14 Mar 2025
🌳 Join us for the first joint #EUFORGEN & OptFORESTS webinar of 2025!
🗓️On 11 April (11:00 - 12:00 CET), we will explore how natural & anthropogenic selection shape tree populations and enhance resilience to climate change!
Register now! euforgen.org/about-us/news/n… #HorizonEU
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12 Feb 2025
🌳 Proud to join @FORESTEUROPE & @OptFORESTS -EU at the #ForestInnovationWorkshop! Our coordinator presented #SMURF tackling forest ownership fragmentation🌱 Let's shape a #sustainableforest future! 🔗 lnkd.in/dDBD8TSJ
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22 Jan 2025
Metsätaimitarhapäivät @HimanenK käy läpi OptFORESTS hankkeen taimituottajakyselyn tuloksia.
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11 Dec 2024
🌿 Discover how #OptFORESTS is driving innovation for climate-resilient forests! From cutting-edge research to global collaboration, see the latest breakthroughs, events, and future plans!
Don't miss our last 2024 bulletin! #HorizonEU 👇
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21 Oct 2024
Check out, a post doc position in tree breeding & forest genetics at Luke valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/researc… @OptFORESTS @evoltreeNW
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17 Oct 2024
🌱🌍 The #OptFORESTS project was recognised as a shining example of success at Slovenia’s Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Information Day! Discover how we're advancing sustainable forestry practices & contributing to Europe's #forest sector. #HorizonEU optforests.eu/news-and-media…
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8 Oct 2024
Some clear visual differences are already apparent between European provenances of Scots pine! These are being grown for our UK @OptFORESTS common gardens.
Phenotyping measurements to follow... 🌲
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20 Sep 2024
🌳🌲 We bid farewell to an intense week in Czech Republic of working sessions, meetings, networking... and also of fruitful time together! #OptFORESTS looks forward to next year with ambition and a lot of exciting outcomes to spread! #HorizonEU #forestgenetics #climatechange
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18 Sep 2024
Each pine tree in #Sofronka tells a story. We're exploring the breathtaking diversity of over 60 pine species at this amazing Arboretum! 🌲 #OptFORESTS #HorizonEU
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18 Sep 2024
From the Bolevec Ponds to the towering pines, today's field trip at Sofronka Arboretum in #Plzen is all about connecting with nature! Excited to deepen our understanding of global #pine tree species in this Czech provenance test field 🌍🌲 #OptFORESTS #HorizonEU
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“For example, the @OptFORESTS questionary showed that we are good at knowledge sharing in the #Nordic countries and I think that this conference is an example of that” said Katri Himanen from @LukeFinland @HimanenK
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17 Sep 2024
📸 Family photo with the whole #OptFORESTS consortium at the unbeatable @CZUvPraze campus! We're glad to ditch the screens and have the opportunity to network in person! #HorizonEU 🌳🇪🇺
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17 Sep 2024
🌱 Exciting scientific talks at the #OptFORESTS Annual Meeting! Ophélie Ronce (@isemevol) delves into the topic of assisted gene flow to facilitate local tree adaptation to #ClimateChange. What is the impact for conservation biology? Engaging discussions taking place! #HorizonEU
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17 Sep 2024
🌳 We're starting the 3rd Annual Meeting of #OptFORESTS in wonderful #Prague! It's a good time to meet up with more than 50 consortium colleagues, share what we have achieved so far in the last 2 years, and learn more about the next project steps! Stay tuned! #HorizonEU
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4 Sep 2024
Sessile oaks for UK @OptFORESTS common gardens are being potted up @Forest_Research - it feels like a big moment!
Acorns are from Scotland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Denmark & Sweden. Already some clear differences between some progenies!
More provenances to come this next year 🌳🧬
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4 Sep 2024
Growing Larix for @OptFORESTS common garden trials @LukeFinland. So far so good!
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22 Jul 2024
At Northern Research Station we've sown 10 provenances of Scots pine from across Europe (see map)🌲
So far they're growing well!
After another growing season they'll be planted at two multispecies common gardens in the UK as part of a wider European network @OptFORESTS
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📰The #HorizonEU project @OptFORESTS has just published a new #SeedCollection story! Follow them to stay updated on how their teams across Europe are contributing to researching forest resilience in the face of #climate challenges! 🌳🌡️
15 Jul 2024
🌳The #OptFORESTS team in Denmark is collecting seeds from native #trees like wild cherry & sessile oak to study their #resilience to #climatechange. This research will help understand species' responses to climate extremes. Read more! 👇 #HorizonEU
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15 Jul 2024
🌳The #OptFORESTS team in Denmark is collecting seeds from native #trees like wild cherry & sessile oak to study their #resilience to #climatechange. This research will help understand species' responses to climate extremes. Read more! 👇 #HorizonEU
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19 Jun 2024
Escollit com un dels dos planters de referència estatal el Centre de Recursos Genètics Forestals de #ForestalCatalana de Breda. El planter forma part del projecte europeu @OptFORESTS, amb l'objectiu d'incrementar el coneixement sobre planters forestals a Europa @accioclimatica
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