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Internet sites on forest genetic resources
International organisations:
Biodiversity International - (former IPGRI - International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
FAO Forestry
NordGen (former Nordic Gene Bank
IUFRO Division 2: Physiology and genetics
International programs:
TREEBREEDEX - Tree Breeding - EC FP6 program
EVOLTREE - Evolution of Trees - EC FP6 program
EUFORGEN - European Forest genetic resources program
FAO Forest Genetic Resources
NordGen Plant Genetic Resources Program
EUREKA EURO!FOREST
Forests and Forestry under World Bank
Publications and bibliography databases:
Miskininkyste [Forest Science]
Baltic Forestry
Scandinavian Jornal of Forest Reserch
Silva Fennica
Folia Forestalia
Acta Forestalia Fennica
Canadian Jornal of Forest Research
Biodiversity International (former IPGRI) publications
Forest Science Abstracts Database under CABI publishing
ISI Web of Knowledge - WOS Database
IUFRO publications
IUFRO Forest Genetic Resources Terminology
FORESTREE - Helsinki University Viikki Scientific Library bibliography database
Institutions on forest research, gene conservation and tree breeding:
LATWORLD Tree Improvement and Research Activities by Country
Department of Forest Genetics (Uppsala) of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (Umeo) of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SkogForsk - Swedish Forestry Research Institute
Latvian Forestry Research Institute "Silava"
Faculty of Forestry of the Estonian Agricultural University
Department of Genetics and Forest Tree Physiology of the Forest Research Institute of Poland
Department of Forest Ecology of the Finnish Forest Research Institute - METLA
NISK - Norwegian Forest Research Institute
Faculty of Forestry of the Joensu University (Finland)
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the Helsinki University (Finland)
Institute of Forest Genetics (Germany)
Department of Forest Genetic and Breeding of Forest Research Institute (Zvolen, Slovakia)
Forest and Landscape Research Institute (Denmark)
Research Institute of Forest Genetics and Breeding (Voronezh, Russia)
University of Bitish Columbia, Forest Genetic Resources (Canada)
Forest Tree Breeding Institute (Italy)
Hokkaid Forest University (Japan)
Institute of Forest Genetics (US)
USDA Forest Service (US)
Department of Forest Resource of Minesota University (US)
Forest Genetic and Tree Breeding Section of Oxford Forestry Institute (England)
Other related sites:
Prof. Dag Lindgren's website - Breeding and genetics of forest trees
FORESTGEN - International e-mail discussion group for the forest genetics and tree breeding community
Forest@Listserver - International e-mail discussion group on forestry
Genetics Directory - genetics related news, books and web resources.
Dendrome Project
EFI - European Forestry Institute
WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
Global Forest Information Service
NovaGate - Nordic Gateway to Information in Forestry
FAO Forestry Sites
ForestWorld
Ministerial Conference for Protection of Forests in Europe
SweTree Technologies - Innovations in Forest Biotechnology (Sweden)
Virtual Library of Genetics
Sheffield' Forest Seed Company
Internet Directory for Botany
European Research Centre of Forest Ecosystems
Yahoo Biological Indices
Photos by Alfas Pliura, Romas Barauskas and Peter Gomben
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