Crop wild relatives : a manual of in situ conservation / edited by Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood.

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.