Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Gap analyses of priority wild relatives of food crop in current ex situ and in situ conservation in Indonesia

Conservation programmes are always limited by available resources. Careful planning is therefore required to increase the efficiency of conservation and gap analysis can be used for this purpose. This method was used to assess the representativeness of current ex situ and in situ conservation actions of 234 priority crop wild relatives (CWR) in Indonesia. This analysis also included species distribution modelling, the creation of an ecogeographical land characterization map, and a complementarity analysis to identify priorities area for in situ conservation and for further collecting of ex situ conservation programmes. The authors recommend enhanced coordination between ex situ and in situ conservation stakeholders for sustaining the long term conservation of CWR in Indonesia.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherBiodiversity and Conservation
Publication year2021
RegionsAsia
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10531-021-02225-4.pdf
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Agricultural biodiversity