Books/Reports
Below is a selection of useful books that provide scientific and background information on assessment and conservation actions targeting biodiversity conservation.
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Not available | Provides comprehensive examinations of status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, etc. | 2010 | |
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| Introduces the basic concepts of the biology of gene flow and discusses the potential evolutionary significance of transgene flow from crop to wild relative etc. | 2010 |
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| Provides an in depth description of the history of maize and its domestication. | 2009 |
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| A collection of scientific articles with an aim to recover and promote European botanical cultural heritage. | 2009 |
| Describes the distribution of wild and cultivated Musa species in India and the role of local farming communities in conserving banana genetic diversity. | 2006 | |
| The aim is to bring together up-to-date knowledge of the allium crops, obtained by a variety of scientific disciplines. Chapter 4: Exploitation of Wild Relatives for the Breeding of Cultivated Allium species. | 2002 |
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| The work summarizes both state-of-the-art knowledge and research gaps related to gene flow and introgression between crops and their wild relatives. | |
| The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | The first comprehensive worldwide assessment of the state of PGRFA, prepared through a participatory process involving 157 countries, 50 NGOs, the private sector associations and numerous experts. |
| Shows where the world’s genetic resources are found and why they are valuable, highlighting the important interdependence between biological diversity and human cultural diversity and the policy implications of this critical bond. | |
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| Provides a comprehensive description of the use of participatory plant breeding in developing countries | 2009 | |
| Covers origin, taxonomy, ecology, geographic distribution, nutrition, genetics, breeding methods, wild relatives and genetic enrichment of chickpea. | 2007 |
Conservation
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| This report is a review of the scientific literature relating to Crop Wild Relatives and related aspects of crop genetic diversity conservation, carried out by the authors | 2011 |
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| The diversity of taros and their uses as well as the status of taro genetic resources in all the major geographic regions where it is grown. | 2010 |
| The ITTO project "Strengthening National Capacity and Regional Collaboration for Sustainable Use of Forest Genetic Resources in Tropical Asia" with the objectives to review and develop a strategy for the conservation and management of forest genetic resources. | 2010 | |
| The first guide to connectivity conservation management, at local, regional and global scales. | 2010 | |
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| Provides practical examples of how landrace inventories can be established and case studies of on-farm management, making a case for landrace conservation. | 2009 |
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| Examines the past, present and future role of LIFE Nature as a tool for implementing EU nature protection/biodiversity policy. | 2009 |
| Provides key information on biodiversity conservation and its exploitation, with topics like the establishment of conservation priorities and strategies, threat assessment and genetic erosion and pollution. | 2007 | |
| A wealth of information on plant conservation in the context of livelihoods and development. | 2006 | |
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| A useful overview of the concept and methodologies of in situ conservation for target plant species. | 2005 |
| An overview of concepts and systematic approaches to conservation and management of forest genetic resources. | 2004 | |
| A guide to in situ conservation of forest genetic resources (in situ). It contains guidance and a checklist for developing a programme of in situ conservation of target species or a group of species. | 2002 | |
| Addresses technical requirements, and some applied approaches and experiences with the ex situ conservation and management of forest genetic resources. | 2004 | |
| A basic introduction to ethnobotany. The concepts, methods, and skills are explained in a non-technical style. | 2003 | |
| Provides a both practical and theoretical introduction to the techniques of in situ conservation of plant genetic resources. | 1997 | |
| Highlights the different levels of biological organisation at which conservation is being addressed - the gene, the species and the community. Chapter 6: The conservation in situ of useful or endangered wild species. | 1995 |
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| Highlights the numerous values that protected areas (PAs) | 2010 |
| A concise and persuasive overview of the values of protected areas. Of particular interest is Chapter 4 that deals with the value of PAs for conserving CWR and Securing future food stocks | 2010 | |
| Natural Solutions: Protected Areas helping people cope with climate change | Shows how protected areas contribute significantly to reducing the impacts of climate change and what’s needed for them to achieve even more | 2009 |
| Conserving plant genetic diversity in protected areas: population management of crop wild relatives | This book comprises 7 chapters discussing genetic diversity conservation in protected areas and the management of wild relatives. Some topics covered are: genetic reserve management, location and design; plant population monitoring methods for in situ conservation of wild relatives; habitat recovery; and ex situ measures. | 2008 |
| Contains examples of training activities, materials needed and case studies to help design training courses using a participatory approach. | 2008 | |
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| A report to help managers indentify CWR species existing in a PA and adapt management practices to facilitate conservation of CWR. | 2006 |
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| Provides threat assessments of 152 CWR species, using IUCN Red Listing criteria. In | 2009 | |
| Published in both English and Russian, the report highlights 67 tree species in Central Asia that are globally threatened, near threatened or of concern because of insufficient information on their status in the wild. | 2009 |
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| This report provides information on international access and benefit sharing regimes. It contains international agreements and processes regarding genetic resources for food and agriculture. | March 2010 | |
| The book analyzes issues relating to BS and possible considerations that national implementing authorities should make before deciding on benefit sharing principles and policies. | 2009 |
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