Genetics

While foresters have historically bred trees within their stands to optimise wood quality and tree growth, technological developments in the field of forest genetics allow practitioners and researchers to be more effective in improving tree qualities, and make new uses possible, including using genetic markers to track wood sources.

EUFORGEN call for traineeships

EUFORGEN Secretariat is looking for a new trainee!

The European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN) hosted by the European Forest Institute's office in Barcelona is looking for a trainee that will work within...
ash dieback

EUFORGEN Webinars: ash dieback and its impact on the species’ genetic diversity

Rising temperatures across Europe, extreme weather events, higher fire risk, or increased vulnerability to biotic disturbances such as pests and diseases are some of...
EUFORGEN webinar Series

EUFORGEN webinars explore the case study of ash dieback

The upcoming February EUFORGEN webinar series "Biotic outbreak management of the Genetic Conservation Units Network: case study on ash dieback" will discuss the possibility...
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Second EVOLTREE Conference: Resilient forests for the future

The second EvolTree conference with the topic "Resilient forests for the future" will be held in hybrid format at the University of Brasov, Romania,...

OptFORESTS, a new EU project to improve the diversity and resilience of future forests

Faced with the challenges posed to forests by climate change, new European policies call for increased efforts to restore forest ecosystems through massive tree...
MFRA 3

Explore forest genetics in the third MFRA 2030 webinar

We’re halfway through our series of four weekly webinars in preparation for the EFI Mediterranean Network Forum 2022! On 3 and 10 November, participants discussed...
Fig tree

Enhancing fig tree diversity for sustainable Mediterranean agriculture

FIGGEN is a three-year project promoted by the PRIMA programme (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Region) which aims to make the...

EVOLTREE conference: Genomics and Adaptation in Forest Ecosystems

The first EVOLTREE conference on "Genomics and Adaptation in Forest Ecosystems" will take place 14-17 September 2021 at WSL Birmensdorf in Switzerland. Thanks to...
Cork oak seeds (Viterbo, Italy).

Variety: the spice of life, also for future forests

Forests in the Mediterranean and similar biodiversity hotspot regions are degrading rapidly due to the interaction of multiple stressors – both natural and anthropogenic....

Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change

Managing genetic diversity is of key importance in fostering resilience of forest ecosystems to climate change. We carried out a survey reaching over 200...

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New paper! Indicating the value of cork

"It is urgent to value our native forest and its non-wood forest products, where cork oak and cork have a special place!" - Joana...

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