TREE AND FORESTRY BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chairs:
Ivan Scotti – INRAE, FR; Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT; Elina Oksanen – UEF, FI.
Activities:
Further development of the Working Group; Contribute to input to the European Commission, eg, DG-AGRI and DG-RTD
Meetings:
The last meeting of the Working Group took place online on 27.9.2021. 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 is welcoming further members in forestry research across Europe.
EPSO news developed by this WG:
EPSO’s Tree and Forest Biology and Biotechnology Working Group – statement on Future Research Needs
The statement describes the scientific breakthroughs that need to be achieved during the next decade to foster an improved, and more directly applicable, knowledge on how trees and forests react to environmental changes - with climate and global change...
Register for the 24th EPSO Plant Science Seminar – the 15th June 2023 seminar will focus on “Trees – from above, from below, & from within”
The 24th Europe-wide seminar of the series by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) and aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders. TTT: The seminar will be held online each third Thursday of the month at three (CET). This time exceptionally...
Contributions from plant research & innovation on the past, present & future of the European Research & Innovation Framework Programmes 2014-2027
EPSO welcomes the European Commission consultation and provides input on the achievements and suggests where improve Horizon Europe and the next Framework Programme (FP) to have a higher impact. The European Research and Innovation FPs are crucial to enable...
Relevant news from other sources:
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/CSIC), ES
Raffaella Maria Balestrini, CNR, IT
Pedro Barros – ITQB, PT
Wout Boerjan – VIB, BE
Maria Caldeira – Univ Lisbon, PT
Jorge Canhoto – Univ. Coimbra, PT
María Teresa Cervera (Maite) – INIA-CIFOR, ES
Ines Chaves, IBET, PT
Sandra Correia – Univ. Coimbra, PT
Maria Eugenio – INIA, ES
Carl Gunnar Fossdal – NIBIO, NO
Alessio Giovannelli – CNR, IT
Santiago C. Gonzalez-Martinez – INRAE, FR
Berthold Heinze – BFW, AT
Hojka Kraigher – SFI, SI
Elspeth MacRae, former Scion, NZ
Karin Metzlaff – EPSO
Célia Miguel, ITQB, PT
Ove Nilsson – Umea PSC, SE
Elina Oksanen – Univ. East Fi, FI
Andrea Patocchi, Agroscope, CH
Mariano Perales – CBGP (UPM-INIA/CSIC)), ES
Christophe Plomion – INRAE, FR
Stephanie Robert – Umea PSC, SE
Ivan Scotti – INRAE, FR
Jens Sundström- SLU, SE
Giovanni Vendramin – CNR forestry Inst, IT
Rita Verbylaitè – LAMMC, IT
Marjana Westergren – SFI, SI
Observers:
Matthias Fladung – Thuenen Inst, DE