Livestock Biodiversity Workshop



Livestock Biodiversity Workshop

FAO, Rome, May 5-6, 2010

Which policies and strategies are required to succesfully maintain our European Farm Animal Genetic Resources? What are the opportunities of the latest methodologies to characterize and prioritize livestock breeds? During the past two years, the GLOBALDIV (www.globaldiv.eu) and EURECA (www.regionalcattlebreeds.eu) projects have been focused on these questions. GLOBALDIV and EURECA are both GENRES projects which are co-funded by the EU AGRI GENRES program. This program aims to contribute to a better characterization of farm animal genetic resources and to strengthening of conservation efforts.

The GLOBALDIV and EURECA projects are pleased to announce a joint 2-day workshop for policy makers, scientists, NGO's and representatives of industry. Outcomes and recommendations from GLOBALDIV, EURECA and other GENRES projects will be presented. Lecture topics will span from genomics to socio-economic issues in biodiversity conservation.

Paolo Ajmone Marsan - GLOBALDIV coordinator
Sipke Joost Hiemstra - EURECA coordinator


Presentations can be found on the following link: