Nordic Crop Wild Relative conservation A report from two collaborative projects 2015-2019 Nordic Crop Wild Relative conservation A report from two collaborative projects 2015–2019 Anna Palmé, Heli Fitzgerald, Jens Weibull, Kristina Bjureke, Kaija Eisto, Dag Endresen, Jenny Hagenblad, Marko Hyvärinen, Elina Kiviharju, Birgitte Lund, Morten Rasmussen and Hjörtur Þorbjörnsson TemaNord 2019:533 Nordic Crop Wild Relative conservation A report from two collaborative projects 2015–2019 Anna Palmé, Heli Fitzgerald, Jens Weibull, Kristina Bjureke, Kaija Eisto, Dag Endresen, Jenny Hagenblad, Marko Hyvärinen, Elina Kiviharju, Birgitte Lund, Morten Rasmussen and Hjörtur Þorbjörnsson ISBN 978-92-893-6185-9 (PDF) ISBN 978-92-893-6186-6 (EPUB) http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/TN2019-533 TemaNord 2019:533 ISSN 0908-6692 Standard: PDF/UA-1 ISO 14289-1 © Nordic Council of Ministers 2019 This publication was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. 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The Nordic Council of Ministers Nordens Hus Ved Stranden 18 DK-1061 Copenhagen [email protected] Download and order Nordic publications from www.norden.org/nordpub Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................. 7 Chapter summaries .................................................................................................................. 9 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 13 1.1 Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) ...................................................................................... 13 2. Nordic CWR species ........................................................................................................... 15 2.1 Nordic CWR checklist .............................................................................................. 15 2.2 Nordic CWR prioritisation .......................................................................................16 3. In situ conservation ............................................................................................................19 3.1 Introduction to in situ conservation .........................................................................19 3.2 In situ conservation gap analysis ............................................................................. 20 4. Climate change analysis of three example species.............................................................. 23 5. Ex situ conservation .......................................................................................................... 29 5.1 Introduction to ex situ conservation ........................................................................ 29 5.2 Ex situ gap analysis and collecting priorities ............................................................. 30 6. Integration and cooperation .............................................................................................. 35 6.1 Integration of National and Nordic conservation ..................................................... 35 6.2 European cooperation and integration ................................................................... 40 7. Policy and legislation ......................................................................................................... 41 7.1 On policy ................................................................................................................ 41 7.2 On legislation ......................................................................................................... 42 8. Publication and outreach .................................................................................................. 45 8.1 A Nordic CWR website ........................................................................................... 45 8.2 Policy brief ............................................................................................................. 46 8.3 iNaturalist ............................................................................................................... 47 8.4 Social media ........................................................................................................... 47 8.5 International scientific publications and presentations at meetings ....................... 48 8.6 National publications ............................................................................................. 49 8.7 Project websites..................................................................................................... 49 8.8 Publications from the project ................................................................................. 49 9. Toolkit for in situ conservation in the Nordic countries ....................................................... 51 10. Recommendations and conclusions ................................................................................... 55 10.1 Recommendations .................................................................................................. 55 10.2 Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 60 11. Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 63 12. References ....................................................................................................................... 65 Sammanfattning .................................................................................................................... 69 13. Appendices........................................................................................................................ 71 13.1 Appendix 1: Top in situ conservation sites ................................................................ 71 13.2 Appendix 2: CWR species with no or limited ex situ conservation ............................. 72 13.3 Appendix 3: Policy brief ........................................................................................... 73 13.4 Appendix 4: Draft ministerial declaration ................................................................ 73 13.5 Appendix 5: Comments on the declaration .............................................................. 74 Nordic Crop Wild Relative Conservation 5 6 Nordic Crop Wild Relative Conservation Summary The report summarizes results from a cooperation among all the Nordic countries during the period 2015–2019 (two projects). The work has focused on the conservation of Crop Wild Relatives (CWR), i.e. wild plant species closely related to crops. They are of special importance to humanity since traits of potential value for food security and climate change adaptation can be transferred from CWR into crops. The projects represent the first joint action