Programs for monitoring biological diversity over time are needed to detect changes that can
constitute threats to biological resources. The convention on biological diversity regards …

Executive summary One of the main challenges for conservation today is monitoring and
understanding changes in biodiversity. Genetic diversity provides the foundation for …

Genetic diversity is a fundamental component of biological diversity, and its conservation is
considered key to ensure the long-term survival of natural populations and species. National …

Genetic diversity is one of the three main levels of biodiversity recognised in the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD). Fundamental for species adaptation to environmental change …

Recent scientific evidence shows that genetic diversity must be maintained, managed, and
monitored to protect biodiversity and nature's contributions to people. Three genetic diversity …

The importance of genetic diversity for the assessment and maintenance of biodiversity is
widely recognised, although not yet explicitly incorporated into conservation decision …

The importance of genetic variation for maintaining biological diversity and evolutionary
processes has been recognized by researchers for decades. This realization has prompted …

In this essay we explore questions on how to increase the visibility and utility of genetic
information for biodiversity managers and policy makers. This is discussed in the light of …

As one of the final activities of the ESF-CONGEN Networking programme, a conference
entitled 'Integrating Population Genetics and Conservation Biology'was held at Trondheim …

In contrast to the goals of the symposium from which this series of papers originated, we
argue that attempts to apply unambiguously defined and general management unit criteria …