Objective Forest genetic resources (FGR) form the base for adaptation of European forests to future environmental conditions and societal demands. Appropriate use and sustainable management of FGR is therefore of utmost importance. Past decades have shown: (i) an immense progress in detecting patterns of genetic diversity, due to fast technological advances, (ii) increased knowledge on the modelling of responses of tree species to changing environmental conditions; (iii) increased awareness by policy makers across Europe, leading to increased efforts for the conservation of FGR in all European member states. E.g. by the establishment forest stands with the aim to conserve genetic diversity. However, currently there is no sound management on the sustainable use of FGR neither in these gene conservation units nor in production forests, to meet future changes.The FORGER project aims at integrating and extending existing knowledge to provide science-based recommendations on the management and sustainable use of FGR for EU-policy makers, national stakeholders, forest managers, and managers of natural areas. The project will galvanize around five interconnected objectives: 1) synthesise and further develop knowledge from European FGR inventories by linking and extending existing databases to provide the knowledge base to sustain FGR at the pan-European level for stakeholders; 2) deliver a general monitoring system of forest genetic diversity that can be efficiently and economically applied by all EU Member States; 3) assess current and future distribution of genetic diversity under a number of forest management scenarios and climate change; 4) provide an overview of past and current transfer of forest reproductive material across Europe and its consequences for local adaptation; 5) formulate guidelines and recommendations to sustain forest genetic resources in both gene conservation units and production forests to meet the challenge of a changing environment and societal needs. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturenatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2011.1.1-04 - Sustaining and managing forest tree genetic resources Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2011-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH EU contribution € 719 950,00 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Koen Kramer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Metsantutkimuslaitos Participation ended Finland EU contribution No data Address Jokiniemenkuja 1 01370 Vantaa See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leena Iisalo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BUNDESFORSCHUNGS UND AUSBILDUNGSZENTRUM FUR WALD NATURGEFAHREN UND LANDSCHAFT Austria EU contribution € 255 862,00 Address Seckendorff gudent weg 8 1131 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Thomas Geburek (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE RAEUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI Germany EU contribution € 266 469,00 Address Bundesallee 50 38116 Braunschweig See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Bernd Degen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT France EU contribution € 236 352,00 Address 147 rue de l'universite 75007 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Fabienne Schneider (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LUONNONVARAKESKUS Finland EU contribution € 363 338,00 Address Latokartanonkaari 9 00790 Helsinki See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eeva-Liisa Ryhänen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOPRONI EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 173 451,00 Address Sopron bajcsy zsilinszki u 4 9400 Sopron See on map Region Dunántúl Nyugat-Dunántúl Győr-Moson-Sopron Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Csaba Matyas (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTE Italy EU contribution € 446 812,00 Address Via di san domenico 1 00153 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jarkko Koskela (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 322 669,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIWERSYTET KAZIMIERZA WIELKIEGO Poland EU contribution € 215 015,00 Address Ul chodkiewicza 30 85 064 Bydgoszcz See on map Region Makroregion północny Kujawsko-pomorskie Bydgosko-toruński Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Aniela Bekier-Jasinska (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data