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Identification of rare, endangered, and endemic trees in the National Park „Kopaonik” - Serbia: case study „Metodje” 2021 http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/1/8472 M. Nonić D. Vilotić P. Šumarac J. Milovanović M. Šijačić-Nikolić Conservation of forest genetic resources in protected areas,such as national parks, presents the important aspect of in situ conservation in Serbia. There are five national parks in Serbia that represent an important way of in situ conservation of forest genetic resources: National Park „Fruška gora”, National Park „Djerdap”, National Park „Tara”, National Park „Kopaonik”, and National Park „Šar-planina”. National Park „Kopaonik” is located in the central part of Serbia, with a total area of 11,969.04 ha, where three protection regimes have been established: the first, strictest, regime covers 1477.79 ha (12.23% of the total area of National park), the second 3,604.74 ha (29.84%), and the third 6,886.51 ha (57.93%). There are 13 localities with the protection regime of the first degree, one of them is „Metodje”, which was the subject of this research. The locality „Metodje” covers an area of 117.62 ha. It is located at an altitude of between 1190 and 1840 m. The basic value of this locality is the ecosystem diversity of plant communities, as well as the floristic complexity. The site has a large number of different and very interesting spruce and beech communities with noble deciduous trees, as well as some rare and relict species. This research aimed to identify rare, endangered, and endemic species of forest trees in the National Park „Kopaonik”, at the locality „Metodje”, and to propose a program for their conservation and sustainable use. Forest genetic resources are affected by various biotic and abiotic threats which lead to genetic erosion, and there is a need to conserve them. Some of the threats to biodiversity are habitat degradation and habitat loss, deforestation, fragmentation, pathogens, invasive species, environmental pollution, global climate change, as is the case with the area of Kopaonik. Identification of rare, endangered, and endemic species of forest trees in the areas with a first-degree protection regime is the basis for their conservation and further sustainable use. Based on the results of research at the locality „Metodje”, measures for conservation and monitoring of the available genepool have been defined, with a special focus on rare, endangered, and endemic forest tree species. A total of 19 forest tree species were recorded at the locality „Metodje”. The conservation area at the locality “Metodje” will include sites where the following species occur: Acer heldreichii, Acer platanoides, Betula pendula, Sorbus aucuparia, and Ulmus glabra. Special attention should be paid to this genepool to conserve them, through the application of specific measures. Long-term goals of genetic conservation are defined: assessment of the degree of genetic variability of populations of rare, endangered, and endemic species, using genetic markers; designation of in situ conservation units; defining clear guidelines for target production of planting material of rare, endangered, and endemic species. conferenceObject 71 71 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS of the 5 th Edition of the Integrated Management of Environmental Resources Conference Suceava – Romania