Story | 12 Nov, 2012

Food Stores: Using protected areas to secure crop genetic diversity

Arguments for Protection series No 3

Author(s): Sue Stolton, Nigel Maxted, Brian Ford-Lloyd, Shelagh Kell and Nigel Dudley

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Third in a series looking at the wider benefits of protected areas. Examines the role of protected areas in protected crop wild relatives and land races for agricultural stability, including many examples and case studies and also guidelines for protected area managers.