Crop Wild Relatives - A Manual of in Situ Conservation

Informationen zum Autor Danny Hunter is a scientist based at Bioversity International in Rome, Italy. Vernon Heywood is Emeritus Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading, UK. Klappentext Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. Now the need to conserve CWR in their natural surroundings (in situ) is increasingly recognized. This book includes case studies and examples from Armenia! Bolivia! Madagascar! Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan. Zusammenfassung Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. Now the need to conserve CWR in their natural surroundings (in situ) is increasingly recognized. This book includes case studies and examples from Armenia, Bolivia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Monique Barbut and Achim Steiner Preface M.S. Swaminathan Part I: Introduction 1. Introductory and Background Materials 2. Crop Wild Relatives in the Project Countries 3. What Do We Mean by In Situ Conservation of CWR? Part II: Conservation Actions 4. Planning for CWR Conservation and Partnership Building 5. Participatory Approaches for CWR In Situ Conservation 6. Developing National CWR Strategies and Action Plans 7. Selection and Prioritization of Species/Populations and Areas 8. Establishing an Information Baseline: Ecogeographic Surveying Part III: Conservation Actions 9. Protected Areas and CWR Conservation 10. Species and Population Management/Recovery Plans 11. Conservation Strategies for Species/Populations Occurring Outside Protected Areas 12. Complementary Conservation Actions 13. Monitoring of Areas and Species/Populations to Assess Effectiveness of Conservation/Management Actions Part IV: Other Major Issues 14. Adapting to Global Change 15. Capacity Building 16. Communications, Public Awareness and Outreach Annexes Annex I: CWR species for which field data were collected during 2006-2009 in Bolivia Annex II: Monitoring plan for Cereal Crop Wild Relatives in Erebuni State Reserve Annex III: Management plan for Amygdalus bucharica in the Chatkal Biospheric State Reserve, Uzbekistan Index of Organisms Thematic Index ...

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• Authors: Danny Hunter, Vernon Heywood, Danny Hunter, Danny (Bioversity International Hunter, Danny Heywood Hunter
• Assisted by: Vernon Heywood (Editor), Heywood Vernon (Editor), Danny Hunter (Editor), Danny (Bioversity International Hunter (Editor), Hunter Danny (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2010
• EAN: 9781849711791
• ISBN: 978-1-84971-179-1
• No. of pages: 452
• Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity; Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Plant Ecology, Sustainable agriculture, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Agronomy & crop production, Botany and plant sciences, Agronomy and crop production