The report summarizes results from cooperation among all the Nordic countries during the period 2015 – 2019 (two projects). The work has focused on the conservation of Crop Wild Relatives (CWR), i.e. wild plant species closely related to crops. They are of special importance to humanity since traits of potential value for food security and climate change adaptation can be transferred from CWR into crops. The projects represent the first joint action on the Nordic level regarding the in situ conservation of CWR. Substantial progress has been made regarding CWR conservation planning, including the development of a Nordic CWR checklist and the identification of suitable sites for CWR conservation. A set of recommended future actions was developed, with the most important one being the initiation of active in situ conservation of CWR in all Nordic countries.
URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-5664
DOI: 10.6027/TN2019-533
Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd, 2019. , p. 75
Debattartikkel i Hufvudstadsbladet, www.hbl.fi, 2019-11-02
Fitzgerald H, et al. (2017). Nordic Crop Wild Relative (CWR) Checklist. Version 1.12. Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NORDGEN). Checklist dataset DOI:10.15468/itkype
Fitzgerald H, Palmé A, Asdal Å, Endresen DTF, Kiviharju E, Lund B, Rasmussen M, Thorbjörnsson H, Weibull J (2019). A regional approach to Nordic crop wild relative in situ conservation planning. DOI:10.1017/S147926211800059X
Nordic CWR occurrence data citation (hint: select re-run query for updated recent data):
- Denmark DOI:10.15468/dl.i1smvp (or without year DOI:10.15468/dl.tikovq)
- Finland DOI:10.15468/dl.5w0zme
- Iceland DOI:10.15468/dl.awmou9
- Norway DOI:10.15468/dl.heawlq
- Sweden DOI:10.15468/dl.z7jfht
