Manage to Conserve - Forest Genetic Resource conservation as part of SFM

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Manage to Conserve - Forest Genetic Resource conservation as part of SFM

FOREST EUROPE - FoRISK & EUFORGEN aim at raising awareness of possible conflicts and risks associated with the loss of genetic diversity

By FOREST EUROPE

Date and time

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 · 4 - 5:30am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The conservation of forest genetic resources (FGR) , especially as part of the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) concept, is of upmost importance for the adaptive potential of European forest tree species and for mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. FOREST EUROPE highlighted in 1993 the importance to conserve FGR as essential element for SFM and biodiversity (Helsinki, Resolution 2, 1993). EUFORGEN (an implementation mechanism of the Forest Europe Process) coordinates FGR conservation of the European countries, through a network of Genetic Conservation Units (GCUs). Many of those GCUs are part of old growth forests, which have been progressively strictly protected. Strict protection, in some cases, may prevent human intervention, which can result in losing entire forest tree populations, and thus part of their genetic diversity. In such cases, human interventions can be of an additional value to an effective and long-lasting FGR conservation. The availability, conservation and sustainable use of FGR is constantly challenged by environmental, climatic, social and political influences. Therefore, a continuous pan-European focus and transboundary co-operation of practitioners, scientists and policy makers is needed.

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