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451) Botanic Gardens Complement Agricultural Gene Bank in Collecting and Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity
The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of Crop Wild Relatives is becoming increasingly important. At least 6000 taxa related to 68 crop genera are maintained by the world's botanic gardens with several gardens having specialist collections. The extent of infra-specific genetic diversity of these...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
452) Farmers' Seeds : The key to Agroecology
Our food systems are disrupted and peasant seeds and agroecology are the only real sustainable solution to these problems. Peasant seeds allow us to produce food locally and fight hunger while preserving the environment by adapting to climate change and protecting biodiversity. Peasant seeds are the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023
453) Educational Module on Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
Lesson 1, for example, focuses on technical aspects of conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, which will be particularly relevant for civil servants that do not have a technical background in genetics or plant breeding. Lessons 2 and 3, in turn, explain the legal provisions of the International Treaty...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2012
454) The UPOV accession process - Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members
The study "The UPOV accession process: Preventing appropriate PVP laws for new members", published today by the South Centre and APBREBES, analyses the accession process for countries that want to become members of UPOV and provides both surprising and worrying results.
Subject: Crop diversity; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
455) Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action
This study provides conservation assessments for 600 US native plants that are wild relatives of important agricultural crops. The authors found that more than one-half of the species may be endangered in their natural habitats, and that the great majority require further conservation action, both ex...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020