NDLI: Noah’s arks in the XXI century. A typology of seed banks

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Author	Pellegrini, Pablo A. Balatti, Galo E.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	In recent decades, seed banks have spread out worldwide as essential institutions for biodiversity preservation, like new Noah’s arks. However, little is known about the diversity of practices that are involved in them. The aim of this study is to reconstruct the dynamics of operation of the different seed banks, developing a typology of them worth providing. As sources for that aim, in-depth interviews to seed banks referents, documents and other materials related to seed banks have been used. First, we describe three stages which seed conservation has undergone until it became modern seed banks. The impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its debate context are considered. We analyze the knowledge involved in seed banks which turn them into more than just seeds reservoirs. Afterwards, we study how seed banks are used. From the functioning of seed banks and their objectives, we have identified three bank profiles: assistentialist, productivist and preservationist profiles. Finally, we analyze a series of cases that allow us to show the type of seed banks we have proposed. Policy implications are discussed.
Starting Page	2753
Ending Page	2769
Page Count	17
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09603115
Journal	Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	13
e-ISSN	15729710
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-09-12
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Seed banks Typology Biodiversity Natural resources Conservation Ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

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