Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible
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- Sean Hoban
- The Morton Arboretum, Center for Tree Science, Lisle, Illinois, United States
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- Michael W Bruford
- Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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- W Chris Funk
- Department of Biology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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- Peter Galbusera
- Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Centre for Research and Conservation, Antwerp, Belgium
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- M Patrick Griffith
- Montgomery Botanical Center, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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- Catherine E Grueber
- University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Myriam Heuertz
- INRAE, and the University of Bordeaux, Biogeco, Cestas, France
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- Margaret E Hunter
- US Geological Survey's Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States
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- Christina Hvilsom
- Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Belma Kalamujic Stroil
- University of Sarajevo Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Laboratory for Molecular Genetics of Natural Resources, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Francine Kershaw
- Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York, United States
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- Colin K Khoury
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia
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- Linda Laikre
- Department of Zoology, Division of Population Genetics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Margarida Lopes-Fernandes
- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Anna J MacDonald
- Australian National University, John Curtin School of Medical Research and Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia
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- Joachim Mergeay
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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- Mariah Meek
- Michigan State University Department of Integrative Biology, AgBio Research, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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- Cinnamon Mittan
- Cornell University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, New York, United States
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- Tarek A Mukassabi
- University of Benghazi Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Benghazi, Libya
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- David O'Brien
- NatureScot, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Rob Ogden
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and with the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Clarisse PALMA-SILVA
- Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Uma Ramakrishnan
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Gernot Segelbacher
- Chair of wildlife ecology and management, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Robyn E Shaw
- Department of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Per Sjögren-Gulve
- Wildlife Analysis Unit, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nevena Veličković
- University of Novi Sad's Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Cristiano Vernesi
- Forest Ecology and Biogeochemical Fluxes Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’ Adige, Italy
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Global conservation policy and action have largely neglected protecting and monitoring genetic diversity—one of the three main pillars of biodiversity. Genetic diversity (diversity within species) underlies species’ adaptation and survival, ecosystem resilience, and societal innovation. The low priority given to genetic diversity has largely been due to knowledge gaps in key areas, including the importance of genetic diversity and the trends in genetic diversity change; the perceived high expense and low availability and the scattered nature of genetic data; and complicated concepts and information that are inaccessible to policymakers. However, numerous recent advances in knowledge, technology, databases, practice, and capacity have now set the stage for better integration of genetic diversity in policy instruments and conservation efforts. We review these developments and explore how they can support improved consideration of genetic diversity in global conservation policy commitments and enable countries to monitor, report on, and take action to maintain or restore genetic diversity.</jats:p>
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- BioScience
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BioScience 71 (9), 964-976, 2021-05-26
Oxford University Press (OUP)
