Ana Cristina Oliveira Farinha, member from the PINEA Project Team and carrying out a PhD under SUSFOR Programme had carried out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) with the title "The Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis: important methods and techniques" under COST Action FP1203: European non-wood forest products (NWFPs) network. The work was carried out under supervision of Alain Roques, Institute for Agricultural research, Orléans, France. The report is available: NWFP STSMs