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New tools for crop wild relative conservation planning

Part of: Crop Wild Relatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2019

J. Magos Brehm ,
S. Kell ,
I. Thormann ,
H. Gaisberger ,
M. E. Dulloo  and
N. Maxted
J. Magos Brehm*
Affiliation:
School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
S. Kell
Affiliation:
School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
I. Thormann
Affiliation:
Bioversity International, via dei Tre Denari, 472/a, 00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy
H. Gaisberger
Affiliation:
Bioversity International, via dei Tre Denari, 472/a, 00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy
M. E. Dulloo
Affiliation:
Bioversity International, via dei Tre Denari, 472/a, 00057 Maccarese, Rome, Italy
N. Maxted
Affiliation:
School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are a vital source of traits for crop improvement – therefore, conserving CWR diversity is critical to ensure food, nutrition and economic security. Efficient CWR conservation planning is a critical first step to maintain this natural resource for future use. The development of National Strategic Action Plans (NSAPs) for the conservation and sustainable use of CWR is an effective means of conservation planning and also plays an important role in sensitizing policy makers and other stakeholders to the importance of CWR. Tools to guide and facilitate countries in CWR national conservation planning and NSAP development have been prepared, namely: an ‘Interactive Toolkit for CWR Conservation Planning’, a ‘Template for the Preparation of a NSAP for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of CWR’, a ‘Template for the Preparation of a Technical Background Document for a NSAP for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of CWR’, a ‘CWR Checklist and Inventory Data Template’ and an ‘Occurrence Data Collation Template’. In this short communication, we briefly explain what these tools are, how they were developed, how they can be used and where they can be found.

Keywords

conservation strategiesex situin situnational strategic action planstemplatestoolkit
Type
Short Communication
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 17 , Special Issue 2: Crop Wild Relatives , April 2019 , pp. 208 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2019 

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Current address: Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, 53179 Bonn, Germany.

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