The current state of forest genetic resources in Romania

Abstract

In Romania, the forest genetic resources are included in two National Catalogues. The first one is The National Catalogue of Forest Genetic Resources which includes 698 core units with the main objective of conservation, and having a total area of 19889.6 ha. The second one is The National Catalogue of Forest Reproductive Material, including all base units designated to produce forest reproductive material, 2930 units for 45 forest tree species being listed, with a total area of 40209.3 ha. More than 300 source units of the basic material category are also entirely and partly included in the FGR conservation category, due to the importance of using these resources as base reproductive material. There are GIS databases for both catalogues.