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  • Brazil advance the inventory of the world's identified plant species

    Brazil is now one of the few countries of the world to have an online database covering the nation’s entire list of identified plants. It required...

  • Wild rice to provide “gene toolkit” for crop improvement

    Further evidence of the increasing interest in CWR as an untapped repository of genetic traits for crop improvement was provided by the recent...

  • Rethinking the role of CWR

    Andy Jarvis explains why CWR are increasingly on demand and why there is growing interest in conserving CWR diversity as opposed to specific traits...

  • Conserving 'Ecologically sensitive areas' in India, holding CWR

    Conserving 'Ecologically sensitive areas' in India, holding CWR.
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  • CWR for food security: Interview with Gary Paul Nabhan

    CWR for food security: Interview with Gary Paul Nabhan

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  • Plant Treaty call for proposals to build capacity for in situ conservation and use of CWR.

    Plant Treaty call for proposals to build capacity for in situ conservation and use of CWR. Read more >>