There is growing concern that the implementation of political agreements on climate change and biodiversity will not be enough to protect forests in the short run and up to the end of the 21st century. As mitigation efforts are lagging behind self-imposed, reasonable targets, genetic diversity will have a large and significant part to play in the process of adapting forests to climate change. Genetic diversity, the raw material of evolution, can be used for adaptation by natural selection and artificial breeding, in naturally regenerated and plantation forests alike. The 2-day scientific conference: “#rescueforests: Genetics to the rescue - Managing forests sustainably in a changing world,” addressed the genetic diversity of forests. More specifically, the conference was about natural as well as assisted adaptive processes, their spatial scale, from fine grain to landscape and ecoregions, and how much of the genome it involves. It also dealt with phenotypes and how much of their variation is determined by underlying genetic diversity. And finally, and perhaps most importantly, the conference emphasized the importance of conservation and sustainable use of this genetic diversity as a nature-based solution to adapt under the fast pace of climate change. The conference demonstrated how improved knowledge on genomic diversity and evolutionary mechanisms can help to rescue forests, either naturally or by means of management.

人们越来越担心，关于气候变化和生物多样性的政治协议的实施不足以在短期内直至21世纪末保护森林。由于缓解工作落后于自己设定的合理目标，因此遗传多样性将在使森林适应气候变化的过程中发挥重要作用。遗传多样性是进化的原材料，可以通过自然选择和人工育种在自然再生和人工林中进行适应。为期两天的科学会议：“＃rescueforests：拯救的遗传学-在不断变化的世界中可持续管理森林”，涉及森林的遗传多样性。更具体地说，此次会议的主题是自然过程以及辅助适应过程，它们的空间规模，从细粮到景观和生态区，以及它涉及多少基因组。它还涉及表型，其变异的多少由潜在的遗传多样性决定。最后，也许是最重要的是，会议强调了保护和可持续利用这种遗传多样性作为基于自然的解决方案以适应快速的气候变化的重要性。会议展示了对基因组多样性和进化机制的改进了解如何自然或通过管理手段帮助营救森林。会议强调了保护和可持续利用这种遗传多样性作为在气候变化的快速变化中适应自然的解决方案的重要性。会议展示了对基因组多样性和进化机制的改进了解如何自然或通过管理手段帮助营救森林。会议强调了保护和可持续利用这种遗传多样性作为在气候变化的快速变化中适应自然的解决方案的重要性。会议展示了对基因组多样性和进化机制的改进了解如何自然或通过管理手段帮助营救森林。