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.
The Camcore Records contain annual reports, bylaws, promotional materials, archived web content, 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, archived web content, 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).
Web content harvested using the Internet Archive's Archive-It services.
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; Web content processed by Kate Phillips, 2025 November
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, until October 2025. The site moved to the URL https://camcore.cnr.ncsu.edu/, with the last successful capture in January 2018.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
This is the official website for 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 captured this website quarterly from 2018 to 2025, using the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service. The website has moved, as of October 2025, to https://www.camcore-ncsu.org/, and is now being captured using that URL.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
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 captured this site quarterly since 2025.
Online access is provided through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
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 NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.