Supporting the protection & sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe in the face of climate change. Coordinated by
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🌱 Working with seeds, seedlings or planting stock?
Help identify strengths and gaps in current forest reproductive material traceability systems by completing a short survey led by @optforests.bsky.social. #HorizonEU
Your experience matters!
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🌱Seeds are key to forest renewal, but not all can cope with warmer and drier conditions. Germination depends on temperature, moisture and dormancy...but #climatechange is disrupting these cues.
Discover how OptFORESTS is filling critical knowledge gaps 👇 #HorizonEU
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🌱 New year, new stories from #OptFORESTS!
Why does forest reproductive material matter? Our latest blog explains how nurseries, regulation and cooperation shape climate-resilient #forests!
👉 Read more: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
#ForestResilience #ClimateAdaptation #HorizonEU
🌱 Do you work with forest reproductive material #FRM?
Share your experience in a short survey to help strengthen provenance information and improve FRM traceability across Europe.
Your input supports resilient forests and high-quality regeneration. 👉 Take part: www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
🌲 Less needles, more leaves? Our new #OptFORESTS blog by Simone Bianchi (@luke.fi) explores how increasing broadleaves like birch could boost resilience, biodiversity & carbon storage in Nordic forests.
Read more & stay tuned for our upcoming newsletter! www.optforests.eu/news-and-med...
🌲We have launched a Europe-wide stakeholder survey to help strengthen forest #resilience. Scientists, policymakers & #forest practitioners are invited to share insights on genetic diversity and forest reproductive material.
👉 Have your say for Europe’s forests!
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New roots for future forests 🌳 The OptFORESTS common garden in southern France brings together oaks and pines from across Europe to study climate adaptation...despite rain, rocks and tortoises! Find out more 👇 #ForestScience #HorizonEU #INRAE #ClimateAction
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How do we avoid planting forests that fail in future climates?🌱
By using diverse, well-adapted seed sources. #OptFORESTS supports low-input breeding to build forests that can cope with uncertainty.🌳
Explore a new blog story on our website! #HorizonEU
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🌲Discover the new #EUFGIS platform! Join us on 16 December for a live demo of the upgraded system developed with @forgenius-eu.bsky.social.
Discover new tools, a refreshed interface & expanded data to support forest genetic resource conservation across Europe: www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
🌳The upgraded #EUFGIS platform is now live! 💻
It offers enhanced tools, updated datasets and improved usability for monitoring forest genetic resources across Europe. The system provides harmonised data on more than 3,500 conservation units.
More info here: www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
Are you working with forest reproductive material? Share your experience through a short survey to help strengthen provenance information and improve future FRM traceability systems.
For long-lived, sessile organisms like trees, the ability to adjust their distribution ranges and maintain healthy populations depends on a crucial process: forest renewal. This process begins long be...
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Europe’s climate goals require reliable, well-adapted forest reproductive material. OptFORESTS assesses nursery capacity, challenges and future needs to build a resilient FRM supply system across Euro...
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Are you working with forest reproductive material? Share your experience through a short survey to help strengthen provenance information and improve future FRM traceability systems.
When you picture Nordic forests, you might imagine an endless sea of conifers. But is that about to change?
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OptFORESTS invites forest scientists, policymakers and practitioners to share insights through a new stakeholder survey, helping strengthen Europe’s forest resilience through genetic diversity and bet...
Bruno Fady and Carine Dublineau (INRAE URFM, Avignon) describe their adventures in planting seedlings for a provenance test in southern France's Maures Mountains.
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How can Europe plant forests resilient to future climate risks? OptFORESTS promotes low-input, high-diversity seed sources to support adaptable, productive forests through nature-based breeding a...
