Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural
changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. The preservation of these species is a …

Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species
(mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies, freshwater fishes, and selected …

Awareness of the need for biodiversity conservation is now universally accepted, but most
often recent conservation activities have focused on wild species. Crop species and the …

Ex situ seed storage underpins global agriculture and food supplies and enables the
conservation of thousands of wild species of plants within national and international …

There are many potential approaches to systematic CWR conservation. But as every country
contains CWR diversity, they are obliged as signatories to the CBD and ITPGRFA, or other …

For the past two decades, biodiversity conservation has been an area of concerted action
and spirited debate. Given the centrality of biodiversity to the earth's life support system, its …

Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

Latin America is the center of domestication and diversity of maize, the second most
cultivated crop worldwide. In this region, maize landraces are fundamental for food security …

Landraces cultivated in centers of crop diversity result from past and contemporary patterns
of natural and farmer‐mediated evolutionary forces. Successful in situ conservation of crop …