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A European forum to debate methodologies for the
conservation of crop wild relatives
Project Thematic Network funded under EC
Framework 5 Programme f. Research Key action 2
Global change, climate and biodiversity, 2.2.3
Assessing and conserving biodiversity
The project duration is 36 months 01.11.2002 -
31.10.2005 Final Conference in 14-17 September
2005, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
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Coordination Nigel Maxted, University of
Birmingham, UK Projekt Partners 185 Project
Partners, 21 Nations Belgium, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the
Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden,
Romania,Russia, and the United
Kingdom Additional Partners IUCN - World
Conservation Union IPGRI - International Plant
Genetic Resources Institute
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Workshop 1 European crop wild relative
assessment 5-8 February 2003, Greece The
University of Birmingham, Greek Gene
Bank Workshop 2 Threat and conservation
assessment 27-30 April 2005, Denmark The World
Conservation Union (IUCN), Danish Institute of
Agricultural Sciences Workshop 3 In situ data
management methodologies 8-10 September 2003,
Czech Republic German Centre for Documentation
and -information in Agriculture (ZADI) Workshop
4 Population management methodologies 21-24
April 2004, Spain Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid Workshop 5 Genetic erosion and pollution
assessment 8-11 September 2004,
Portugal Instituto Nacional de Investigação
Agrária e das Pesca (INIA), The University of
Birmingham Final Dissemination Conference The
International Plant Genetic Resources Insitute
(IPGRI) The University of Birmingham
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Achievements
- Newsletters Crop wild relative Issue 1-3 -
Workshop reports - List of European CWR - Crop
Wild Relative Information System containing
case studies and species list - User needs
survey - Publications under development -
Website www.pgrforum.org