Biological Diversity and Genetic Resources: The Programme of the Commonwealth Science CouncilCommonwealth Secretariat, 1992 - 145 pages Conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of genetic resources have been priority issues for a number of countries and international organisations over the past decade. We have begun to realise that the rapid rate of development at all costs has generated forces that are threatening to destroy the very substratum of life on Earth.Biological diversity is the building block of the myriad life forms on our planet and our defence against global climate changes. Wider acceptance of this truth has given an impetus to the need for further work at political and scientific levels. However, little information is available on how to study, use and conserve our biological and genetic resources.The Commonwealth Science Council's programme on biological diversity and genetic resources attempts to redress this imbalance. Launched in 1986, this programme recognises that good policies for conservation of our genetic resources require not only public investment by a systematic approach for institutionalising the key process of such conservation. The programme supports the development of appropriate courses, documents and training materials for capacity building at the local level.This book discusses the programme and aims to contribute significantly towards establishing relevant mechanisms and developing practical action plans for conserving and sustainably using our rapidly vanishing biological diversity. |
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Contents
1 | 3 |
Results of the BDGR project | 32 |
Summary | 41 |
Recommendations of key workshops held | 47 |
List of national coordinators of | 107 |
Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity | 116 |
Glossary | 142 |
Common terms and phrases
activities Africa agriculture appropriate Article Asia-Pacific BDGR programme BDGR project biodiversity biological diversity biological resources biotechnology Botanic Gardens centres collection Commonwealth Science Council components Conference conservation and sustainable conservation biology conservation of biological Contracting Party Convention country Parties crops databases developed country Parties Diversity and Genetic documentation DSIR ecosystems Environment established ethnobotany evaluation ex situ conservation forestry gene banks germplasm global guidelines Guyana habitats herbarium Herbarium Techniques IBPGR identified implementation indigenous International Workshop IUCN key species keystone species Lusaka Malaysia medicinal plants member countries national co-ordinators Papua New Guinea plant genetic resources plant species population potential priority promote protocol recognised recommendations regional workshop relevant Royal Botanic Gardens scientific scientists Sri Lanka standardised studies support species sustainable development taxonomy tissue culture traditional training courses Training Manual Tropical Forest Ecology under-exploited plants United Nations utilisation vitro World Conservation World Conservation Union Zambia Zealand