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Local working collections as the foundation for an integrative conservation of Theobroma cacao L. in Latin America

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Title Local working collections as the foundation for an integrative conservation of Theobroma cacao L. in Latin America
 
Creator Lavoie, Andreanne
Thomas, Evert
Olivier, Alain
 
Subject species diversity
on-farm conservation
ex-situ conservation
in-situ conservation
provenance
domestication
diversidad de especies
conservación en la explotación agrícola
conservación ex situ
 
Description The intraspecific diversity of cacao has traditionally been preserved in genebanks. However, these establishments face various challenges, notably insufficient funding, accession redundancy, misidentification and lack of wild cacao population samples. In natural environments, it is expected that unknown varieties of cacao may still be found, but wild populations of cacao
are increasingly threatened by climate change, deforestation, habitat loss, land use changes and poor knowledge. Farmers also retain diversity, but on-farm conservation is affected by geopolitical, economic, management and cultural issues, that are influenced at multiple scales, from the household to the international market. Taking separately, ex situ, in situ and on-farm
conservation have not achieved adequate conservation fostering the inclusion of all stakeholders and the broad use of cacao diversity. We analyze the use of the traditional conservation strategies (ex situ, in situ and on-farm) and propose an integrated approach based on local working collections to secure cacao diversity in the long term. We argue that national conservation networks should be implemented in countries of origin to simultaneously maximize alpha (diversity held in any given working collection), beta (the change in diversity between working collections in different regions) and gamma diversity (overall
diversity in a country).
 
Date 2023-01-06
2023-01-31T09:14:22Z
2023-01-31T09:14:22Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Lavoie, A.; Thomas, E.; Olivier, A. (2023) Local working collections as the foundation for an integrative conservation of Theobroma cacao L. in Latin America. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:1063266 14 p. ISSN: 2296-701X
2296-701X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128338
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1063266
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 14 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution