Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers
Christel Palmberg-Lerche
Chief Forest Resources Development Service
March 2001
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The Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers report on issues addressed in the work programme of FAO. These working papers do not reflect any official position of FAO. Please refer to the FAO website (www.fao.org/fo) for official information.
The purpose of these papers is to provide early information on on-going activities and programmes, and to stimulate discussion.
Comments and feedback are welcome.
For further information please contact:
Ms. Christel Palmberg-Lerche, Chief
Mr. Pierre Sigaud, Forestry Officer (Forest Genetic
Resources)
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome (Italy)
e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
or FAO Publications and Information Coordinator:
[email protected].
For quotation:
FAO (2001). International Action in the Management of Forest Genetic Resources: status and challenges. Paper prepared by Christel Palmberg-Lerche, September 2000. Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers, Working Paper FGR/1. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome (unpublished).
© FAO 2001
INTERNATIONAL ACTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST GENETIC
RESOURCES
status and challenges1 2
1 Invited Paper presented at Symposium, “In situ Conservation of Tropical Arboreous Species”, held in honor of late Abdou Salam Ouédraogo (IPGRI). 46th National Genetics Conference, Simposio 11. Águas de Lindóia, S.P. (Brazil), 19-23 September 2000.2 This paper is based on a number of documents and publications prepared by the Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department over recent years; colleagues in the Division are contributors to the ideas expressed.
Christel Palmberg-Lerche
Chief, Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department,
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome, Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.
MANAGEMENT OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
INTERNATIONAL ACTION IN FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
General Considerations
Forest Genetic Resources in the International Forestry Dialogue
Policy Tools and Mechanisms
Programmes and Activities
Regional Forest Genetic Resources Workshops and Action Plans
ANNEX 1: Some FAO Programmes and Activities in Forest Genetic Resources
Background
Forest Genetic Resources and Biological Diversity in Focus
Main Activities 1998-2000
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)
World Bank
International Conventions and Agreements Related to Forests
I. Extracts from “FAO Draft Technical Guidelines Identification and Definition of National Priorities”
II. Extracts “Genetics and the Forests of the Future”
III. Extracts, “IPGRI’s Programme in Criteria for Effective Priority-Setting”
IV. Extracts from, “Setting priorities for conservation of the conifer genetic resources of British Columbia (Canada)”
ANNEX 4: Biotechnologies in Forestry
I. Biotechnologies in Food and Agriculture: FAO’s role
II. FAO Statement on Biotechnology
III. Box 5. Some references on forestry and biotechnologies