World Watch List - For domestic animal diversity

FAO;Animal Production and Health Division

World Watch List - For domestic animal diversity

2nd edition

Year of publication 1995

Pages 762

Author FAO;Animal Production and Health Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 92510372

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) World food production and agriculture utilize only a few animal species, within which many breeds with unique characteristics exist. These genetic resources form the pool of domestic animal diversity available to meet the increasing massive global demand for food and agriculture. This component of biodiversity is essential for efficient and sustainable production of food from the great range of production environments in the world, and to satisfy the many different needs of human s ocieties. This biological diversity is being lost as human population and economic pressures accelerate the pace of change in traditional agricultural systems. As a result, more and more breeds of domestic animals are in danger of becoming extinct. Greater efforts in the conservation and sustainable use of these irreplaceable resources are required to prevent, stop and reverse this trend of erosion of diversity. Conservation is not simply preservation of those breeds currently not in use. It also encompasses the monitoring, characterization and well-managed development and utilization over time of the gene pool of each species.

Language English

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