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Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
With a focus of the conifers of Asia, the Working Party is interested in all aspects of tree breeding and genetic resources of these species. This includes research investigations of gene resources and methods for their conservation, as well as provenance trials and delineation of seed zones, species hybridization, introduction of exotic species, vegetative propagation and clonal forestry and biotechnology.
Amid the climate crisis, the conference will provide a platform to exchange information and share experiences for the conservation, management and use of conifer forests.
In many forested countries, family, community, and other small-scale forests significantly contribute to the economy through forest-based businesses, providing rural livelihoods and ecosystem services.
The IUFRO Seed Orchard Conference 2019 in Nanjing, China, discussed a broad variety of topics from seed orchard design and management to genomic selection, and