1 Lars O., title etc This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

2 General info Start date:1st March 2016 Duration: 48 months Budget: 7.9 million Euro (with a 6.7 Million Euro grant from the European Union) Project officer: Silvia Gemini, Research Executive Agency (REA) Coordinator: Dr. Bruno Fady, INRA, France

3 Overall concept and expected impactProvide the European forestry sector with better knowledge and new tools for efficient management and sustainable use of FGR in the context of environmental change and evolving societal demands. expand the current scientific knowledge on how genetic diversity, phenotypic trait diversity and environmental diversity co-vary over multiple spatial scales, inform on the genetic basis of phenotypic trait variability and plasticity, characterise in-situ and ex-situ conservation units and underused natural resources, and produce models of future species distribution usable for FGR management under diverse policy and environmental scenarios.

4 Partners Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), France Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain Uppsala Universitet (UU), Sweden Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland Bioversity International, Italy Philipps-Universität Marburg (PUM), Germany Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Spain University of Oulu (UOULU), Finland IGA Technology Services (IGATS), Italy Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk), Sweden Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (THÜNEN), Germany Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting (ASP), Germany The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Great Britain Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), Lithuania INRA Transfert (IT), France Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia Radiata Pine Breeding Co Ltd (RPBC), New Zealand LIECO Gmbh & Co KGH (LIECO), Austria

5 Ex-situ collections in EuropeInvestigated species Tree species Distribution Major threats to FGR Ex-situ collections in Europe Nb in-situ DCUs Abies alba Alp, Con Climate change, habitat loss AT, DE, FR, GR 318 Betula pendula Atl, Bor, Con Habitat loss, grazing FI, GB, LT, NO, SE 50 Fagus sylvatica Atl, Alp, Con, Med Climate change DE, ES, FR, IT, GB, SE 469 Picea abies Alp, Bor, Con Climate change, pests AT, DE, FI, FR, IT, LT, NO, SE 471 Pinus cembra Alp Fragmentation, habitat loss AT 56 Pinus halepensis Med Forest fire ES, FR, IT, GR 26 Pinus nigra Alp, Con, Med Habitat loss, hybridization DE, ES, FR, GR 145 Pinus pinaster Atl, Med Forest fire, pests 42 Pinus sylvestris Alp, Bor, Con, Med DE, ES, FI, FR, LT, NO, SE 313 Populus nigra DE, ES, FR, IT 30 Quercus petraea Atl, Con Pests, hybridization AT, DE, FR, NO 250 Taxus baccata Alp, Atl, Con, Med ES, IT

6 In-situ and ex-situ collections

7 Sampling of trees A total of 12 species are sampled in the project. For each species, trees are sampled in 10 sites. In each site a pair of populations is selected for sampling, within the same type of landscape. The two populations in a pair consist of 25 trees each, and are located at two opposite ends of a the specific ecological gradient which is being investigated. Countries where the sampling is ongoing are: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Photo: Populus nigra in Rio Alberche (Spain). Credit: Barbara Carvalho/CSIC

8 Sampling protocol The sampling protocol provides step-by-step detailed requirements of traits to measure, data to record about the sites and individual trees, wood and leaf material to sample and describes how to prepare the material for DNA sequencing. Photo: Sampling in Finland. Credit: Tanya Pyhäjärvi

9 Work packages

10 WP3 WP6 WP1 WP4 WP2 WP5 EU FGR database for conservation and usePapers and conferences for the scientific community Species / FGR distribution models WP3 Physiologically relevant phenotypes Current and potential strengths and weaknesses in the EU FGR conservation network Website and online resources Knowledge, models and tools on local adaptation GenTree nested experimental sampling strategy European wide network of permanent plots WP6 WP1 Tools for sustainable FGR breeding and conservation Workshops for stakeholders WP4 Next Generation genotypes Simple phenotyping and genotyping in collections and in-situ WP2 GenTree stakeholder platform Training courses Links between work packages FGR-friendly policy options New gene and phenotype sampling strategies for conservation and breeding WP5 Good Practices material Economic effects of FGR-friendly regulations Models for FGR-friendly sylviculture FGR monitoring scheme

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