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Plant Genetic Resources: Asian Perspectives

Year of publication 2010

Pages 146

Author Agriculture Group

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title RAP Publication

Series number 1020-6221|1014-2789|18194591|0428-9560

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document represents a record of three meetings held back-to-back during the week 6 - 10 September 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The first meeting was the Second National Focal Points Meeting of Project GCP/RAS/240/JPN - Capacity building and regional collaboration for enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources in Asia. This was held on the 6 September 2010 and was attended by the National Focal Points of all 15 countries that are participating in the project i n addition to representatives from Japan, the project donor. The second meeting was an Asian Consultation on updating the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. This is one of a series of regional consultations that is taking place during 2010 on this topic. The meeting was held on 7 and 8 September 2010. The week finished with a workshop on the ITPGRFA that was lead by the Treaty Secretariat represented by M ario Marino and consultant Lim Eng Siang. The documents in this publication provide a great deal of information related to Plant Genetic Resources in Asia, the progress being made in documenting PGRFA information and also the present situation regarding the ITPGRFA.

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