Markmiðið með GenTree er að vinna fyrir skógargeirann í Evrópu með því að afla betri þekkingar, þróa nýjar aðferðir og tæki til að ná sem bestum árangri við stjórn skógarauðlindanna og sjálfbæra nýtingu erfðaauðlinda evrópsku skóganna. Þetta er gert í samhengi við loftslagsbreytingar og síaukna sókn í skógarafurðir og þjónustu skóganna.

Til að ná þessu markmiði leitast GenTree við að valda straumhvörfum í vísindum, tækni og útfærslu með því að:

  • þróa framsæknar aðferðir designing innovative strategies for dynamic conservation of FGR in European forests
  • broadening the range of FGR used by European breeding programmes
  • preparing new forest management scenarios and policy frameworks fully integrating genetic conservation and breeding aspects, to adapt forests and forestry to changing environmental conditions and societal demands.

GenTree focuses on economically and ecologically important tree species in Europe, growing in a wide range of habitats and covering different societal uses and values.

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Duration: 1st March 2016 – 28 February 2020
Budget: 8 Million Euro (co-funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme)
Partners: GenTree brings together 22 public and private research organizations and enterprises, contributing a wide variety of skills, expertise and long-standing experience in the area of forest genetic resources.

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 676876.

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