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Bridging the gap between publishing and applying forest genetic research
Why this training guide?
Sustainable forest management ensures that goods and services derived from forests and trees meet our needs while securing their future availability and adaptability. This can only be achieved if the diversity of forests is maintained at ecosystem, species and genetic levels. Hence, forest genetic resources knowledge and skills are required in forestry, agroforestry, conservation and even in development organizations.
Training Guide on Forest Genetic Resources
Well-known in the realm of forest genetic resources research, David Boshier found that 666 published research papers in peer reviewed life sciences journals contained the statement: “this research has practical implications for conservation”.
However, he realized, “There is a gap between research being published in the latest scientific journals and being applied in the field.”
To bridge this gap, David and colleagues at Bioversity International set out to revamp the usual textbook approach to teaching and created ‘off the shelf’ training materials that would make forest genetic resources training relevant, attractive and accessible, both in language and availability to non-specialists. They started developing a modular training guide for use in the teaching of conservation and management of forest genetic resources, specifically targeted at lecturers, students and practitioners involved in forestry, conservation biology, environmental studies and natural resource management.
Photo: D. Boshier
Aiming to complete five modules by 2013, the team is currently working on case studies for the 3rd and 4th module of the Forest Genetic Resources Training Guide entitled Seed supply chain and Forest management and making the Training Guide available in Spanish, French, Chinese and Russian.
David Boshier is not only a Bioversity International Honorary Research Fellow but is also actively involved with the Future Trees Trust and is the Director of Science and Research at the Earth Trust. David is involved in different initiatives spanning from research on forest genetic resources at the University of Oxford to applied projects such as in the Maule Region of Chile, SEEDSOURCE and a manual for extension workers on native tree species.
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This work by Bioversity International is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. |
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