Forest genetic resources

Projects

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FAO provides technical assistance in implementing development strategies through field projects, undertaken in cooperation with national agencies. Several forestry projects have components related to genetic resources, especially in seed collection and procurement, in situ conservation and forest management, forest tree domestication and natural areas protection.

The sites listed below contain information on field projects with a component on forest genetic resources.

• China - Afforestation and forest research (in English and Chinese only)
  
  
• China - Shelterbelt management and Asian longhorned beetle control (in English and Chinese only)
• Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Turkey - Regional GEF project on in situ conservation
  (in English only)
  
  
• Namibia - Domestication of indigenous fruit trees (in English only)
  
  
• Senegal - National forest seed programme (in French only)