Developing a common Nordic CWR conservation action plan

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1 Developing a common Nordic CWR conservation action plan FINNISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Heli Fitzgerald Plant genetic resources for food security and ecosystem services November 2015, the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, Sweden Heli Fitzgerald/ Developing a common Nordic CWR conservation action plan

2 Nordic CWR resources Why regional approach? coordinate conservation efforts, reduce costs, sharing data and experience CWR taxa Checklist Priority list Denmark 2458* 100 Finland Iceland 725* x Norway Sweden

3 Examples of Nordic CWR resources Forage plants bentgrass (Agrostis ) fescue (Festuca) timothy (Phleum) meadow-grass (Poa) clover (Trifolium) alfalfa (Medicago) orchard-grass (Dactylis) ryegrass (Lolium) saltbush (Atriplex) Russian thistle (Salsola) bromegrass (Bromus) oatgrass (Arrhenatherum) Food plants apples (Malus) cabbage (Crambe) strawberries (Fragaria) lettuce (Lactuca) grass-pea (Lathyrus) faba-bean (Vicia) onions (Allium) currants (Ribes) wheat-complex (Elymus) berries (Ribes, vaccinium) Heli Fitzgerald/ Status of CWR conservation in Finland

4 Nordic CWR conservation action plan Regional checklist for the 5 countries Regional priority list In situ gap analysis (sites for genetic reserves) Ex situ gap analysis Action plan and recommendations for implementation 4

5 Nordic CWR checklist National checklist Regional checklist Floristic method Vascular plant flora of the Nordic countries matched with crop genera (e.g. food, fodder, forage, forestry, medicinal) Complete checklist Monographic method Selecting crop genera matched with the vascular plant flora of the Nordic countries Partial checklist What crop categories included? Data sources and taxonomical harmonization 5

6 Prioritization criteria of the checklist Limited resources - focusing conservation action Native and introduced species included (except unstable species), invasive species removed 1. Socio-economic value Food and forage sp. (medicinal sp.?) high economic value 2. Utilization potential Genepool concept (Harlan and de Wet 1971), taxon group concept (Maxted et al. 2006) Users views into potentially valuable CWR species in the Nordic region 3. Level of threat Regional red list does not exist. If needed, important threatened species can be added to the priority list after applying value and use criteria. 6

7 In situ gap analysis Finding locations for genetic reserves Aim: maximum diversity conserved in minimum number of sites Distribution data for the priority taxa Identification of the key CWR areas using complementarity analysis (high number of different sp. between sites) Overlapped with conservation area maps Proposing CWR genetic reserve sites for Nordic countries 7

8 In situ gap analysis Ecogeographic land characterization maps (Parra-Quijano et al. 2012) Using ecogeographic diversity as a proxy for genetic diversity of the priority species Ecogeographic data and environmental variables used to create maps of countries/regions Plan conservation network for ecogeographically distinct populations conserve within species diversity Henkilön nimi / Esityksen nimi / Tieteenala Picture: Thomas Frank

9 Ex situ gap analysis Backs up in situ conservation and aids the use of CWR resources in breeding programmes Institutions holding CWR material in Nordic countries (NordGen, national seedbanks, research institutes, botanic gardens) Identification of gaps: taxa in conservation and taxa in need of conservation Many CWR taxa not sufficiently conserved ex situ (Finland: 76 % of the priority CWR not at all in ex situ collections) Heli Fitzgerald/ Status of CWR conservation in Finland

10 Implementation Ex situ: filling the gaps by adding priority CWR taxa to the collections or sampling more locations when needed In situ: aiming to establish a comprehensive network of genetic reserves (national regional) Coordinating conservation efforts nationally regionally Heli Fitzgerald/ Status of CWR conservation in Finland Picture: Jouko Lehmuskallio

11 Thank you Heli Fitzgerald/ Status of CWR conservation in Finland Picture: Heli Fitzgerald