Landscape-based Conservation Approaches include: High-quality germplasm Seed sources and private nurseries Species-rich, multi-strata agroforestry systems Local trees and useful and desirable exotic trees Reforestation

1. Sarada Krishnan
November 12, 2022
Approaches to
Prioritizing Tree Species
in Conservation and Use

2. Selected
wild,
minor
and
edible
fruits
of
Western
Ghats
in
Southern
India
(Mundaragi
et
al.
2017)

3. Strategies for
Conservation
•Ex situ
•Circa situm
•In situ

4. Ex situ
Conservation

5. In situ
Conservation
• Managed natural
forests
• Protected areas
• Dynamic conservation

6. Circa situm
Conservation
• Altered agricultural
landscapes
• On-farm
• Agroforestry
• Within a species native
geographical range

7. Forest Restoration
Upper Mae Sa Valley, Thailand
A. May 1998
B. 3,100 trees/ha; left of track – 15
years old, 31 species; right – 9
years old, 70 species
C. Interior after 21 years - >70
species in 0.46 ha

8. Landscape-based Conservation Approaches
• High quality germplasm
• Seed sources and private
nurseries
• Species-rich, multi-strata
agroforestry systems
• Local trees and useful and
desirable exotic trees
• Reforestation