RT Report
T1 Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources : Prolific Tropical Sheep
A1 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Rastogi, R. K.
A2 Williams, H. E.
A2 Yousef, F. G.
A2 Demiruren, A. S.
A2 Bautista Otero, Roberto
A2 Salazar Cruz, Juan Jose
A2 Figueiredo, Elaio Antonio Pereira
K1 sheep
K1 animal genetics
K1 tropical area
K1 livestock
K1 resource conservation
K1 genetic resource
SN 92-5-100845-0
YR 1980
FD 1980
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28993
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28993
NO In 1973 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme launched joint studies on the conservation of livestock breeds through a pilot project entitled conservation of animal genetic resources. The resulting 1975 report presented a brief global survey of livestock breeds identified as rare, endangered or vulnerable, and included a detailed examination of cattle breeds in Europe and the Mediterranean region. This species and region were selected because native European and Mediterranean cattle had been most affected by crossbreeding and replacement with more commercially favoured breeds. The findings indicated a serious erosion of genetic diversity, showing that only 33 out of 119 native breeds in the region were considered stable and not threatened with long term extinction.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026