1/ Policy and Institutional Issues
* institutions: new roles, responsibilities, capabilities, organization.
* new legislation, policy, strategies on forest genetic resources
* specific legal issues: access and property rights, MTAs
* developments in forest management/ownership
* links with other international action frameworks or agreements
(national forest programmes, Convention on Biological Diversity; Agenda 21 of UNCED, notably work of the UN Forum on Forests; etc..)
2/ Technical and Biological Issues
* new FGR assessments, exploration, conservation programmes
* research on new forest products (entailing sustainable mangement of the resources)
* activities in germplasm supply, demand, procurement and exchange
* developments in tree selection and improvement, field evaluation
* threats to FGR, protection and conservation
* advances in biotechnologies, incl. genetic modification
3/ Operational and Organizational Issues
* new developments in training, education, extension
* information management and dissemination of information
* activities in seed certification and registration
* notes related to financial scenarios, sources of funding
* development of regional and international cooperation
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