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NordGen and partners would like to invite you to a series of six lunch webinars on Crop Wild Relative (CWR) conservation and use.

Climate change is expected to have a large impact on the geographic distribution of wild plant species and its effects have already been observed. To better prepare for current and future changes we need knowledge and understanding of the effects of climate change. In this way we can adapt conservation approaches to minimise the effects to make sure that wild species, their genetic diversity and adaptive potential are conserved long-term. 

In this lunch webinar we will discuss the impact of climate change on wild plant species, focusing on Crop Wild Relatives (CWR, wild species that are related crops). We will take a look at the wider picture of climate change impacts on plant distributions and crop wild relatives across the globe, followed by a more detailed discussion of how crop wild relatives across the Nordic countries may respond to climatic changes and the implications this has for in situ and ex situ conservation.

The webinar is part of the project “Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources in the Nordic countries”, which is a collaboration among all Nordic countries and funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers as part of the Nature-based Solutions programme.

Speakers: Jade Phillps (University of Birmingham), Heli Fitzgerald (Finnish Museum of Natural History).

Language: English.