WP2: Development and evaluation of strategies for in situ
conservation
In
WP2, existing case studies developed for individual HSBs
within France will be used to underpin new analyses that will be
undertaken of HSBs in other Partner countries. This enables
best practice guidelines to be developed for in situ/on-farm
conservation of HSBs across different Member States and strategies
to be designed to ensure increased utility and value of HSB
products, whether meat-, milk- or wool-based. The major output from
WP2 will be the definition of criteria necessary to develop, or at
the very least, stabilise the demography and genetics of HSBs across
Europe. The WP outputs will reveal whether different mechanisms for
development of HSBs are required in different Member States, or
whether generic strategies can be developed. Similarly, the impact
of environmental constraints in the different Member States may well
influence the in situ management methods and strategies
needed for conservation of the genetic resources. |