TREE BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chairs:
Ivan Scotti – INRAE, FR; Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT; Elspeth MacRae – Scion CRI, NZ
Activities:
Further development of the Working Group; Contribute to input to the European Commission, eg, DG-AGRI and DG-RTD
Meetings:
This WG plans to hold a workshop in 2021. The third meeting of the Working Group took place at the Brussels on the 6.11.2017. In the presence of representatives from the European Commission, the group discussed forestry research in their regions and identified themes to address at a European level and the best mechanisms to implement them. The group has 15 members and is welcoming further members in forestry research across Europe.
EPSO news developed by this WG:
EPSO news ‘Reversing the trend of deforestation and forest degradation’
Deforestation of tropical rainforests causes irrecoverable damage to biodiversity in terms of ecosystem and species loss and has long-term negative impact on global and regional climate through increased carbon release into the atmosphere. It is therefore crucial to...
EPSO Forestry Working Group Meeting – Report
Meeting 1 - report
J-C Juncker to MEPs ‘A new start for Europe: My agenda for jobs, growth, fairness and democratic change’.
J-C Juncker to MEPs ‘A new start for Europe: My agenda for jobs, growth, fairness and democratic change’.
Relevant news from other sources:
Cofund ForestValue – Innovating forest-based bioeconomy: Transnational call for joint European research projects.
Cofund ForestValue – Innovating forest-based bioeconomy: Transnational call for joint European research projects. The indicative total budget is €25 million, deadline for pre-proposals 23 January 2018
New communication adopted on international cooperation for Horizon 2020.
New communication adopted on international cooperation for Horizon 2020.
Action needed to safeguard genetic diversity of the world’s forests.
Action needed to safeguard genetic diversity of the world's forests.
Members:
Ricardo Alia – INIA-CIFOR, ES
Isabel Allona – CBGP (UPM-INIA), ES
Wout Boerjan – VIB, BE
María Teresa Cervera (Maite) – INIA-CIFOR, ES
Maria Eugenio – INIA, ES
Carl Gunnar Fossdal – NIBIO, NO
Thomas Geburek – BFW, AT
Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez – INRA, FR
Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT
Hojka Kraigher – SFI, SI
Elspeth MacRae – Scion CRI, NZ
Karin Metzlaff – EPSO
Ove Nilsson – Umea PSC, SE
Célia Miguel – FCUL, PT
Elina Oksanen – Univ East Fi, FI
Margarida Oliveira – ITQB, PT
Mariano Perales – CBGP (UPM-INIA), ES
Christophe Plomion – INRAE, FR
Ivan Scotti – INRA, FR
Jens Sunstroem, SLU, SE
Giovanni Vendramin – CNR forestry Inst, IT
Marjana Westergren – SFI, SI
Observers:
Matthias Fladung – Thuenen Inst, DE