12/2023 - Read More

Scientists, policy makers and forest stakeholders explored how research on temperate and tropical forest ecosystems might meet the objectives of…

Securing Swiss Genetic Conservation Units
12/12/2023 - Read More

The genetic diversity of our forest tree species is relevant for their adaptation to changing environmental conditions. The conservation and…