The new threats posed to forests by climate change are presenting scientists with unprecedented challenges, involving extremely difficult management dilemmas. What can be done in the wake of more frequent and massive dieback and mortality events? Above all, what can be done to anticipate the adverse consequences of climate change, which are bound to intensify, given that there is no sign of any trend towards mitigation? Forest scientists need to improve their ability to observe the effects of extreme climatic events, better understand the natural mechanisms involved in the response of forest ecosystems, and find new nature-based adaptation solutions that will enable forests to be renewed.  This conference aims to contribute to these objectives by bringing together scientists and giving them the opportunity to present and discuss the latest results in these fields.  The conference will be organized into several sessions, focusing on the natural mechanisms of forest adaptation to climate, innovative approaches to forest renewal and observation of the consequences of climate change on forests. The conference will be held on November 12-15 in Orléans (France) and will include these three successive or parallel sessions

• 1.Plastic and evolutionary mechanisms of forest adaptation to climate
• 2.Silvicultural and genetic approaches to forest renewal
• 3. Tools and methods for observing the consequences of climate change on forests

This international conference is organised with the International Associated Laboratory FORESTIA (INRAE - France, INTA - Argentina, University of Huanta - Peru, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco - Mexico),  in the framework of the Sycomore ARD CVL Programme.

CONVENORS

• Prof. Juan César Vilardi, LE STUDIUM Research professor
  FROM: Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires - AR 
• Dr Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, LE STUDIUM Visiting Researcher
  FROM: Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo - MX 

>BOTH IN RESIDENCE AT: Integrated Biology for the Development of Tree and Forest Diversity" (BioForA), Centre INRAE Val-de-Loire / ONF - FR

• Dr Philippe Rozenberg, 
  Integrated Biology for the Development of Tree and Forest Diversity" (BioForA), Centre INRAE Val-de-Loire / ONF - FR

Best talk, best student talk

4 prizes will be awarded

·        Best poster award, best student poster

·        Best talk, best student talk

Scientific committee (awarding prizes)

The committee who will be responsible for awarding the prizes will be formed of the guest speakers. The session moderators will also be chosen from among the guest speakers.

Interactive conference for the general public

A conference in French, designed to raise public awareness of the consequences of climate change on forests, will take place during the evening of the 2nd day of the conference. The conception of this conference is a task of the France-Argentina Esencia decentralized cooperation project.