Materials prepared by a group of authors in 2011 at the request of FAO, for purposes of determining the state of the world's genetic resources were represanted. The role of forest genetic resources in ForestServiseof State, their status and approaches to conservation were covered. Thehistory and the results of studies of the genetic diversity of forest woody plants have briefly revieved. The current data on the number,areas of existing objects of forest gene resourcesconservation, seed harvesting, growing plant material, existing breeding programs were represanted.