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Paper abstract bibtex [Excerpt: Executive summary] Forests and trees enhance and protect landscapes, ecosystems and production systems. They provide goods and services which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity. Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. FGR are essential for the adaptation and evolutionary processes of forests and trees as well as for improving their productivity. [] The world's current population of 7.2 billion is projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Along with population growth, the demand for energy and wood products for both industrial and domestic uses is expected to increase by 40 percent in the next 20 years. The demand for other forest-related goods (food, medicine, fodder and other commodities) is also predicted to increase. [] A major consequence of population pressure is land-use change. Forest conversion to crop and pasture land, together with overexploitation, selective harvesting and high tree mortality due to extreme climatic events, in combination with regeneration failure, can result in local population extinction and the loss of FGR. [] Conservation and sustainable management of FGR is therefore a must to ensure that present and future generations continue to benefit from forests and trees. [The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources] This first The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources constitutes a major step in building the information and knowledge base required for action towards better conservation and sustainable management of FGR at national, regional and international levels. [] The report was prepared based on information provided by 86 countries, outcomes from regional and subregional consultations and information compiled in thematic studies. It includes: [::] an overview of definitions and concepts related to FGR and a review of their value; [::] a description of the main drivers of change; [::] the presentation of key emerging technologies; [::] an analysis of the current status of FGR conservation, use and related developments; [::] recommendations addressing the challenges and needs. [] [...] [The state of knowledge of forest genetic resources: a summary] [::] Knowledge of FGR is reported to be inadequate for well-informed policy or management in most countries. [::] Studies have described genetic parameters for less than 1 percent of tree species, although both the number of studies and the number of species studied have increased significantly in the past decade. [::] Most studies conducted during the past two decades have been at the molecular level, either using DNA markers or genomic technologies to characterize genetic resources. Molecular information is accumulating much faster than wholeorganism information, with the consequence that little of the accumulating knowledge has direct application in management, improvement or conservation. [::] A few species have been well researched - through both molecular and quantitative studies - and genetically characterized; these mainly comprise temperate conifers, eucalypts, several acacias, teak and a few other broadly adapted, widely planted and rapidly growing species. [::] Quantitative genetic knowledge has led to significant productivity gains in a small number of high-value planted timber species. [::] Genomic knowledge of forest trees lags behind that of model herbaceous crop species, including the important agricultural crops, but for several tree species the entire genome has been or is in the process of being sequenced, and novel approaches have been developed to link markers to important traits. Genomic or marker-assisted selection is close to being realized, but phenotyping and data management are the biggest bottlenecks. [::] Many of the species identified as priorities, especially for local use, have received little or no research attention, indicating a need to associate funding with priority-setting exercises. [] [...]
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title = {The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources},
author = {{Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture}},
date = {2014},
publisher = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
url = {http://mfkp.org/INRMM/article/14130284},
abstract = {[Excerpt: Executive summary]
Forests and trees enhance and protect landscapes, ecosystems and production systems. They provide goods and services which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity. Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. FGR are essential for the adaptation and evolutionary processes of forests and trees as well as for improving their productivity.
[] The world's current population of 7.2 billion is projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Along with population growth, the demand for energy and wood products for both industrial and domestic uses is expected to increase by 40 percent in the next 20 years. The demand for other forest-related goods (food, medicine, fodder and other commodities) is also predicted to increase.
[] A major consequence of population pressure is land-use change. Forest conversion to crop and pasture land, together with overexploitation, selective harvesting and high tree mortality due to extreme climatic events, in combination with regeneration failure, can result in local population extinction and the loss of FGR.
[] Conservation and sustainable management of FGR is therefore a must to ensure that present and future generations continue to benefit from forests and trees.
[The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources] This first The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources constitutes a major step in building the information and knowledge base required for action towards better conservation and sustainable management of FGR at national, regional and international levels.
[] The report was prepared based on information provided by 86 countries, outcomes from regional and subregional consultations and information compiled in thematic studies. It includes:
[::] an overview of definitions and concepts related to FGR and a review of their value; [::] a description of the main drivers of change; [::] the presentation of key emerging technologies; [::] an analysis of the current status of FGR conservation, use and related developments; [::] recommendations addressing the challenges and needs.
[] [...]
[The state of knowledge of forest genetic resources: a summary]
[::] Knowledge of FGR is reported to be inadequate for well-informed policy or management in most countries.
[::] Studies have described genetic parameters for less than 1 percent of tree species, although both the number of studies and the number of species studied have increased significantly in the past decade.
[::] Most studies conducted during the past two decades have been at the molecular level, either using DNA markers or genomic technologies to characterize genetic resources. Molecular information is accumulating much faster than wholeorganism information, with the consequence that little of the accumulating knowledge has direct application in management, improvement or conservation.
[::] A few species have been well researched - through both molecular and quantitative studies - and genetically characterized; these mainly comprise temperate conifers, eucalypts, several acacias, teak and a few other broadly adapted, widely planted and rapidly growing species.
[::] Quantitative genetic knowledge has led to significant productivity gains in a small number of high-value planted timber species.
[::] Genomic knowledge of forest trees lags behind that of model herbaceous crop species, including the important agricultural crops, but for several tree species the entire genome has been or is in the process of being sequenced, and novel approaches have been developed to link markers to important traits. Genomic or marker-assisted selection is close to being realized, but phenotyping and data management are the biggest bottlenecks.
[::] Many of the species identified as priorities, especially for local use, have received little or no research attention, indicating a need to associate funding with priority-setting exercises.
[] [...]},
isbn = {978-92-5-108402-1},
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