There are several important initiatives ongoing in Europe related to research on forest genetic resources:
- EUFORGEN (since 1994) - European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
- EVOLTREE (since 2006) - Evolution of Trees as drivers of terrestrial biodiversity
- AFORGEN (since 2012) - Alpine Forest Genomics Network
List of the projects contributing to the state-of-the-art knowledge on forest genetic resources:
- LIFEGENMON (2014-2020) - LIFE for European Forest Genetic Monitoring System)
- FORGER (2012-2016) - Towards the Sustainable Management of Forest Genetic Resources in Europe
- Trees4Future (2011-2016) - Designing Trees for the Future
- PROCOGEN (2012-2016) – Promoting a functional and comparative understanding of the conifer genome
- MAP/FGR (2012-2016) - Strengthening conservation: a key issue for adaptation of marginal/peripheral populations of forest trees to climate change in Europe
- TipTree (2012-2015) Scenarios for forest biodiversity dynamics under global change in Europe: identifying micro-evolutionary scale tipping points
- MOTIVE (2009-2013) - The project models for adaptive forest management
- REINFFORCE (2009-2013) Resource infrastructures for monitoring, adapting and protecting European atlantic forests under changing climate
- NOVELTREE (2008-2013) - website link unavailable
