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Future Conservation and Utilisation Priorities

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Plant Genetic Resources of Legumes in the Mediterranean

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 39))

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With the ever increasing human population, poverty alleviation is becoming an increasing priority throughout the world. The human population reached 6 billion towards the end of 1999, seventy eight percent of whom live in developing countries with associated poor economic development and widespread social depravation (McNeeley et al., 1995). Although the Mediterranean region does not have the fastest growing population, it is only increasing at 1.3% per year, it does have one of the highest levels of population density at 111 per sq. km. (Cincotta and Engelman, 2000). It is the highest population in any biodiversity hotspot. Even more telling Cincotta and Engelman (2000) note that only 5% of the original Mediterranean vegetation remains extant; the highest level of taxonomic and genetic erosion of any world biodiversity hotspot.

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  1. University of Birmingham, USA

    Nigel Maxted

  2. Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), Australia

    Sarita Jane Bennett

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Maxted, N., Bennett, S.J. (2001). Future Conservation and Utilisation Priorities. In: Maxted, N., Bennett, S.J. (eds) Plant Genetic Resources of Legumes in the Mediterranean. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9823-1_19

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