Plant Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilisation Training in West Africa
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £148,200
WHERE Cameroon, Benin
Summary
To provide 90 Darwin Fellows from West African countries with the skills and experience necessary for them to order, collect, conserve and utilise their native botanical diversity.
30 trainees from West Africa trained for 3 weeks in each of the following - 1) taxonomy, ecogeography, conservation strategies, characterisation and evaluation, sustainable utilisation; 2) formulation and application of ex-situ conservation strategies, seed collection, field gene banks, botanic garden and in vitro conservation; 3) formulation and application of in situ conservation strategies, genetic reserve and on-farm conservation. Training materials
