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    36) Report of the Seventeenth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture released a report of its seventeenth regular session. The overall objective of this document is to assist governments considering developing, adapting or implementing legislative, administrative or policy measures for access and benefit-sharing...

    Category: Miscellaneous

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2019

    37) Crop wild relatives - actions needed to assure conservation of an important genetic resource

    This policy brief recommends eight specific actions to assure conservation of important crop wild relatives (CWR) in Nordic region. CWRs are wild species closely related to crops and they can contain many important traits missing from modern cultivars. Because of this, they can be used in adaptation...

    Category: Miscellaneous

    Regions: Europe

    Publication year: 2019

    38) EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) initiatives relevant to Genetic Resources - GenRes Bridge project webinar

    Run-up webinar series for the GenRes Bridge project Feedback Workshop on the European Genetic Resources Strategy. In this webinar, Pierre Schellekens highlights the initiatives of the EU relevant to Genetic Resources. Read more about the Feedback Workshop here...

    Category: Legislation and policies, Directives

    Regions: Europe

    Publication year: 2020

    39) The National Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Wild Relatives of Crops and Wild Plants for Food Use (PSC-PSUA).

    The Ministry of Agriculture of Spain published a series of videos on their new strategy for the in situ conservation of crop wild relatives. This resources is a technical video in Spanish on the National Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Wild Relatives of Crops and Wild Plants for Food Use (PSC-PSUA)....

    Category: Strategies and Action Plans

    Regions: Europe

    Publication year: 2024

    40) Nordic Ministerial Declaration: Access and Rights to Genetic Resources

    Due to the international developments described above, the Nordic countries must now assess the legal status of Nordic genetic resources. This includes determining if genetic resources shall be private or public property, and whether the ownership rights to genetic resources follow the ownership rights...

    Category: Agreements/Principles/Declarations

    Regions: Europe

    Publication year: 2003