The Istituto Sperimentale per la Silvicultura in Florence coordinates work on Forest Gene Resources on behalf of the FAO Committee for Coordination of Mediterranean Forestry Research. A systematic collection is being made of about 40 provenances of Pinus brutia and P. halepensis throughout the Mediterranean. Some provenances have already been collected and seed is stored in the research institute in Florence (see attached table). One very fine stand of P. brutia has been located in southern Crete and has been set aside by the Greek Government for conservation.
List of seed in store as of 31 August 1973
| Date of arrival | Pinus halepensis | |||
| 24.9.71 | 71116 Bouksane, Morocco | kg | 1 000 | |
| " | 71117 Jebel Afra, Morocco | kg | 0 500 | |
| " | 71118 Zaonia, Morocco | kg | 0 500 | |
| " | 71119 Tamga Zaonia, Morocco | kg | 1 000 | |
| 17.1.72 | No.19 Otricoli, Italy | (single tree collection) | kg | 5 730 |
| " | No.59 Litorale Jonico, Italy | (single tree collection) | kg | 4 660 |
| " | No.60 Vico del Gargano, Italy | (single tree collection) | kg | 4 050 |
| 11.12.72 | 71009 Gemenos, France | kg | 2 500 | |
| 2.1.73 | 72069 Tunisia | kg | 0 500 | |
| " | 72077 Tunisia | kg | 0 500 | |
| " | 72081 Tunisia | kg | 0 500 | |
| 12.3.73 | Elkosh - Galilea, Israel | (single tree collection) | kg | 4 860 |
| " | Shaharia - Giudea, Israel | (single tree collection) | kg | 3 070 |
| 2.4.73 | Aurés, Algeria | kg | 0 250 | |
| Total | kg | 29 620 | ||
| Pinus brutia | ||||
| 12.9.70 | Zawita, Iraq | kg | 0 420 | |
| 14.9.70 | Thasos, Greece | kg | 0 100 | |
| 19.10.72 | 7 Marmaris, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 3 505 |
| " | 10 Pamuçak, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 3 030 |
| " | 11 Isparta, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 1 455 |
| " | 18 Silifke, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 5 095 |
| " | 21 Kizildag, Turkey | kg | 2 400 | |
| " | 23 Çamgölü, Turkey | kg | 3 170 | |
| 22.12.72 | 13 Düzlerçani, Turkey | kg | 3 000 | |
| " | 14 Bozburum, Turkey | kg | 0 820 | |
| " | 17 Bakara, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 2 865 |
| " | 20 Baspinar, Turkey | (single tree collection) | kg | 6 275 |
| Total | kg | 32 135 | ||
| Pinus eldarica | ||||
| 26.9.70 | Karadj, Iran | kg | 0 500 | |
| 24.5.71 | Iran | kg | 0 300 | |
| 6.9.71 | Karadj, Iran | kg | 1 000 | |
| Total | kg | 1 800 | ||
In addition, seed of Pinus brutia has been collected in Cyprus (1 provenance), Lebanon (1 provenance) and Greece (2 or 3 provenance). Further details are not yet available of these collections.
