USING THE FAO
AGROBIODIVERSITY
TOOLKIT:
DEVELOPMENT OF
NATIONAL STRATEGIES
FOR THE
CONSERVATION OF
CWR AND LR
Joana Magos Brehm1, Nigel Maxted2, Shelagh Kell2
1Botanical Garden, National Museum of Natural History, University of Lisbon (Portugal)2School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham (UK)
Why National CWR and LR
strategies?
Toolkit – the context
Characteristics
The users
How to use the toolkit
A request...
To finish...
OVERVIEW
CWR and LR are unique national
resources
CWR and LR are becoming more
threatened (habitat loss, degradation
and fragmentation, replacement by
modern cultivars and changes in land
use practices, climate change...) and
therefore are suffering from genetic
erosion
WHY NATIONAL CWR AND LR STRATEGIES?
Legislative requirement to
conserve
Require an integrated in situ
and ex situ conservation
approach, best implemented
via a National CWR / LR
Strategy
No single method of generation
WHY NATIONAL CWR AND LR STRATEGIES?
FAO International Treaty on PGRFA
FAO Global Plan of Action for the
Conservation and Sustainable
Utilization of PGRFA
Convention on Biological Diversity
THE TOOLKIT - CONTEXT
Coordinators ‑ N Maxted, J Magos Brehm,
SP Kell
Commissioned by - FAO Commission on
Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture (CGRFA)
Aim - To develop a Toolkit for National
Strategy Development of PGRFA that will
aid countries to formulate National
Strategies for the conservation of CWR
and LR
THE TOOLKIT - CONTEXT
Workshop “Conservation and sustainable use
of PGRFA, a Toolkit for national strategy
development”, Lyme Regis (UK), 17-18 March
2011: review the structure and content of the
Toolkit.
Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo (Benin), Baorong Lu (China), Edwin Chiwona (Malawi), Ehsan Dulloo (Bioversity International), Heli Fitzgerald (Finland), Joana Magos Brehm (Portugal), John Wiersema (USA), José Valls (Brazil), Nadiya Al-Saadi (Oman), Nigel Maxted (UK), Renzo Torricelli (Italy), Shelagh Kell (UK) Sonia Dias (Bioversity International), Suzanne Sharrock (BGCI), Tania Carolina Camacho-Villa (Mexico), and Valeria Negri (Italy).
Provides information on how to accomplish a specific task,
Provides complementary tools,
The user will be guided through its application,
The user decides exactly which tools to employ according to his/her circumstances,
It should be an aid and not a prescription,
Sequential but flexible process,
Possible to entry through several entry points.
THE TOOLKIT - CHARACTERISTICS
Countries with limited resources and knowledge on their CWR and LR diversity
Three different levels of users:
FAO national focal points,
National Strategy implementing agency and other national agencies (national focal points for agriculture, environment and possibly forestry),
Non Governmental Organisations (e.g. farmers’ organizations), local institutions (e.g. universities, research institutes), individual scientists.
THE TOOLKIT – THE USERS
Conservation strategy for CWR, LR or
both?
Section A (CWR) + section B (LR)
Each section: sub-sections = steps
needed to develop a national strategy
Each sub-section:
Current status
Overview of the
methodology
Additional materials
THE TOOLKIT – HOW TO USE IT
National botanical diversity National/global crop diversity
Prioritization of CWR diversity for active conservation
Integration with international legislation, strategies, habitat and
species conservation plans
Establishment of CWR conservation goals
National CWR inventory
National CWR conservation
strategy
Network of CWR genetic reserves
Systematic CWR ex situ conservation
Conserved national (and global) CWR diversity
Research and education Traditional, general and professional utilisation Breeding activities
MACRO-CONSERVATION APPLIED MICRO- AND MACRO-CONSERVATION MICRO-CONSERVATION
In situ actions
Ex situ actions Implementation of CWR
conservation goals
Collation of existing threat assessments
In situ gap analysis Ex situ gap analysis
Taxonomic and ecogeographic analysis of priority CWR
Novel threat assessment of priority CWR
Genetic analysis of priority CWR
Integration with other national strategies,
policies and schemes
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THE TOOLKIT – HOW TO USE IT
National Strategy for conservation of CWR – the model
National botanical diversity National/global crop diversity
Prioritization of CWR diversity for active conservation
Establishment of CWR conservation goals
National CWR inventory
Network of CWR genetic reserves
Systematic CWR ex situ conservation
Traditional, general and professional utilisation Breeding activities
APPLIED MICRO- AND MACRO-CONSERVATION
Implementation of CWR conservation goals
Collation of existing threat assessments
In situ gap analysis Ex situ gap analysis
Taxonomic and ecogeographic analysis of priority CWR
Novel threat assessment of priority CWR
Genetic analysis of priority CWR
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Step 1: National inventory of CWR
Step 2: Collation of existing threats
Step 3: Setting species conservation priorities
Step 4: Taxonomic and ecogeographic analysis of priority CWR
Step 5: Genetic data analysis of priority CWR
Step 6: Novel threat assessment
Step 7: CWR in situ and ex situ gap analysis
Step 8: Establishment of conservation goals
Step 9: Implementation of in situ conservation priorities (in and outside PAs)
Step 10: Implementation of ex situ conservation priorities
Step 11: Promoting the use of CWR diversity conserved
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CONSERVATION OF CWR – THE MODEL
CURRENT STATUS: highlights some
of the developments in that
particular area.
THE TOOLKIT – HOW TO USE IT
Regional inventory of CWR?
NO
Neighbouring country Flora/checklist?
NO
National Flora/checklist?
EXTRACT NATIONAL SPECIES FROM
REGIONAL INVENTORY
YES
YES
Digitized matching (Flora against Crops)?
List of crops (national and global)?
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NATIONAL CWR INVENTORY
HARMONISE TAXONOMY WITH NATIONAL FLORA
ENSURE ALL CROPS ARE INCLUDED (experts +
national and international statistics + other sources)
Global plant list?
NO
YES
VALIDATION BY EXPERTS
DIGITIZE BOTH FLORA/ CHECKLIST AND LIST OF CROPS
Expert-based approach + national and international
statistics + germplasm / herbaria survey
THE TOOLKIT – HOW TO USE IT
OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY:
thorough description of the
methodology to undertake that particular
step;
flowcharts that usually take the form
of an expert system (usually composed of
a series of Yes/No questions)
helps the user move through the
various steps and choose which options
are more adequate given a particular
national context.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: books, scientific
papers, grey literature, PowerPoint
presentation, web links: practical examples
to help visualise and understand how to
undertake that particular step.
THE TOOLKIT – HOW TO USE IT
Review the document: whole document or
certain sections.
Provide additional materials to illustrate the
various steps in the development of a
national strategy.
A REQUEST...
First table of the questionnaire: availability
to review and/or to provide additional
materials for each section.
Second table of the questionnaire: for
reference details of additional materials (to
me during the workshop or send to
[email protected] no later than the
1st October 2011).
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE
ACKOWLEDGED!
Conservation of agrobiodiversity directly
links human well-being to biodiversity
conservation.
It requires collaboration between nature and
agricultural conservationists.
The toolkit is an FAO product.
Can be used soon to develop your own
National Strategy for CWR Conservation.
This is on-going work! So let me have your
opinion!
TO FINISH...
USING THE FAO
AGROBIODIVERSITY
TOOLKIT:
DEVELOPMENT OF
NATIONAL STRATEGIES
FOR THE
CONSERVATION OF
CWR AND LR
Joana Magos Brehm1, Nigel Maxted2, Shelagh Kell2
1Botanical Garden, National Museum of Natural History, University of Lisbon (Portugal)2School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham (UK)