european forest genetic resources programme

Related Information

Links

for more links on National and Sub-regional initiatives, please visit the National pages

Links

Organizations and processes

Bioversity International www.bioversityinternational.org

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) www.cbd.int

Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR) www.cifor.cgiar.org

European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm

European Forest Institute (EFI) www.efi.int

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) www.gbif.org

Forest Europe – Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) www.foresteurope.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) www.fao.org/forestry/fgr/en

FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/nr/cgrfa/cgrfa-home/en/

FAO Silva Mediterranea http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/en/

International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) www.iufro.org

NordGen Forest  www.nordgen.org/index.php/en/content/view/full/65

OECD Forest Reproductive Material www.oecd.org/tad/forest

Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS) www.peblds.org

Planta Europa www.plantaeuropa.org

United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) www.un.org/esa/forests

World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) www.icraf.cgiar.org

 

European projects

Evolution of Trees as Drivers of Terrestrial Biodiversity (EVOLTREE) www.evoltree.eu

Establishment of a European Information System on Forest Genetic Resources (EUFGIS) www.eufgis.org

European Forest Tree Breeding InfrastructureNnetwork (TREEBREEDEX)   http://treebreedex.eu

European Thematic Network for Protected Areas/Nature Preservation and Geographical Information (Nature-GIS) www.gisig.it/nature-gis

Evaluation of Beech Genetic Resources for Sustainable Forestry (COST E52) http://www.cost.esf.org/domains_actions/fps/Actions/Sustainable_Forestry

NOVELTREE www.noveltree.eu

Regional programmes on forest genetic resources

APFORGEN) http://www.apforgen.org

LAFORGEN http://www.bioversityinternational.org/scientific_information/information_sources/networks/laforgen.html

SAFORGEN http://www.bioversityinternational.org/scientific_information/information_sources/networks/saforgen.html

North American Forest Commission (NAFC) http://www.fs.fed.us/global/nafc/genetics/aboutus.htm

 

Catalogues, databases and portals

EURISCO Catalogue on Ex Situ Collections of Plant Genetic Resources in Europe eurisco.ecpgr.org

EUROFOREST Portal forestportal.efi.int

GBIF Data Portal data.gbif.org

Global Forest Information Service (GFIS) www.gfis.net

System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) http://www.singer.cgiar.org

 

Tools

DIVA-GIS free software for mapping and geographic data analysis http://www.diva-gis.org

WorldClim global climate data with a spatial resolution of one square km http://www.worldclim.org

Taxonomic Nomenclature Checker http://pgrdoc.bioversity.cgiar.org/taxcheck/grin/index.html