The First Stakeholder Group Meeting of EVOLTREE took place from February 7^th - 8^th, 2008 in Mandelieu-La Napoule, France.

Several invited scientists from EVOLTREE presented a series of overviews of their specific areas of work. The objective was to illustrate the current level of knowledge acquired in different scientific areas related to forest tree genetics and genomics, highlighting the practical applications of possible interest to the Stakeholders. The topics covered were the following:

• Verifying the origin of timber and forest reproductive material, based on molecular markers: implications for certification schemes and combating illegal logging (Bernd Degen) / DNA fingerprinting of tropical timber (Reiner Finkeldey)
• EVOLTREE's common DNA repository of tree species and other integrated infrastructures (Silvia Fluch)
• EVOLTREE's Intensive Study Sites: a network of sites for long-term research and monitoring of forest biodiversity (Francois Lefevre)
• Use of genomic approaches for bioenergy: the case of poplar (Gail Taylor)
• Adaptation of forest trees to climate change (Outi Savolainen)
• Integrating climate change adaptation into forest management (Reiner Finkeldey and Christian Ammer)

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