Protection and reproduction of forest tree species gene pool

On 1 July 2014 the Ministry of Agriculture announced the National Programme for the Protection and Reproduction of the Gene Pool of Forest Tree Species for the 2014–2018 period (hereinafter the “National Programme”). This National Programme regulates the conditions and procedures for the protection and reproduction of the genetic resources of forest trees originating in the territory of the Czech Republic and completes the legal and organisational framework necessary to ensure the effective and sustained use of the genetic resources of forest tree species, in accordance with the needs of forestry management and the principles of sustainable forest management. As part of the national wealth of the Czech Republic, the gene pool of forest tree species is of great importance for the future of all forests on the territory of the state, both from the perspective of the significant influence on the future income from them and from the perspective of climate change, adaptive capacity and the ecological stability of forest stands (ecosystems).