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New Database on Irish CWR is launched
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has recently launched the Crop Wild Relatives website and database, which provide information on the...
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Pavlosk collection earns reprieve
The world’s largest fruit and berry collection is safe for now. All those who have been closely following the fate of the Pavlovsk agricultural...
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Malagasy wild yam makes it to the Top 10 of the IISE
The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, and an international committee of taxonomists, announced the top 10...
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SEB 2010 - 51st Annual Meeting
The Society for Economic Botany (SEB) was established in 1959 to foster and encourage scientific research, education, and related activities on the...
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Wild pears steal the scene in Yerevan Botanic Gardens
A recent article in the latest issue of the BG Journal (January 2010) highlighted the important work that is being carried out in the Yerevan Botanic...
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JKI launches new version of the CWR Information System for Beta
In January 2009 the Julius Kühn-Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops launched a new version of the Crop Wild Relative Information...
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Google Earth - Earth Engine and trees in 3D
The latest version of Google Earth is launched, and it has some interesting new features. Google has added 3D trees; mostly species found in major...
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BBC reports on CWR Project
The BBC has highlighted a project coordinated by the Global Crop Diversity Trust to collect and catalogue seeds from across the globe. The aim is to...
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A boost for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources is an important international agreement on conservation and use of the worlds’ plant diversity....
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The European Commission - 17 actions dedicated to genetic resources
The Community Programme of the genetic resources in agriculture presents 17 actions to promote and conserve genetic diversity in agriculture,...