User:Allison Poulos/Crop wild relatives
Why Crop Wild Relatives are Important
[edit]The Crop Wild Relatives Project
[edit]A UNEP/GEF project has been dedicated to Crop Wild Relatives. It is called, "In situ conservation of Crop Wild Relatives Through Enhanced Information management and Field Application".
The Crop Wild Relatives Global Portal
[edit]The Crop Wild Relatives Global Portal[1] has been created through the CWR Project and offers facilitated access to information and data resources for the conservation and utilization of CWR. It contains species-level information, contacts, literature sources, latest news and photos. It is coordinated by Bioversity International [2].
Partners in the CWR Project
[edit]Country Partners include:
- Armenia
- Bolivia
- Madagascar
- Sri Lanka
- Uzbekistan
International Partners include:
- BGCI
- BLE
- FAO
- IUCN
- UNEP-WCMC