Books

Below is a selection of useful books that provide scientific and background information on assessment and conservation actions targeting biodiversity conservation.


2019	North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 2 Authors: Greene, S.L., et al. (eds.) Publication Year: 2019
2018	North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 1 Authors: Greene, S.L. et al. (eds.) Publication Year: 2018
2017	Wild relatives of cultivated plants in India Authors: Singh, A.K. Publication Year: 2017
2017	Voluntary guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives and wild food plants Authors: FAO Publication Year: 2017
2015	Wild Cotton in Egypt: Physiological and Molecular Investigations of Wild Cotton Authors: Hamed, A., Kord, M., and Amer W. Publication Year: 2015
2005	Wild relatives of crops plants in India - collection and conservation Authors: Pandey, A., et al. Publication Year: 2005
2014	Wild relatives of cultivated plants in India This book is a compilation of taxa related to cultivated plants of economic importance in India, based on the literature of over the past six decades. Authors: Pradheep, K., et al. Publication Year: 2014
2016	Enhancing Crop Genepool use: Capturing Wild Relative and Landrace Diversity for Crop Improvement Authors: Maxted, N., et al. (eds.) Publication Year: 2016
2011	Agrobiodiversity Conservation: Securing the Diversity of Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces Based on the 2010 conference 'Towards the establishment of genetic reserves for crop wild relatives and landraces in Europe', this book is the cutting... Authors: Maxted, N. et al. Publication Year: 2011
2008	Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity in Protected Areas Conservation in protected areas has focused on preserving biodiversity of ecosystems and species, whereas conserving the genetic diversity contained... Authors: Iriondo, JM. et al Publication Year: 2008
2015	Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change Crop Wild Relative and Climate Change integrates crop evolution, breeding technologies and biotechnologies, improved practices and sustainable... Authors: Redden, R. et al. Publication Year: 2015
2014	Predictive characterization of crop wild relatives and landraces: Technical guidelines version 1 Predictive characterization methods use ecogeographical and climatic data derived from the specific location of a collecting or observation site, to... Authors: Thormann, I. et al. Publication Year: 2014
2009	Establishment of a Global Network for the In Situ Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: Status and Needs The objective of this study is to provide sufficient baseline information for allowing decision-makers to strengthen efforts for the in situ... Authors: Maxted, N. and Kell, S.P. Publication Year: 2009
2011	European Red List of Vascular Plants The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies,... Authors: Bilz, M. et al. Publication Year: 2011
2012	IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria version 3.1 Second Edition The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global... Authors: Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Publication Year: 2012
2013	Plant Invasions in Protected Areas Authors: Foxcroft, L.C. et al. Publication Year: 2013
2013	Preserving diversity: a concept for in situ conservation of crop wild relatives in Europe This document presents a concept for in situ conservation of CWR (the Concept) to guide EU and national policy development which can be used as a... Authors: Maxted, N. et al. Publication Year: 2013
1998	Regeneration of Seed Crops and their Wild Relatives The ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources is of vital importance to contribute to long-term global food security. Ex situ conservation... Authors: Engels, J.M.M. and Ramanatha Rao, R. Publication Year: 1998
2004	Specially Protected Nature areas of Armenia This document summarizes many years of research and fieldwork as well as numerous scientific publications on the subject. The publication is devoted... Authors: Khanjyan, N. Publication Year: 2004
1962	Cultivated Plants and Their Wild Relatives This book affords valuable insight into the views on the origins of our crop plants. The grouping of plants is by function, not taxonomy; thus sugar... Authors: Zukovskij, P.M. Publication Year: 1962
1962	Cultivated Plants and Their Wild Relatives This book affords valuable insight into the views on the origins of our crop plants. The grouping of plants is by function, not taxonomy; thus sugar... Authors: Zukovskij, P.M. Publication Year: 1962
2012	Beta maritima: The Origin of Beets The book is dedicated to Beta maritima, a single species of the genus Beta and progenitor of various cultivated relatives known as sugar beet, garden... Authors: Biancardi, E. et al. Publication Year: 2012
1993	Perspectives on biodiversity : case studies of genetic resource conservation and development This book presents case studies presents biodiversity and genetic resource conservation in a broad and unique context. The book includes timely... Authors: Cohen, J. et al. Publication Year: 1993
2013	Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change This book presents contributions from 34 scientists from all over the world, exploring some of the latest perspectives about how plant genetic... Authors: Jackson, M. et al. Publication Year: 2013
1989	Keeping options alive Shows where the world’s genetic resources are found and why they are valuable, highlighting the important interdependence between biological diversity... Authors: Reid, W. and Miller, K. Publication Year: 1989
2010	The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture provides a comprehensive picture of the global... Authors: COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Publication Year: 2010
2009	Gene flow between crops and their wild relatives This comprehensive volume provides the scientific basis for assessing the likelihood of gene flow between twenty important crops and their wild... Authors: M. Carmen de Vicente, Meike S. Andersson, Norman C. Ellstrand Publication Year: 2009
2010	Crop wild relatives: Plant conservation for food security This report is a review of the scientific literature relating to Crop Wild Relatives and related aspects of crop genetic diversity conservation,... Authors: Hopkins, J. and Maxted, N. Publication Year: 2010
2011	International Agreements and Processes Affecting an International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity This report provides information on international access and benefit sharing regimes. It contains international agreements and processes regarding... Authors: Andersen, R., et al. Publication Year: 2011
2010	Arguments for Protected Areas 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... Authors: Stolton, S. and Dudley, N. Publication Year: 2010
2010	Valuing Protected Areas Highlights the numerous values that protected areas (PAs) can offer aside from biodiversity conservation. A five-step approach is suggested to make... Authors: World Bank GEF Operations Publication Year: 2010
2010	Connectivity Conservation Management The first guide to connectivity conservation management, at local, regional and global scales. Authors: Warboys, G. et al. Publication Year: 2010
2007	Vertical (Trans)gene Flow: Implications for Crop Diversity and Wild Relatives Introduces the basic concepts of the biology of gene flow and discusses the potential evolutionary significance of transgene flow from crop to wild... Authors: Quist, D. Publication Year: 2007
2011	Wild Crop Relatives - Genomic and breeding resources Provides a comprehensive, 10-volumes in total, examination of status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available... Authors: Chittaranjan, K. Publication Year: 2011
2009	Benefit Sharing in ABS: Options and Elaborations The book analyzes issues relating to BS and possible considerations that national implementing authorities should make before deciding on benefit... Authors: Suneetha, M.S., and Pisupati, B. Publication Year: 2009
2009	The Red List of Trees of Central Asia Published in both English and Russian, the report highlights 67 tree species in Central Asia that are globally threatened, near threatened or of... Authors: Eastwood, A. et al. Publication Year: 2009
2009	Red Book of Crop Wild Relatives of Bolivia Provides threat assessments of 152 CWR species, using IUCN Red Listing criteria. Authors: Mora, A. et al. Publication Year: 2009
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 Authors: Dudley, N. et al. Publication Year: 2010
2009	Learning from Life. Nature Conservation Best Practices Examines the past, present and future role of LIFE Nature as a tool for implementing EU nature protection/biodiversity policy. Authors: Silva, J.P. et al. Publication Year: 2009
2009	Plant Breeding and farmer participation Provides a comprehensive description of the use of participatory plant breeding in developing countries Authors: Ceccarelli, S. et al. Publication Year: 2009
2009	Plants and Culture: seeds of the cultural heritage of Europe A collection of scientific articles with an aim to recover and promote European botanical cultural heritage. Authors: Morel, J.P., and Mercuri, A.M. Publication Year: 2009
2009	The origin and diversity of maize in the American continent Provides an in depth description of the history of maize and its domestication. Authors: Antonio, J. and Hernández, S. Publication Year: 2009
2008	Participatory Management of Forests and Protected Areas Contains examples of training activities, materials needed and case studies to help design training courses using a participatory approach. Authors: Worah, S. Publication Year: 2008
2007	Crop wild relative conservation and use Provides key information on biodiversity conservation and its exploitation, with topics like the establishment of conservation priorities and... Authors: Maxted, N. et al. Publication Year: 2007
2006	Food Stores - Using protected areas to secure crop genetic diversity A report to help managers identify CWR species existing in a PA and adapt management practices to facilitate conservation of CWR. Authors: Stolton, S. et al. Publication Year: 2006
2006	Plant Conservation: An Ecosystems Approach A wealth of information on plant conservation in the context of livelihoods and development. Authors: Hamilton, A. and Hamilton, P. Publication Year: 2006
2006	Farmers' knowledge of wild Musa in India Authors: Subbaraya, U. Publication Year: 2006
2003	Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual A basic introduction to ethnobotany. The concepts, methods, and skills are explained in a non-technical style. Authors: Martin, G. Publication Year: 2003
2002	Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances 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... Authors: Rabinowitch, H. and Currah, L. Publication Year: 2002
1997	Plant Genetic Conservation: The in situ approach Provides a both practical and theoretical introduction to the techniques of in situ conservation of plant genetic resources. Authors: Maxted, N. et al. Publication Year: 1997
1995	The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity Highlights the different levels of biological organisation at which conservation is being addressed - the gene, the species and the community. Chapter... Authors: Frankel, O. et al. Publication Year: 1995