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The Korea Forest Service has announced that the Korea National Arboretum's 'Forest Crop Wild Relatives Cooperation Project' has been selected for the Korea-EU Cooperation Promotion Project. This initiative aims to tackle the food crisis caused by climate change through research on forest wild seeds. The project plans to establish a research foundation with the EU and apply for the 'Horizon Europe' program, potentially becoming the first domestic forestry project to receive EU research funds. 'Horizon Europe' is a significant EU research funding program, and Korea is the first Asian associate member. The project underscores the importance of crop wild relatives in enhancing food crops and explores collaboration between Korea's Baekdudaegan Seed Vault and Norway's Svalbard Seed Vault. Commissioner Lim Sang-seop highlighted the project's role in expanding forestry research and boosting Korea's global competitiveness in forestry science.
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The Korea Forest Service (Director Lim Sang-seop) announced on the 2nd that the project 'Establishing an Asia-European Crop Wild Relatives Conservation and Utilization Cooperation Network' (hereinafter referred to as the Forest Crop Wild Relatives Cooperation Project) submitted by the Korea National Arboretum and Garden Management Service (Chairman Sim Sang-taek) under its jurisdiction was finally selected for the Korea-EU Cooperation Promotion Project. The Korea Forest Service has been conducting research since 2021 to find solutions to the food crisis due to climate change in forest wild seeds, and the 'Forest Crop Wild Relatives Cooperation Project' submitted this time is the only one in the agriculture and forestry sector out of a total of 11 projects for the Korea-EU Cooperation Promotion Project. Accordingly, the National Baekdudaegan Arboretum under the Korea National Arboretum and Garden Management Service will establish the foundation for cooperative research on forest ...
Source: Nongup
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