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1451) Conservation of Tropical Plant Biodiversity: What Have We Done, Where Are We Going?
This review paper provides a brief, yet comprehensive and broad, overview of the main threats to tropical plant biodiversity and how they differ from threats in temperate regions. The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, an international program with 16 global targets set for 2020 aimed at understanding,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2013
1452) Workshop for Nagoya Protocol and Plant Treaty National Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean
The capacity-building Workshop for National Focal Points in Latin America and the Caribbean on Mutually Supportive Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, was held on September 2018 in the auditorium at the International...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2019
1453) Challenges and Prospects for the Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Field Genebanks, in In Vitro Collections and/or in Liquid Nitrogen
The conservation of crop genetic resources, including their wild relatives, is of utmost importance for the future of mankind. Most crops produce orthodox seeds and can, therefore, be stored in seed genebanks. However, this is not an option for crops and species that produce recalcitrant (non-storable)...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1454) Mutually supportive implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the Plant Treaty: Scenarios for consideration by national focal points and other interested stakeholders
The objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) are basically identical – the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources and the equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use....
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1455) Agricultural biodiversity to manage the risks and empower the poor
An International Conference was held in Rome, Italy 27-29 April 2015 to launch the IFAD and EU supported Project ‘Linking agrobiodiversity value chains, climate adaptation and nutrition: Empowering the poor to manage risk’. These Proceedings share the abstracts of expert presentations delivered at...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2016