Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), UMR 5175, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
Biol Lett. 2012 Jun 23;8(3):321-3. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0984. Epub 2011 Nov 2.
The meeting on 'Genetic Resources in the Face of New Environmental, Economic and Social Challenges' held in Montpellier (France) from 20-22 September 2011 brought together about 200 participants active in research and management of the genetic diversity of plant, animal, fungal and microbial species. Attendees had the rare opportunity to hear about agronomy, botany, microbiology, mycology, the social sciences and zoology in the same conference. The research teams presented the results of about 50 projects funded by the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity to preserve genetic diversity carried out in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. These projects aimed to better understand and manage genetic resources in a rapidly changing world (e.g. structural changes in the agricultural industry, the need for climate change mitigation and adaptation, the challenge of achieving food security despite the growing world population and changing dietary habits, the opportunities provided by the many new molecular biology tools, the problems caused by widespread scientific budget cuts). The meeting also hosted some roundtables open to all participants which provided a forum to establish a much needed dialogue between policy-makers, managers and researchers.
“新环境、经济和社会挑战下的遗传资源”会议于 2011 年 9 月 20 日至 22 日在法国蒙彼利埃举行，约 200 名活跃于植物、动物、真菌和微生物物种遗传多样性研究和管理的参与者齐聚一堂。与会者难得有机会在同一场会议上听到农学、植物学、微生物学、真菌学、社会科学和动物学的报告。研究小组介绍了法国生物多样性研究基金会资助的约 50 个项目的研究结果，这些项目旨在保护在非洲、亚洲、欧洲和美洲开展的遗传多样性。这些项目旨在更好地理解和管理快速变化的世界中的遗传资源（例如，农业产业结构变化、缓解和适应气候变化的需要、在世界人口不断增长和饮食习惯不断变化的情况下实现粮食安全的挑战、许多新分子生物学工具带来的机遇、广泛的科学预算削减所带来的问题）。会议还举办了一些圆桌会议，向所有参与者开放，为政策制定者、管理者和研究人员之间建立急需的对话提供了一个论坛。
