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From biodiversity protection to forest genetic resources conservation – a Serbian case study 2019 630 http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/1/7627 M. Šijačić-Nikolić M. Nonić J. Milovanović D. Vilotić Various human activities have led to irreversible loss of biodiversity, which is reflected in the extinction of species and populations, ecosystem degradation and loss of ecological services, erosion of genetic diversity and evolutionary potential. The Republic of Serbia is ranked among the countries with a very high floristic diversity and high endemism. Within the overall biodiversity, forest ecosystems occupy a significant place in Serbia, including about 250 indigenous tree species. Conservation of forest genetic resources should be considered as the efforts to preserve specific genotypes or populations and the combination of genes within them. The predominant form of FGR conservation in Serbia is in situ, but different types of ex situ conservation are also applied. In situ conservation of FGR in Serbia is mainly applied through the establishment of seed stands, while ex situ is applied through seed orchards, progeny tests, and provenance trials, and an important gene pool is kept in the arboreta and botanical gardens. The aim of this paper was to give a review of the state of biological diversity and forest genetic resources in Serbia, and activities on its conservation. conferenceObject 22 22 ISBN 978-601-7582-85-2 The proceedings of the 6th International Conference