5 July – 8 July 2022 (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Rapid climate change has been recognised as an increasing threat to long-living forest trees, to forest ecosystems and all levels of biodiversity that they harbour, shelter or provide. Genetic diversity is the ultimate source of biological diversity, and is crucial for the vitality of forests and their adaptation to climate change. Moreover, genetic diversity provides resilience to other stress factors, such as pests and diseases. The objective of Forest Genetic Monitoring (FGM) is to assess the current status of genetic resources and quantify relevant changes at a temporal scale, in order to preserve long-term adaptive evolutionary potential.
 
 
The immediate objective of the Training School is to provide participants with knowledge about genetic and genomic aspects of Forest Genetic Monitoring and about how to start Forest Genetic Monitoring programs, including the selection, establishment and maintenance of plot; background information on indicators and verifiers; overview of fieldwork, laboratory and data analysis.
The mid-term objective is to foster collaborations, in research and training on FGM, and to establish a network of FGM Plots for different tree species.
 

This training school is organised within the framework of COST Action ConservePlants
(CA18201) and with the support of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

List of instructors for the training school:
Prof. Fillipos A. Aravanopoulos
Prof. Darius Danusevičius
Dr. Darius Kavaliauskas
Prof. Om Rajora