National In situ and onfarm
Conservation Programme
and National inventories
Ayfer TAN
Lerzan AYKAS Department of Plant Genetic Resources
Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI)
Menemen, Izmir -TURKEY
2011
PGR PROGRAM OF TURKEY
1963 The program started with aggrement between UN/FAO and GOT
1964 at Crop Research and Introduction Center (CRIC=AARI), ex situ conservation started
1976 NPGRRP established
1979 Projects started to conduct
1991 NPGRRP reorganised
1992 Convencion of Bio-divercity (CBD) signed, National PGR Regulation published
1993 In situ Conservation of wild plants applied
1998 National Plan for In situ Conservation prepared and CBD ratified
1999 In situ (on farm) Conservation of landraces project started
2002 National PGR Regulation started to revise
National Information System of PGR
• The Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) is National Coordination Centre for National Plant Genetic Resources Research Project (NPGRRP).
• AARI has national responsibility on coordination and undertaken collection, conservation, characterization/evaluation, multiplication/regeneration and documentation of plant genetic resources of Turkey.
• In Turkey, a national and advanced PGR documentation system exists. Standard descriptors for passport data are used by all national institutions.
• In general, all data on plant genetic resources are in compliance with the international standards such as the “Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD), and also EURISCO descriptors (European Internet Search Catalogue).
National Information System of PGR
OBJECTIVES OF
NATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES RESEARCH
PROGRAMME (NPGRRP)
Genebank Material
Survey & Collection Conservation
Ex situ
In situ
Evaluation &
Utilization
Land races
Wild and weedy relatives
Economically important other species
and endemic plants of Turkey
Documentation
Survey and Collection Herbarium specimens
Material and collection information
EX SITU CONSERVATION IN SITU CONSERVATION
In vitro/
Kryopreservation
Onfarm
consrvation
(landraces)
Field genebanks Seed Gen Banksı
Generative materials
Longterm conservation
(Base colelection)
ve
mediumterm
conservation(Active
colection)
DISTRIBUTION
Vegetative
materials
Database
management for ex
situ collection
information
identification information
Material and information
MULTIPLICATION
and REGENERATION
EVALUATION
information
GIS
Registration
DOCUMENTATION
HERBARYUM/
FUNGARYUM
Information
Insitu
conservation
(wild species)
information
information
information
MATERIAL AND INFORMATON FLOW OF NPGRRP
Kryopreservation
EX SITU CONSERVATION
• SEED GENE BANKS – c.a. 65.000 accessions (at AARI & CFCRI)
• FIELD GENE BANKS – c.a 7.00 accessions (at 16 field gene
banks, incl. AARI)
• All material in Gene Banks are from Turkey
EX SITU CONSERVATION
6939 Field Gen Bank
( at 16 Research institute)
13%
54526 National Seed Gen Bank
(87%)
559 Genus 2692 species
Ex Situ Conservation
31250 Specimens
4510 Mirza Gökgöl collection
moss, lichen collection
161 specimens, 50 Genus
AARI HERBARIUM
120 family
670 Genus
AARI HERBARIUM
AARI FUNGARIUM
653 wild macro mushrooms specimens
The project was conducted between 1993 and 1998 jointly
by
The Ministry of the Environment
The Ministry of the Food Agriculture and Animal
The Ministry of Forestry with GEF/World Bank grant
support.
IN SITU CONSERVATION
The aim of project was the in-situ protection :
Wild crop relatives
Wild cereals
Wild legumes
Woody species
Wild fruit species
Forest tree species
Land races (on farm)
Endemic species under thereat
Ecosystem conservation and management
IN SITU CONSERVATION
The project undertook five main activities:
site survey and inventories
designation of Genetic Reserves
data management (GIS data management and
monitoring system)
development of national plan for in situ
conservation of plant genetic diversity
development of institutional capasity within
and between relevant ministries.
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IN SITU CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
Survey and inventory
Ecosystem based survey to determine suitable habitats
Species specific inventory to describe species abundance, distributions
Some collections for ex situ preservation
GMZs and management
Identification/Selection GMZ
Represents: Ecogeographical ranges or environmental heterogeneity of target species
Set up strategies for the management of GMZs
National plan
Public awareness
TARGET AREAS FOR IN SITU – On farm CONSERVATION
Tree sites were selected on state –owned land
Southeast Anatolia: Ceylanpınar State Farm(wild wheat,
barley, lentil and chickpea germplasm
Northwestern Aegean Region: Kazdağ National Park
(fruit, progenitor, nut, ornemental and forest species)
Central Southern Anatolia: the Anatolian Diagonal
(Amonos, Bolkar and Aladağ mountains which line at the
extrame geographical limits of several species)
IN SITU CONSERVATION
wild crop
relatives
and
wild fruits
IN SITU CONSERVATION
• Turkey actively promotes in situ/on-farm
conservation of agrobiodiversity as well as various
protection activities of nature.
Land races (on farm)
• The main objective is to support in situ on-
farm conservation of LR within traditional
farming systems.
IN SITU CONSERVATION
Land races (on farm)
IN SITU CONSERVATION
• Land races (on farm)
Eco-cogeophical surveys and Inventory of land races grown in the site
Socio-economic surveys
Ex situ seed conservation
Agro-morphological studies
Hulled wheat
Beans
Chickpea
Lentil
Genetic analysis
Database Management and GIS applications
Distribution maps
Analysis of eco-cogeophical socio-economic, agro-morphological
Determination of In situ onfarm conservation sites
IN SITU CONSERVATION Land races (on farm) The project undertook these activities
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IN SITU CONSERVATION
Endemic
species
under
threats
• Onosma halophilum, V
• Gypsophilla oblanceolata, V
• Silene salsuginea, V
• Kalidiopsis wagenitzii, E
• Microcnemum coralloides V subsp. anatolicum, E
• Suaeda cucullata, E
• Anacyclus latealatus, E
• Centaurea halophila, V
• Stipa syreistschikowii, V
• Hypericum salsugineum, V
• Sphaerophysa kotschyana, V
• Iris sprengeri, R
• Glycirrhiza iconica, E
• Thermopsis turcica, E
• Pinguicula crystallina, E
• Allium vuralii, V
• Asparagus licaonicus, E
• Linum seljucorum, V
• Limonium anatolicum, V
• Limonium tamaricoides, V
• Verbascum helianthemoides, V
• Ferula halophila, V
• Beta adanensis, E
Endemic species under threats
IN SITU CONSERVATION
• IPA 01. S and SW of Tuz lake
• IPA 02. S Tersakan lake
• IPA 03. Bolluk lake
• IPA 04. Cihanbeyli Yavşan Tuzlası-W Tuz lake batısı)
• IPA 05. s Eber lake
• IPA 06. S and W Akşehir lake
• IPA 07. Denizli Bozdağ
• IPA 08. Muğla Sandras Dağları
• IPA 09. Konya Taşkent Gevne vadi
• IPA 10. W Burdur lake
• IPA 11. Acıgöl ,Denizli-Afyon
• IPA 12. Karapınar Ketirlik
• IPA 13. Karataş lake
• IPA 14. Sultansazlığı
• IPA 15. Karataş deltası-Seyhan ve Ceyhan rivers delta
Endemic species under threats
Turkey was the first country to complete a National Invantort of Important Plant
Areas (IPAs) It was published in 2004.
IN SITU CONSERVATION
Endemic species under threats
IN SITU CONSERVATION
Endemic species under threats
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IPA 01. S&SW of Lake Tuz IPA 02. IPA 01. S&SW of Lake Tuz
IPA 02. S of Tersakan Lake IPA 03. Bolluk Lake
IPA 04. Cihanbeyli-Yavşan Saltpan-W of Lake Tuz )
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IPA 05. S of Lake Eber IPA 06. W&SW of Lake Akşehir
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IPA 08. Muğla, Mt. Sandras
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IPA 09. Konya Taşkent Gevne Vadisi
IN SITU CONSERVATION
IPA 15. Karatas delta-Seyhan & Ceyhan Rivers delta
IN SITU CONSERVATION
Design, Testing and Evaluation of Best
Practices for in situ Conservation of
Economically Important Wild Species
(UNEP/GEF Project EP/INT/204/GEF)
IN SITU CONSERVATION
G.elwesii, S.candida S.congesta, S.
stricta, and L.orientalis,
IN SITU CONSERVATION Design, Testing and Evaluation of Best Practices for
in situ Conservation of Economically Important Wild
Species
Cultivated
plants Wild
plants
Producers Local people
National and
International Firms
Exporters Processors
Importer Countries
Special
collectors
Local Firms In country
consumers
GEF3
Non-Government
Organizations
(NGOs)
Research
Institutions
(Government
+NGOs)
Wild plant collection, trade paths and the interest groups as well as the role of the GEF-3 project
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT Comprehensive
database
Linked with
related databases
Interface with a
GIS for managing
spatial data
Plant Diversity Atlas
STRUCTURE OF DBMS
Spatial
data Characterisation
&
Evaluation
Conservation
Passport
Eco-geographic
Data
processing
Geographical
layers
Geographical
analysis
Sosyo-economic Bibliographic
Outputs
Distribution of hulled
wheats from NW
Transitional Region
CONSERVATION/PROTECTION EFFORTS OF TURKEY
Agreements, Networks Government and non-government organizations carry
out programs for conservation of biological diversity by various means
• National Parks
• Nature Reserves
• Nature Parks
• Wildlife Reserve Areas
• Natural Assets
• Natural Entities,
• Specially Protected Areas
• NPGRP, Gene Management Zones (GMZs) of in situ conservation of genetic diversity
• NPGRP, Seed & Field Gene Banks
• Arboreta
• Botanical Gardens
