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DATA IDENTIFICATION
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Name
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Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk
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Indicator purpose
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The purpose of this indicator is to help halt the loss of biodiversity by safeguarding local crops and breeds and their wild relatives.
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Abstract
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The indicator assesses the percentage of local livestock breeds at risk of extinction based on data from FAO's Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources DAD-IS. Risk classes are determined by population sizes reported to DAD-IS, with "unknown" status if no recent data is available. Breeds are categorized into groups based on reproductive capacity, with risk status defined as extinct, cryoconserved only, critical, endangered, vulnerable, not at risk, or unknown. The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of breeds at risk by the total number of breeds. The status of local breeds is crucial for biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability.
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Data source
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Ministry of Agriculture
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DATA CHARACTERISTICS
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Contact organization person
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Ministry of Agriculture
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Date last updated
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12-SEP-2019
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Periodicity
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Bi-annual
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Unit of measure
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Percentage (%)
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Other characteristics
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The indicator has a direct link to “biodiversity” as animal or livestock genetic resources represent an integral part of agricultural ecosystems and biodiversity as such. Further there are indirect links to “malnutrition”: Animal genetic resources for food and agriculture are an essential part of the biological basis for world food security, and contribute to the livelihoods of over a thousand million people. A diverse resource base is critical for human survival and well-being, and a contribution to the eradication of hunger: animal genetic resources are crucial in adapting to changing socio-economic and environmental conditions, including climate change. They are the animal breeder’s raw material and amongst the farmer’s most essential inputs. They are essential for sustainable agricultural production. No increase of the percentage of breeds being at risk or being extinct is directly related to “halt the loss of biodiversity”.
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DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS
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Classification used
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Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.
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Disaggregation
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by country.
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Key statistical concepts
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This indicator is calculated as follows:
𝑝𝑖 = 𝑛𝑅𝑖 / 𝑛𝑅𝑖 + 𝑛𝑁𝑅𝑖
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Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS
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Recommended uses
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Enabling frameworks for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture urgently need to be established or strengthened. Legal, policy and institutional frameworks need to be established for the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity.
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Limitations
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Breed-related information remains far from complete. For almost 60 percent of all reported breeds, risk status is not known because of missing population data or lack of recent updates.
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Other comments
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All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.