Division 4.2 Forest genetic resources

Establishment of a web-based, permanent and widely accessible network of national inventories on forest genetic resources that are used or potentially useful for sustainable forest management in Europe.

Information exchange on methods, techniques and experiences on forest genetic resource conservation and management.

Assessment and development of best operational management practices for forest genetic resources and integration of related activities into national forest programmes;.

Establishment of European networks of representative genetic reserves or gene conservation units for relevant target species in order to improve conservation and characterisation at European level.

Evaluation of forest genetic resources at species and provenance level (including evaluation of trials in the case of existing provenance experiments) that could be of value for sustainable forest management in Europe.

Establishment and coordination of collections to promote the use of genetic resources for afforestation, reforestation, rehabilitation and tree improvement purposes at the European level.

Collecting of forest genetic resources that could be of interest at the European level.