The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources

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The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic
Resources

• Irene Hoffmann, David Boerma, Beate Scherf
• FAO
• John Vercoe Conference
• Nairobi, 8-9.11.2007

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Contents

• FAOs programme on AnGR
• Preparation of the SOW-AnGR
• The Interlaken Conference
• The State of the Worlds Animal Genetic Resources
  for Food and Agriculture
• The Interlaken Declaration on Animal Genetic
  Resources
• The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic
  Resources
• Implementation of the Global Plan
• Next steps

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• FAOs programmes on AnGR

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AnGR and PGR for food and agriculture

• Are results of human intervention
• Co-evolve with economies, cultures, knowledge
  systems and societies
• Contribute to food security and rural development
• Provide ecosystem functions
• Management is a complex task
• Countries are interdependent
• Are underutilized and underconserved

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Farmers co-manage PGR and AnGR
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Threats to AnGR and PGR diversity

• Population pressure leading to habitat
  destruction
• Globalization, intensification and mechanization
• Changing cultural practices, erosion of customary
  institutions and social relations
• Loss of access to resources, overgrazing,
  resource degradation

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FAOs work on GRFA since the 1960s
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FAOs work on GRFA since the 1960s
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Two-pronged approach

• Technical SOW report
• Country Reports
• DAD-IS and FAOSTAT
• Regional consultations
• Review by ITWG4
• Accepted by CGRFA11
• Launched at Interlaken

• Policy SPA/GPA
• Country Reports
• Regional consultations
• Review by CGRFA10
• Negotiation by ITWG4
• Negotiation by Friends-of the Chair
• Negotiation by CGRFA11 SPA GPA
• Adoption by Interlaken Conference

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SoW-AnGR preparation

• 156 countries received technical and/or financial
  support from FAO in partnership with the World
  Association for Animal Production (WAAP)
• 396 persons from 178 countries trained in 15
  sub-regional workshops in country reporting
• 20 sub-regional follow-up workshops were
  organized involving more than 150 countries for
  identification of national and regional priorities

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• The International Technical Conference on
  Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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• The State of the WorldsAnimal Genetic
  Resources for Food and Agriculture

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The State of the Worlds AnGR
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Status of AnGR

• Breed diversity the global picture

7 616 breeds reported, of which 690 are extinct
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Local breeds by country regional risk status
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Risk status - the global picture
20 at risk 30 unknown
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The state of capacities

• In most developing countries there is a lack of
• capacities and basic institutions for
  characterization, inventory monitoring,
  breeding conservation
• development policies legal structures
• structures for national, regional international
  cooperation
• interest in NARS and national Non-Governmental
  Organizations
• interest in international donor community

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Reasons for the lack in capacities

• Relevance of AnGR to food security not recognized
• More pressing development goals poverty
  alleviation and meeting the demand for products
  of animal origin
• Missing technical guidelines for sustainable use
  of AnGR and in vivo in situ conservation
• Lack of human capacities in livestock production
  and AnGR management

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• The Interlaken Declaration on Animal Genetic
  Resources

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Interlaken Declaration

• AnGR critical to food security and sustainable
  livelihoods
• maintain and use the full diversity of animal
  genetic resources to meet production challenges
• facilitate access to these resources, and ensure
  the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
  arising from their use
• contribution of local and indigenous communities
• gaps in capacities to manage animal genetic
  resources
• new and additional resources, and long-term
  support for national and international AnGR
  programmes

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• The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic
  Resources

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Rationale

• The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic
  Resources provides a framework, agreed by the
  international community,
• to support and increase the overall effectiveness
  of national, regional and global efforts for the
  sustainable use, development and conservation of
  animal genetic resources,
• to facilitate mobilization of resources,
  including adequate financial resources,
  development of institutions, human resources and
  cooperative frameworks.

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Strategic Priorities for Action

• The 23 Strategic Priorities for Action
  provide the agenda for action for the Global Plan
  of Action for Animal Genetic Resources.
• They contain four Priority Areas
• Characterization, Inventory and Monitoring of
  Trends and associated Risks (2 SP)
• Sustainable Use and Development (4 SP)
• Conservation (5 SP)
• Policies, Institutions and Capacity Building (13
  SP)

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Implementation and Financing of the GPA

• National, regional and global levels
• Role of international organizations
• Involvement of stakeholders
• International cooperation
• Interaction with donor community
• Monitoring of progress and reporting
• Further guidance by the CGRFA within its
  Multi-Year Programme of Work

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• Implementation of the Global Plan of Action

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Implementation Awareness raising

• SP 18 Raise national awareness of the roles and
  values of animal genetic resources
• SP 19 Raise regional and international awareness
  of the roles and values of animal genetic
  resources
• SP 15 Establish or strengthen international
  information sharing, research and education

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Implementation Institutional technical support

• SP 12 Establish or strengthen national
  institutions, including national focal points,
  for planning and implementing animal genetic
  resources measures, for livestock sector
  development
• SP 17 Establish Regional Focal Points and
  strengthen international networks
• SP 14 Strengthen national human capacity for
  characterization, inventory, and monitoring of
  trends and associated risks, for sustainable use
  and development, and for conservation
• SP 15 Establish or strengthen international
  information sharing, research and education
• Sp 1/5 10/1 16/6 management of transboundary
  breeds

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Implementation Research and capacity building

• SP 13 Establish or strengthen national
  educational and research facilities
• SP 16 Strengthen international cooperation to
  build capacities in developing countries and
  countries with economies in transition, for
• characterization, inventory, and monitoring of
  trends and associated risks
• sustainable use and development and
• conservation of animal genetic resources
• SP 11 Develop approaches and technical standards
  for conservation
• SP 2/24 Develop methods for characterization,
  breed evaluation, comparison
• SP 20 Review and develop national policies and
  legal frameworks for animal genetic resources

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Implementation Policy development

• SP 3 Establish and strengthen national
  sustainable use policies
• SP 20 Review and develop national policies and
  legal frameworks for animal genetic resources
• SP 21 Review and develop international policies
  and regulatory frameworks relevant to animal
  genetic resources
• SP 22 Coordinate the Commissions efforts on
  animal genetic resources policy with other
  international forums
• SP 11/4 review impact of zoosanitary standards on
  conservation

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Implementation Funding of the GPA

• SP 23 Strengthen efforts to mobilize resources,
  including financial resources, for the
  conservation, sustainable use and development of
  animal genetic resources
• Implementation and Financing of the GPA
• Country based
• International cooperation
• Substantial and additional financial resources
• CGRFA to develop a funding mechanism, with a
  potential FAO TF account

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Implementation Monitoring
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Next steps in FAOs work

• Fixed obligations
• ABS
• Tools for status and trends reports on AnGR
• Funding strategy
• Software of DAD-IS FABISnet
• PEDS
• Indicators
• Ongoing
• Guidelines for breeding in low- and medium input
  systems
• Guidelines for phenotypical characterization
• Revise of primary and secondary guidelines
• Review zoosanitary standards
• Patent landscapes
• Country support
• Facilitate establishment of RFP
• Capacity building and technical support

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Partnerships

• FAO/AGE
• CGIAR ILRI, ICARDA, Bioversity
• WAAP, EAAP
• ICAR, Interbull
• ISAG
• WCGALP
• WPSA
• NGOs LPPS, RBI, SAVE, PA, EFFAB
• Projects FABISnet, GLOBALDIV, FABRE (EC), ILRI
  (GEF)
• WIPO, WTI
• ARIs FAL, INRA

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