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Effective Coordination and Governance of PGRFA Conservation and Use at the National Level—The Example of Germany

Recognition of the importance of plant genetic resources started in Germany at the end ofthe 19th century. Plant research and breeding began to develop in the 1920s. Formal structures of public institutions were founded,...

Norwegian strategy for securing genetic resources

In 2019 Norway published the first national strategy for conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources of animals, plants and forest trees. The overall goal is to secure the gene pool for future agriculture and...

Threatened wild sunflowers

In partnership with the Crop Trust, researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada are pre-breeding wild sunflowers to bring more of these species’ amazing survival skills to farmers’ fields. Here the story....

Digital sequence information on genetic resources

In December 2016, both the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the second meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol addressed the issue of digital...

How the world's food security depends on biodiversity

As the world population continues to rise, new ways are needed to sustainably increase agricultural production, improve supply chains, reduce food losses and waste, and ensure access to nutritious food for all at all...

The survival of species suddenly looks better

Findings on Norway spruce show how plants and animals can adapt better to climate change than previously envisaged. From the study "Transcriptional profiling of epigenetic regulators in somatic embryos during temperature...

Finland strengthens its genetic resources policy as part of climate change adaptation

On 20 December 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry published new guidelines for the genetic resources policy and a National Genetic Resources Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to support these....

Taxus baccata L. genetic risk assessment

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.

No such flavor as strawberry

There are more than 20 species of the strawberry genus, only a few reach supermarket costumers, but rich strawberry collections are widely dispersed as the species themselves across countries. Genebanks´ goal isn’t just...

Botanic Gardens Are Important Contributors to Crop Wild Relative Preservation

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...



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