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  NordGen Farm Animals is a service and knowledge center working to conserve and promote a sustainable management of the diversity of animal genetic resources found in the Nordic region.
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  NordGen is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers, working as a gene bank and knowledge center to promote sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources within plants, farm animals and forestry. We are more than 30 highly qualified employees from all the Nordic countries. NordGen is organized under the Nordic Council of Ministers…
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  During the 1960s, the realization that biological and genetic diversity was diminishing spread. Since then, genebanks have been established, genetic resources mapped and international agreements signed to try to reverse the trend. But genetic resources do not follow the boundaries drawn on a map. Preserving genetic resources is an international effort, so NordGen often works…
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- Thematic day about forest tree breeding’s way forward.
- Thematic day about forest tree breeding’s way forward.

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NordGen Forest thematic day

Location: Skogforsk Uppsala, Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 36A, lokal ”Utsikten”

Date: 1 April 2020

Thematic day about forest tree breeding’s way forward. Which qualities should we value most in the trees for the future, and which material will be in demand? What limitations do we see ahead of us and what will be our success factors?

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