European Initiatives and Projects

European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN) www.euforgen.org

Evolution of Trees as Drivers of Terrestrial Biodiversity (EVOLTREE) www.evoltree.eu

European forest tree breeding infrastructure network (TREEBREEDEX) http://treebreedex.eu

Evaluation of Beech Genetic Resources for Sustainable Forestry (COST E52) http://www.cost.esf.org/domains_actions/fps/Actions/Sustainable_Forestry

NOVELTREE, a project on novel/improved forest tree breeding strategies www.noveltree.eu

European Forest Institute (EFI), a forest research network http://www.efi.int/portal/

Data bases and catalogues

European Search Catalogue on plant genetic resources (EURISCO) http://eurisco.ecpgr.org

System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) http://www.singer.cgiar.org

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) http://www.gbif.org/press

Tools

DIVA-GIS, free software for mapping and geographic data analysis http://www.diva-gis.org

WorldClim, set of global climate layers with a spatial resolution of a square km http://www.worldclim.org

Taxonomic Nomenclature Checker http://pgrdoc.bioversity.cgiar.org/taxcheck/grin/index.html