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Identifying quality standards for genetic reserve conservation of CWR. J.M. Iriondo 1 , N. Maxted 2 , S. Kell 2 , B. Ford-Lloyd 2 & C. Lara 1 1 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain 2 University of Birmingham, UK .
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Identifyingqualitystandardsforgenetic reserve conservation of CWR J.M. Iriondo1, N. Maxted2, S. Kell2, B. Ford-Lloyd2 & C. Lara1 1Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain 2University of Birmingham, UK Towards the establishment of genetic reserves for crop wild relatives and landraces in Europe 13–15 September 2010, University of Maderia, Funchal, Portugal
Introduction • AEGRO project “An Integrated European In Situ Management Work Plan: Implementing Genetic Reserves and On Farm Concepts” • focuses on the development of in situ conservation strategies for CWR.
Introduction • Strategies for the in situ conservation of CWR involve the establishment of genetic reserves within protected areas • greater sustainability and efficacy • One of the deliverables of the AEGRO project is the formulation of quality standards for genetic reserve conservation of CWR.
Rationale • Adoption of standards of good practices relies on the hypothesis that programmes that are executed this way achieve more rigor in the process of decision-making, and more efficiency in the use of resources and in pursuing the objective of conservation (O’Neill, 2007; CMP, 2004).
Qualitystandards: use • Bottom-up: Managers interested in conserving priority CWRs in their PA. • Top-down: Last stage of the process of selecting locations for a network of genetic reserves when multiple alternatives exist according to primary selection criteria
Qualitystandards • Present standards developed from the perspective of the manager of a protected area • Additional requirements from implementation of national or global approaches to the in situ conservation of CWR may be needed (Maxted and Kell, 2009)
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