Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood.

Crop wild relatives : a manual of in situ conservation / edited by Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood. - 1st ed. - London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010. - xxvi, 414 pages some color illustrations, maps 24 cm. - Issues in agricultural biodiversity .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Crop wild relatives in the project countries -- What do we mean by in situ conservation of CWR? -- Planning for CWR conservation and partnership building -- Participatory approaches for CWR in situ conservation -- Developing national CWR strategies and action plans -- Selection and prioritization of species/populations and areas -- Establishing an information baseline: ecogeographic surveying -- Protected areas and CWR conservation -- Species and population management/recovery plans -- Conservation strategies for species/populations occurring outside protected areas -- Complementary conservation actions -- Monitoring of areas and species/populations to assess effectiveness of conservation/management actions -- Adapting to global change -- Capacity building -- Communications, public awareness and outreach.

9781849711784 (hardback) 9781849711791 (pbk.)

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Crops--Germplasm resources.
Germplasm resources, Plant.
Germplasm resources conservation.

SB123.3 / .C769 2011

333.95/3416

SB123.3 / .C793 2010