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The European Information System on Forest Genetic Resources (EUFGIS) provides geo-referenced information on the conservation of forest genetic resources (FGR) in Europe and access to detailed data on genetic conservation...
- Type: Database
- Genetic conservation units European trees Genetic monitoring In situ Ex situ
Diversity to fields project (MoPe) is a three-year (2021-2023) development project seeking solutions to increase genetic diversity in fields in Finland by utilizing landraces and old commercial varieties. The project...
Swiss National Information System for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
In this 4 min video ‘Saving European plant and food diversity: together, we are stronger!’, Marc Lateur tells a story about apples diversity, with a happy ending (Marc Lateur is the ECPGR National Coordinator from...
- Type: Multimedia
- Collections Conservation Crops Cultural heritage Ex situ Ex situ conservation Storytelling Belgium
The Global Seed Conservation Challenge is managed by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). It aims to:
Engage more botanic gardens to become involved in seed banking, working ‘outside the garden walls’...
- Type: Project
- Biodiversity Botanic garden Collections Conservation Ex situ Genebanks Seed Network
PlantSearch is a database of living plant, seed and tissue collections held by botanic gardens and arboreta around the world.
It includes over 1.5 million collection records from more than 1,000 contributing...
- Type: Database
- Collections Botanic garden Crop Wild Relatives Seed Ex situ Conservation Biodiversity
Preserving biodiversity in the changing environment is a challenge which can be addressed on several fronts. This includes the conservation of the genetic diversity of forest trees.
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Taxus baccata within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.
- Type: Case studies/success stories
- Adaptation Ex situ Conservation Risk Assessment
This video shows how the large collection of seeds at the Millenium Seed Bank is stored and studied. Many of the seeds grown and propagated by the scientists make it out into the Kew´s botanic garden.
- Type: Multimedia
- Botany Botanic garden Biodiversity Reintroduction Ex situ Conservation Seed Bank
These documents have been developed by experts to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of the most important crop diversity collections in the different regions around the globe, and...
- Type: Technical guidelines
- Crops Food Agriculture Ex situ Conservation
Many crop wild realtives (CWRs) are underrepresented in crop gene banks. With at least one-third of known plant species maintained in botanic garden living collections, the botanic garden community serves as an important...
- Type: Case studies/success stories
- Crops Genebanks Crop Wild Relatives Botanic garden Genetic research Ex situ Conservation
