BookNigel Maxted, Danny Hunter, Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos.
Summary: "Plant genetic conservation is a current critical issue because of the increasing loss of taxa and genetic diversity associated with climate change and environmental mismanagement on all biodiversity, but particularly plant diversity that forms the foundation of all food chains and human food security. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 was first to draw attention to the need to conserve the world's natural resources, the need to link biodiversity conservation to sustainable exploitation and human development and the requirement to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the exploitation of biological diversity. A requirement echoed throughout numerous global environmental reports up the most recent State of the World Report on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (FAO, 2019) and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report (IPBES, 2019). The exploitation of plant genetic diversity is of fundamental importance to the survival of humankind, therefore, the need to safeguard plant genetic conservation and sustainable exploitation is crucial to all our futures. This text provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the strategies and actions we can adopt to conserve plant genetic diversity, as well as explaining how humankind can exploit these resources for sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.