Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity

Jago, S., Elliott, K. F. V. A., Tovar, C., Soto Gomez, M., Starnes, T., Abebe, W., Alexander, C., Antonelli, A., Baldaszti, L., Cerullo, G., and others. (2024) Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity. Nature Sustainability, 7 . pp. 1385-1394. ISSN 2398-9629. (doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01427-2) (KAR id:107284)

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Abstract

The global biodiversity crisis in agriculture is overlooked compared with that in wild systems. This must change if we are to safeguard domesticated plant diversity and meet global sustainable development and biodiversity goals. In this Perspective, we review tools developed through decades of wild biodiversity conservation and provide a framework for adapting and applying these for agrobiodiversity conservation. We focus on challenges and solutions around monitoring the status of agrobiodiversity, prioritizing its conservation, conserving it in situ and financing to ensure these actions can be maintained long term. Conserving global agrobiodiversity supports wider conservation efforts and is crucial for achieving food security, climate resilience and a sustainable future.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1038/s41893-024-01427-2
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Natural Sciences > Conservation Institutes > Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology)
Funders:	University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User:	Bob Smith
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2024 08:22 UTC
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2025 14:33 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/107284 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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