Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural
changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. The preservation of these species is a …

The genetic diversity of our crop plants has been substantially reduced during the process of
domestication and breeding. This reduction in diversity necessarily constrains our ability to …

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species
(mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies, freshwater fishes, and selected …

Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

The history of ex situ conservation is relatively short, not more than a century old. During the
middle of last century, triggered by the realization that genetic erosion was threatening the …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is not only of worldwide importance as a food, feed and as a source of
diverse industrially important products, but is also a model genetic organism with immense …

There are many potential approaches to systematic CWR conservation. But as every country
contains CWR diversity, they are obliged as signatories to the CBD and ITPGRFA, or other …

Awareness of the need for biodiversity conservation is now universally accepted, but most
often recent conservation activities have focused on wild species. Crop species and the …

A unique plant on many levels, the distinctive properties of the Jerusalem artichoke, or
Helianthus tuberosus L., present novel answers to some of today's most pressing problems …

Crop wild relatives are an important socio-economic resource that is currently being eroded
or even extinguished through careless human activities. If the Conference of the Parties …