AAGW3 - Hannes Gaisberger - Spatial analysis to support conservation and use of agricultural and forest biodiversity

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1. Spatial analysis to support conservation and use of agricultural and forest biodiversity Hannes Gaisberger, Bioversity International Contact: h.gaisberger@cgiar.org Africa Agriculture GIS Week (AAGW3) Addis Ababa, 11-15 March 2013
2. Bioversity’s vision A world in which smallholder farming communities in developing countries are thriving and sustainable Bioversity’s purpose Investigate and promote the use and conservation of agricultural and forest biodiversity to achieve better nutrition, improve livelihoods and enhance agricultural sustainability Bioversity’s strategic priorities • Supporting smallholder farmers to use biodiversity • Conserving plant diversity and improving the availability of plant genetic resources
3. Supporting smallholder farmers to use biodiversity • Seeds for Needs How to find the most valuable seeds for farmer’s future needs? Ethiopia: Selection of 100 durum wheat and barley genebank accessions with potential adaptive traits to be evaluated at three sites http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainabl e_agriculture/seeds_for_needs.html
4. Selection of potential genebank material Selection criteria: • Current climate analogues between evaluation sites and collection sites • Collection sites in extreme climates • Promising material based on functional traits • About 20% randomly chosen as a reference
5. Ejere 2221 m K’ok’a 1604 m Ch’efe Donsa 2421 m •K’ok’a current •Ejere current •Ch’efe Donsa current • Increasing temperature •K’ok’a 2020 •K’ok’a 2050 •Ch’efe Donsa 2020 •Ch’efe Donsa 2050 •Ejere 2020 •Ejere 2050 Analogue sites for future climate
6. Suitability maps under current and future climatic conditions
7. Farmer’s evaluation
8. Conserving plant diversity and improving the availability of plant genetic resources • MAPFORGEN www.mapforgen.org • Bioversity Collection missions http://www.bioversityinternational.org/collecting_missio ns
9. MAPFORGEN: Knowledge sharing to conserve forest diversity Principle goals • Establish Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) knowledge • Promote collaborations between researchers • Support FGR conservation actions • Increase visibility FGR Atlas to promote the conservation of 100 Woody perennials species, native and socio- economically important to Latin America and the Caribbean
10. MAPFORGEN: Data sharing CEDEREN A Ecuador ICRAF-Perú INIA- Uruguay Collaboration with the Latin American Forest Genetic Resources Network (LAFORGEN)
11. MAPFORGEN: The online atlas shows information about 1. Basic Information (uses, reproductive biology, seed dispersion, pollination) 2. Distribution (Ecological niche models) 3. Conservation Status (current status, extend of occurrence, area of occupancy and protected areas) 4. Degree of threat (Analyze main threats in the potential distribution range) 5. Genetic diversity (intra-specific diversity)
13. Available maps
14. Extending to other continents http://www.mapforgen.org/
15. Building critical mass Engaging collaborators and partners through capacity building http://www.bioversityinternational.org/training/training_materials/gis_manual
16. Bioversity Collecting Missions Four decades of collecting mission data online
17. Scanning of field notebooks and related documents http://www.central-repository.cgiar.org
18. Collecting Mission Database http://www.bioversityinternational.org/collecting_missions/collecting_missions.html
19. Passport data quality • Geoparsing of descriptive site information (BioGeomancer, GEOLocate) • Identification and elimination of outliers with ArcGIS 94% of the total samples are georeferenced
20. Other projects and studies Cherimoya genetic diversity Capsicum project
21. Other projects and studies “Conservation priorities for Prunus africana defined with the aid of spatial analysis of genetic data and climatic variables”
22. Thank you very much for your attention !!