Noble hardwoods network

International audience; The second EUFORGEN Noble Hardwoods Network meeting was held from 22 to 25 March1997. The workplan established at the previous meeting (held in Escherode, Germany, in March 1996) was revised during the working sessions of the meeting. The individual activities listed in the workplan resulted in outputs such as the European gene conservation strategy for four genera and groups of species, the common list of descriptors, literature reviews, overview of ongoing research projects, summary of the evaluation methods for genetic resources and a public awareness leaflet. Most of these outputs are provided in this volume and are also available electronically on the Internet.