European crop wild relative threat assessment: knowledge gained and lessons learnt.

Kell, S. P.; Maxted, Nigel; Bilz, Melanie; Dulloo, M. E.; Ford-Lloyd, B. V.; Frèse, L.; Iriondo, J. M.; Carvalho, M. A. A. Pinheiro de

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“…sub‐Mediterranean elements in South Moravia; Miko & Hošek, ). Meanwhile, prioritising by threat may exclude more common CWR, which still deserve proactive conservation if they contain valuable, broad or distinct genetic diversity (Frankham et al ., ; Kell et al ., ; Maxted et al ., ). Still, we encourage special conservation attention for the most highly threatened (Appendix ) and apparently range‐restricted (Table ) priority CWR, especially those also threatened across Europe, to avoid complete loss of their genetic resource.…”

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“…However, like many other wild plants, CWR face threats such as intensive agriculture, urban development, pollution and biological invasions (Bilz et al ., ; Kell et al ., , ) and thus command urgent conservation attention (Maxted et al ., ; Heywood et al ., ; Kell et al ., ). This conservation need is recognized in international policy and legislation, including the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA; FAO, ), CBD Strategic Plan (SCBD, ) and Global Strategy for Plant Conservation 2011–2020 (SCBD, ), the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO, ) and the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 (EP, ).…”

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A systematic conservation strategy for crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic

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Holubec

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Aim To create a crop wild relative (CWR) conservation strategy for the Czech Republic: the first national CWR conservation strategy for Central and Eastern Europe. Location Czech Republic. Methods We generated a CWR checklist for the Czech Republic and then prioritized taxa, using widely adopted criteria modified with input from local experts, to create a national CWR inventory. For 204 priority CWR species, we collated 206,760 presence records. We carried out spatial analyses to identify patterns in species richness, gaps in existing conservation actions, complementary conservation networks and collecting strategies to increase representativeness of gene bank accessions. We considered both specific and genetic conservation, using geographic and ecogeographic proxies for the latter. Results Passive in situ conservation of CWR in the Czech Republic is comprehensive at present, with all but one priority CWR species being contained in protected areas. Active in situ CWR conservation could be focussed within 11 ca. 10‐km‐by‐10‐km grid cells containing 94% of priority species, or their overlapping protected areas. To augment the genetic coverage of the in situ conservation network, active CWR conservation is encouraged within 11 supplementary areas. Meanwhile, there are huge gaps in ex situ collections, with no known conserved material for 134 of the 204 priority species. Furthermore, existing accessions are generally unrepresentative of genetic diversity. Main conclusions In the Czech Republic, active in situ conservation of priority CWR should be instigated within the 22 recommended grid cell areas or their 14 overlapping protected areas. For ex situ conservation, strategic and targeted collection of germplasm would markedly increase the value of gene bank collections. Diversity of priority Czech CWR is concentrated in South Moravia, making this a particularly important CWR area for the country and for Europe.

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A systematic conservation strategy for crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic

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Kell

Holubec

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“…In general, of the main crop use categories (human food, animal food, food additives, materials, fuels, social uses, medicines, and environmental uses; Wiersema and León, 2013), human food crops are of the highest priority due their importance for nutrition and food security (Kell et al, 2015b), and thus their fundamental role in sustaining human life. Crops of high economic value are also of uppermost priority (Kell et al, 2012a) due to their importance for sustainable economic growth, as well as providing important motivation for the establishment of national conservation and sustainable use management plans for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) (Kell et al, 2015b). There are therefore two main subcriteria on which to base the selection of priority crops: (i) crops of high importance for nutrition and food security, and (ii) crops of high importance due to their economic value.…”

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“…Critically, when prioritizing CWR based on their Red List status, it is not necessarily the case that a species that has been evaluated as Least Concern using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN, 2012a) is not in need of conservation action. Kell et al (2012a) argued that three important issues need to be taken into account when interpreting a Least Concern assessment. First, the IUCN Red List assessment process does not take into account genetic diversity within and between populations, only population size and geographic range.…”

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Broadening the Base, Narrowing the Task: Prioritizing Crop Wild Relative Taxa for Conservation Action

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A broad definition of a crop wild relative is any taxon within the same genus as a crop species, or in the case of some crop genepools, other closely related genera. Given the large number of species cultivated for human and animal food, and medicinal, ornamental, environmental, and industrial purposes, the number of taxa related to these crops is inevitably vast, one estimate being >58,000 species globally. Limited resources for conservation management demands careful planning so that taxa in most urgent need of conservation are given priority. Various prioritization criteria have been used to target wild taxa for conservation action; however, in the case of crop wild relatives, a specific approach is needed to take account of their particular value as potential sources of traits for crop improvement. A surge in conservation planning for crop wild relatives since the turn of the century has resulted in a wide range of different crop wild relative prioritization criteria and methods being applied. This paper reviews those criteria and methods and presents a harmonized, logical, and pragmatic means of assigning priority status to crop wild relative taxa on the basis of three main criteria: (i) the socioeconomic value of crops, (ii) the relative potential value of the wild relatives of socioeconomically valuable crops for variety improvement, and (iii) the relative threat status of the wild relatives of socioeconomically valuable crops.

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“…• Conserving genetic diversity of native species in situ: CWR also include native plant species of conservation value (Kell et al, 2012;Vincent et al, 2013) and thus provide opportunities to synergise biodiversity conservation, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. There are currently more and more inventories of CWR, and priority species or taxa for exsitu and/or in-situ conservation are being Figure 12.…”

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European crop wild relative threat assessment: knowledge gained and lessons learnt.

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A systematic conservation strategy for crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic

A systematic conservation strategy for crop wild relatives in the Czech Republic

Broadening the Base, Narrowing the Task: Prioritizing Crop Wild Relative Taxa for Conservation Action

Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

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