Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity
Loading...
Date
2024-09-19
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
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.
Sustainable Development Goals
SGD-2: Zero Hunger
Keywords
Agroecology, Agriculture, Climate-change adaptation, Conservation biology, Interdisciplinary studies