Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum European crop wild relative diversity assessment and conservation forum PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Work package 1 European crop wild relative assessment PGR Forum Workshop 5 Genetic erosion and pollution assessment methodologies 8-11 September 2004 Terceira Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Work package 1: primary objective Create a European crop wild relative database, incorporating baseline biodiversity data with current conservation and threat status
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development WP1 Deliverables List of European crop wild relatives Agreed taxon conservation dataset European crop wild relative database Web enabled database available via project web site
Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development The European crop wild relative database CWR catalogue Crops and their wild relatives c. 20,000 species + Use CWR case studies Collection of in-depth data for selected taxa to illustrate the data model Metadata Links to external data sources i.e. development of the “real” CWR information system User requirements Data standards
Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Euro+Med PlantBase Mansfeld’s World Database genera Forestry + ornamental genera Catalogue of CWR species CWR genera
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 1.0 Version 1.0 (2003): Mansfeld genera only 813 genera matched with E+M 15,031 species within matched genera
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 Version 3.1 (2004): Mansfeld, forestry and ornamental genera Forestry genera: Schultze-Motel (1966) (Enumeration of cultivated forest plant species) Ornamental genera : Community Plant Variety Office
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 Euro+Med data filtering Country of occurrence Status –Native –Introduced –Cultivated –Status unknown World distribution completeness
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 Euro+Med data filtering P - Present S - Assumed present D - Doubt about presence E - Extinct F - Recorded as present in error A – Absent
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development FamiliesGeneraSpecies E+M filtered2152,42230,729 Crops (Mansfeld) ,091 Forestry541352,798 Ornamental872277,388 All groups164920*20,127 Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 Summary statistics *106 genera are common to Mansfeld and forestry lists; 166 genera are common to Mansfeld and ornamental lists
PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 List to be published on PGR Forum web site, downloadable by geographical unit Feedback (if any): –nomenclatural or occurrence to go directly to Euro+Med Secretariat – protocol to be established –CWR genera missing (unlikely) to go directly to PGR Forum Coordination
Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum European crop wild relative diversity assessment and conservation forum PGR Forum - EVK Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Work package 1 European crop wild relative assessment PGR Forum Workshop 5 Genetic erosion and pollution assessment methodologies 8-11 September 2004 Terceira Island, Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal