The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organisation with 29 member countries and around 120 associate and affiliate member organisations. EFI undertakes forest research and policy support at panEuropean and global level, with headquarters located in Joensuu, Finland. EFI has its other main offices in Barcelona, Bonn and Brussels. The Institute has app. 100 staff members and has an annual turnover of app. 15 million Euros. Further information about the organisation is available at www.efi.int. The European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN) is an international cooperative programme promoting the conservation and sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe. EUFORGEN was established in 1994 as an implementation mechanism of the FOREST EUROPE process. E