Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Wild Relatives: a Nordic Initiative

This article presents the joint Nordic project, a two-year project which had multiple objectives: 1) establish a Nordic network for genetic resources as ecosystem services aiming at policy input; 2) exchange of knowledge to obtain Nordic synergies within ex situ and in situ conservation, with particular focus on in situ conservation of CWR in genetic reserves including developing the scientific basis for it; 3) increase Nordic synergy on the interaction between ex situ and in situ conservation; 4) strengthen the Nordic position within EU on crop wild relatives (CWR) conservation and use, including its role as an essential ecosystem service.  
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectSeed system
PublisherNordic Genetic Resource Center (NORDGEN)
Publication year2016
RegionsEurope
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.nordgen.org/ngdoc/NordicCWR_2016/Conservation_and_sustainable_use_of_crop_wild_relatives.pdf
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
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