European genetic resources conservation in a rapidly changing world: three existential challenges for the crop, forest and animal domains in the 21st century(Article)(Open Access)
- aINRAE, Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, URFM, Domaine Saint Paul Agroparc, Avignon, 84914, France
- bBiotechnical Faculty, Department of Animal Science, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
- cLaboratory of biodiversity and functional genomics, Faculty of science, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
- dEuropean Forest Institute, Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, Carrer Sant Antoni M. Claret, 167, Barcelona, 08025, Spain
- eGABI, AgroParisTech, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France
- fCentre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands, Wageningen University & Research, Radix Building 107, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708 PB, Netherlands
- gDepartment of Forest Physiology and Genetics, Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
- hBotanic Gardens Conservation International, Descanso House, 199 Kew Road, Richmond, TW9 3BW, United Kingdom
- iDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment DAFNAE, Università degli Studi di Padova, (PD) Viale dell’Università 16, Legnaro, 35020, Italy
- jSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
- kInstituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
- lUniversity of Prishtina, Kosovo, Serbia
- mMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foood, Spain
- nMinistry for Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Slovenia
- oSingidunum University, Serbia
- pEuropean Forest Institute, Spain
- qUniversity of Milan, Italy
- rForest Stewardship Council, Germany
- sFarm Animals, Nordic Genetic Resource Center Nord-Gen, Norway
- tNutrition Institute, Slovenia
- uEuropean Forest Institute, Finland
- vUniversity of Birmingham, United Kingdom
- wCentro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Spain
- xProSpecieRara, Switzerland
- yDipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
- zNatural Resources Institute, Finland
- aaFederal Office for Agriculture and Food, Germany
- abBotanic Gardens Conservation International, United Kingdom
- acSlovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia
- adNational Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
- aeForestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations, Italy
- afInstitute of Agricultural Research and Training, Spain
- agAgricultural Institute of Slovenia, Slovenia
- ahDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Ireland
- aiWageningen University and Research, Netherlands
- ajNature and Forest Agency, Luxembourg
Abstract
Even though genetic resources represent a fundamental reservoir of options to achieve sustainable development goals in a changing world, they are overlooked in the policy agenda and severely threatened. The conservation of genetic resources relies on complementary in situ and ex situ approaches appropriately designed for each type of organism. Environmental and socioeconomic changes raise new challenges and opportunities for sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources. Aiming at a more integrated and adaptive approach, European scientists and genetic resources managers with long experience in the agricultural crop, animal and forestry domains joined their expertise to address three critical challenges: (1) how to adapt genetic resources conservation strategies to climate change, (2) how to promote in situ conservation strategies and (3) how can genetic resources conservation contribute to and benefit from agroecological systems. We present here 31 evidence-based statements and 88 key recommendations elaborated around these questions for policymakers, conservation actors and the scientific community. We anticipate that stakeholders in other genetic resources domains and biodiversity conservation actors across the globe will have interest in these crosscutting and multi-actor recommendations, which support several biodiversity conservation policies and practices. © Copyright 2024 the Authors.
Funding details
| Funding sponsor | Funding number | Acronym |
|---|---|---|
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme See opportunities by H2020 | 817580 | H2020 |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme See opportunities by H2020 | H2020 |
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This work has received funding from the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation pro-gramme under grant agreement No 817580, GenRes Bridge project.
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This work has received funding from the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 817580, GenRes Bridge project.
- ISSN: 27083764
- Source Type: Journal
- Original language: English
- DOI: 10.46265/genresj.REJR6896
- Document Type: Article
- Publisher: Bioversity International
Lefèvre, F.; INRAE, Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, URFM, Domaine Saint Paul Agroparc, Avignon, France;
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