This conference is timely and important due to a huge biospheric role that Siberian boreal forest plays in global climate regulation and biogeochemical cycles. Despite this significant role, there is still insufficient knowledge about the population genetic structure of the Siberian boreal forest and how it is affected by wildfires, anthropogenic effects (pollution, logging, etc.) and global climate change. New approaches based on the synthesis of traditional and modern molecular genetics and genomics methods are needed to develop efficient conservation and sustainable management programmes, to protect and monitor forest genetic potential and at the same time to increase forest productivity and resilience, including plantation forests.

The conference will continue the good traditions established by the previous conferences held in 2007 in Barnaul, 2009 in Novosibirsk and 2011 in Krasnoyarsk, with the main objective of developing an efficient scientific strategy on protection and sustainable use of the forest genetic resources in Siberia, Ural Mountain and Far East.

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