The ELC approach

Mauricio Parra QuijanoEcogeographic land characterization for CWR diversity and gap analysis Training workshop 26–27 February 2014, Room UG08, Learning Centre, University of Birmingham

in the context of CWR conservation planning: Case studies and perspectives

ELC and species knowledge

The many different environments/adaptive scenarios where the species occur… and

Which of them arefrequent or rare for the target species

Conservation planning - ex situ

Representativeness

ELC MAPS

Ex situ

OptimizedCollecting

Germplasm

Core Collections

(rationalization)

Are there gaps?

Big sizeCollections?

Scarce Resources?

Other(sites to

germplasmMultiplication/regeneration,

FIGS)

In situ

Conservation planning - in situ

Protected areas On farm

Representativeness/complementarity

Genetic Reserves

Establishment

Evaluation of current

P.A. networks conservation

ELCcategory richness

(area and populations)

New P.A.to be

included

Representativeness/complementarity

ELCcategory richness

(area and populations)

Evaluation ofcurrentprojects

Prioritizationof new regions/

communitieswhere to focus

efforts

Study cases Optimized germplasm collecting

Study cases Optimized germplasm collecting

Optimized collectingactivities for two foragewild species in ArgentinaTrichloris crinita and T.Pluriflora (Poaceae)

Image from Marinoni et al., in press

Study cases Ecogeographic core collections

Comparison between phenotypic and Ecogeographical core collections(spanish bean collection)

Study cases Evaluation of current PA for an effective CWR protection

Ecogeographicalrepresentativeness of protected areas networkfor some groups of prioritized CWR species(~200 species)In Spain

Study cases Genetic reserves

Study casesPrioritization of zones/ farm communities to focus on on-farm conservation efforts

Image from Tapia et al., in press

Perspectives – ELC map approach

Include biotic and anthropic data – if possible, and know how to interpret those results

Adapt/create some improved methods to select ecogeographical variables (objective approach)

Introduce climate change aspects – modeled/projected ecogeographical data.

Introduce other methods to determine the optimal number of groups

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Cover all the countries and regions (continents and subcontinents)

Facilitate the analysis of administrative units below country level (specially for big countries), providing sub-national ecogeographical information.

Allow the user to enter and use their own ecogeographical variables

Create an application or tool that allows to select the variables that should be selected (objectively)

Introduce qualitative variables (i.e. soil type, vegetation)

Include new components (anthropic/biotic)

Perspectives – “ELC mapas” tool

Thank you