A Nordic Regional Approach for Crop Wild Relative (CWR) Conservation

The Nordic project “Ecosystem services: Genetic resources and crop wild relatives” was initiated with the long-term aim to assure conservation and sustainable use of the wild genetic resources associated with future food security. Short-term aims were: • Establishing a Nordic network for CWR genetic resources; • Enhancing Nordic cooperation on CWR conservation planning; • Exchanging knowledge and broadening the scientific base on in situ and ex situ conservation; • Facilitating interactions between in situ and ex situ conservation actors; • Influencing crop wild relatives (CWR) policy in the Nordic countries.