Mediterranean Forest DNA bank

MESEURO CENTER AND TUSCIA UNIVERSITY - DAF DEPARTMENT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS-2011, ARE GLAD TO INVITE YOU TO THE PRESENTATION OF:

Mediterranean Forest DNA Bank

www.medna-bank.eu

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS - RUE WIERTZ 60 - ROOM A3H-1-

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2011 - h. 18,00 - 20,00

The Green Paper “On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change” underlines that forests provide jobs, income and raw materials, protect soil, settlements and infrastructure, regulate freshwater supplies, conserve biodiversity and are regulators of local and regional weather.

The main goal of the Mediterranean Forest DNA Bank, already established by the Tuscia University, is to enhance knowledge on species diversity and to provide tools for facing the climate change and developing new eco-technologies and eco-products.

The presentation aims to increase public awareness on the importance of the forest research cooperation in the whole Mediterranean basin, one of the most important biodiversity hotspots, to enhance the resilience of the Mediterranean ecosystems.

Programme

18.00 h Registration (you'll find your pass at the hall of Rue Wiertz 60)

 18.20 h Welcome by the Chairs
Gianni Pittella, MEP - 1st Vice-President European Parliament, President Meseuro
Stefano Grego - Deputy Rector for International Relationships, Tuscia University

18.30 h - Speakers
F. Charlotte Vallino - Professor in Political Geography and Environmental Politics – Tuscia University

Marco Cosimo Simeone - Researcher in forest biodiversity - Tuscia University - Responsible of the Mediterranean Forest DNA Bank

Luisa Prista- Head of Unit "Environmental Technologies" European Commission - DG Research – I.2

Silvia Fluch - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH - Leader of the Integrated Activity IA2 "Common infrastructures" in the EVOLTREE network (www.evoltree.eu)

Ernst Schulte - Head of Forest Sector - European Commission - DG Environment ENV.B1

Kriton Arsenis - MEP- Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety – Rapporteur of the draft report on Commission Green Paper

Elisabeth Lipiatou - Head of Unit “ International Cooperation Projects” European Commission - DG Research D.3

Giovanni La Via - MEP - Committee on Budgets

Discussion

19.50 h Closing remarks

Ernst Schulte - Head of Forest Sector - European Commission – DG Environment ENV.B1

Mario Mauro, MEP - Chairman of the PdL group at the European Parliament, President Meseuro

20.00 h Cocktail

Working Language: English (no translations available)

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The Conference Room has 40 seats – the accreditations will be given on the “first registered – first served” basis - Entrance and Registration 60, rue Wiertz - 10 minutes walking from the metro stations Maelbeek (Lines 1, 5) or Trone (Line 2)