Webinars

November 2025

Detecting genetic decline: from theory to practice
 

Part I – Theory and indicators

• Guest speaker | Dr Alicia Mastretta-Yanes
  Developing genetic indicators for biodiversity monitoring in forest ecosystems.
   
• Guest speaker | Dr Geir Bolstad
  Monitoring introgression in wild salmon as a model for understanding genetic risks across species.
   
• Guest speaker | Prof Ophélie Ronce
  Assisted gene flow: timing, local adaptation and implications for climate change responses.

Session chair | Dr François Lefèvre
Final discussion on balancing scientific thresholds with societal values in genetic conservation.

November 2025

Detecting genetic decline: from theory to practice
 

Part II – Management and conservation practice

• Project speaker | Dr Marjana Westergren
  Natural selection and adaptive traits: understanding species responses and resilience.
   
• Guest speaker | Dr Arne Steffenrem
  Climate-smart tree breeding strategies in Norway.
   
• Guest speaker | Dr Jan-Peter George
  Ex situ conservation tools, including cryo-storage, supporting dynamic conservation approaches.

Session chair | Prof Erik Dahl Kjær
Reflections on collaboration between research, management, and policy for forest resilience.

April 2025

Mechanisms of natural and anthropogenic selection on forest trees
 

• Guest speaker | Dr François Lefèvre
  How forest management and natural selection interact to shape the adaptive capacity of tree populations under climate change.

Dr François Lefèvre (INRAE, France) explored how interventions such as thinning influence drought tolerance, stress responses, and long-term adaptation in forest trees. Drawing on his expertise in quantitative and population genetics, he highlighted how both natural and human-driven selection processes affect forest resilience.