Criterion 3 of the Dry forests - Asia Process is “Maintenance and Enhancement of Bio-diversity”. Indicator 3.6 Existence of mechanisms for the conservation of genetic resources
Criterion 2 of the Dry-Zone Africa Process is “Conservation and Enhancement of Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems”. Indicators 2c are entitled “Genetic Indicators (fauna, flora)”. In fact, some of the proposed indicators measure diversity at the species level. For example, indicator 10 is “Number of forest dependent species with reduced range”, and indicator 11 is “Population levels of key species across their range”. Indicator 12 is a true genetic indicator, “Management of genetic resources”,
Criterion 5 of the ITTO process (national and forest management unit level) is “Biological Diversity”. This Criterion relates to the conservation and maintenance of biological diversity, including ecosystem, species and genetic diversity. However, the genetic diversity indicators is 5.6: “Existence and implementation of a strategy for in situ and/or ex situ conservation of the genetic variation within commercial, endangered, rare and threatened species of forest flora and fauna”
The Central America/Lepaterique Process is largely silent on genetic diversity, with national level indicators under Criterion 2, “Conservation and Maintenance of Environmental Services Provided by Forest Ecosystems” referring only to “Number of forest species conserved ex-situ (e.g. in seed banks)”, Forest Management Unit Level indicators under Criterion 4, “Contribution of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Services” also propose the same indicator as the only measure of genetic diversity.
Criterion 1 of the Montreal Process (national level) is “Conservation of biological diversity”. Two indicators of genetic diversity are proposed: “Number of forest dependent species that occupy a small portion of their former range”, and “Population levels of representative species from diverse habitats monitored across their range”
Criterion 4 of the Pan-European (Helsinki) Process (national level) is “Maintenance, Conservation and Appropriate Enhancement of Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems”. The various “concept areas” under this criterion offer few details for genetic diversity. Concept Area “General Conditions” states that “Existence and capacity of an institutional framework to [inter alia] - maintain, conserve and appropriately enhance biological diversity at the ecosystem, species and genetic levels”. Concept Area “Biological Diversity in Production Forests” includes a quantitative indicator 4.3, “Changes in the proportions of stands managed for the conservation and utilisation of forest genetic resources (gene reserve forests, seed collection stands, etc.); differentiation between indigenous and introduced species”
Criterion 4 of the Tarapoto Proposals (Amazon Cooperation Treaty countries), at the National Level, is “Conservation of Forest Cover and of Biological Diversity. One indicator within this criterion is “Measures for the conservation of genetic resources”.
Criterion 2 of the Near East Process is “Conservation of Biological Diversity in Forest Areas”. Proposed genetic indicators are “Existence of the number of seed provenance”, “Number of forest-dependent species with reduced range”, and “Population levels of key species across their range”.
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[8] Source: FAO
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