Conservation and use of forest genetic diversity is a corner stone of sustainable forest management. However, this fact often remains unrecognized while sustainable forest management is discussed at national, regional or international level. In 2003, the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) addressed the importance of conservation of forest genetic diversity as an integral part of sustainable forest management under Vienna Resolution 4 (Conserving and enhancing forest biological diversity in Europe). Subsequently, the EUFORGEN Steering Committee decided to establish a new thematic Network to promote this integration during Phase III (2005-2009).

Summary of the meeting: http://www.euforgen.org/meetings.html

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