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The Camcore Records contain annual reports, bylaws, promotional materials, and other documents created by the cooperative from 1980 to 2016.
The Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative (Camcore) was formed in 1980 as an international organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical and subtropical trees in México and Central America. Four men were important in the organization’s founding: Bruce Zobel (North Carolina State University), Carl Gallegos (then International Paper Company), Willy Mittak (then Food and Agriculture Organization), and Jesse Perry (retired, Rockefeller Foundation). Camcore was made part of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University.
The Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative (Camcore) was formed in 1980 as an international organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical and subtropical trees in México and Central America. Four men were important in the organization’s founding: Bruce Zobel (North Carolina State University), Carl Gallegos (then International Paper Company), Willy Mittak (then Food and Agriculture Organization), and Jesse Perry (retired, Rockefeller Foundation). Camcore was made part of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University.
Originally, there were five founding members from the private sector: Smurfit Kappa Cartón de Colombia, Aracruz Florestal (Brazil), International Paper Company (USA), the Weyerhaeuser Company (USA), and the National Seed Bank in Guatemala. Membership grew to include 42 active, associate and honorary members on four continents.
The driving force behind Camcore's development has been the private forest sector, which, in collaboration with government agencies and universities, makes contributions to tree breeding, conservation and environmental stewardship, and forest management. Camcore makes seed collections in threatened forest stands and then plants these on members’ land in more protected areas in genetic field trials (called progeny tests) and conservation areas (called ex situ conservation banks or parks) with similar climates in countries around the world.
Camcore seed collections expanded from Central America and Mexico to include Southeast Asia in 1994, the southern U.S. in 2003, and Australia in 2010. By 2016 the program has been working now with 50 different forest species, and it has sampled 11,000 trees in 500 locations. It has more than 2,500 hectares of genetic trials and conservation areas. It has the largest database on tropical and subtropical pines and non-Australian eucalypts in the world. Because of its international scope of activities, Camcore is now known as the "International Tree Breeding and Conservation Program."
More information on Camcore is available on the cooperative's website.
The Camcore Records contain annual reports, bylaws, promotional materials, and other documents created by the cooperative from 1980 to 2016.
Materials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative (Camcore) Records, UA 140.047, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Bruce J. Zobel Papers (MC 002590
Camcore publications held by the NC State University Libraries.
Part of this collection was moved from the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Records (UA 140.010) and the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259). Other portions were transferred from the Natural Resources Library (Accessions 2015.0243 and 2016.0075), and from the Ron Sederoff Papers (Accession 2017.0137).
Processed by: Todd Kosmerick, 2016 March; machine-readable finding aid by: Todd Kosmerick, 2016 March; f Finding aid updated to reflect additions to the collection by: Todd Kosmerick, 2017 August; Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 September.
Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition in 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
From the Bruce Zobel Papers (MC 00259), Addition 2007. Transferred to Camcore Records (UA 140.047), March 2016.
This is the official website of Camcore (Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative) a non-profit, international tree breeding organization, headquartered at NC State University. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since July 2016. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to February 2016.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files may be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Natural Resources, Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative (Camcore) Records, UA 140.047, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.