Genetics to the rescue!

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January 2020 has something special to offer with a full week of events related to forest genetics in Avignon, France. The highlight of the week is the final conference of the H2020 project GenTree on 28-29 January. Join us to hear about the key results of the project as well as state of the art scientific progress made during the past five years in the field of evolutionary sciences, that can inform sustainable forest management! 

The conference days are built around four topical sessions:
- Genomes and the environment
- Local adaptation of climate change-related traits
- Conserving and using genetic diversity
- Evolutionary management of forests

The full programme is available here.

 

Registration closes on 10 January 2020!


For more details, visit the conference website.

Climate change
Forest genetics

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