1. 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 - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

2. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org Work package 1: primary objective Create a European crop wild relative database, incorporating baseline biodiversity data with current conservation and threat status

3. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

4. Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

5. Conserving Europe’s plant genetic resources for use now and in the future PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org Catalogue of crop wild relatives Euro+Med PlantBase Mansfeld’s World Database genera Forestry + ornamental genera Catalogue of CWR species CWR genera

6. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

7. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

8. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org Catalogue of crop wild relatives Ver. 3.1 Euro+Med data filtering Country of occurrence Status –Native –Introduced –Cultivated –Status unknown World distribution completeness

9. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

10. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org FamiliesGeneraSpecies E+M filtered2152,42230,729 Crops (Mansfeld) 15784319,091 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

11. PGR Forum - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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

12. 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 - EVK2-2001-00192 Fifth Framework Programme for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development www.pgrforum.org 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