Nibbles: Mike Jackson blog, Philippines genebank fire, Ancient garden, USA maps, Horse domestication, Gnats, Livestock training, Chocolate, Epigenetics, Indian nutritional security, Kew fund, GM bananas, Reconciling databases

2 Replies to “Nibbles: Mike Jackson blog, Philippines genebank fire, Ancient garden, USA maps, Horse domestication, Gnats, Livestock training, Chocolate, Epigenetics, Indian nutritional security, Kew fund, GM bananas, Reconciling databases”

  1. Kew is paying for collecting and says:
    “The other part of each seed collection can be kept in the country of origin and used for any aspect of plant conservation, species re-introduction, habitat restoration, sustainable use or research.” But the Kew people do not say who will own the Kew duplicate, nor what the rules for commercial use of their sample will be. They better sort this out first or they will have the same problems we crop genetic resource people have been having over the past thirty years.

  2. I know it may be a little buried in the Kew website but we have a very well-established Policy on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing which covers all aspects of acquisition, use and supply of plant material. The Fieldwork Fund will work within this policy as does all of Kew’s projects. Have a look at this page and the link to the policy from it. We do cover this briefly in the Fieldwork Fund manual but maybe we should include more detail next time we update.

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