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WP5: Website and integrated spatial database
WP5 consists of a Portal Development for Heritage Sheep Breeds (HSB)
across Europe.
All the information collected from WPs 1 to 4 will be stored in a
web database.
A permanent and widely accessible European network of national
inventories of HSBs will be established that will inform on the
activities concerning these breeds including related in situ
and ex situ conservation programmes. The website will serve
as a tool to promote sustainable use of HSBs by integrating
information on the characteristics of breeds and ecosystems, the
extent and significance of their use and their meat-, milk- or
wool-related products, and the values attached to the breeds and
their products. Biodiversity information on HSBs will be structured,
catalogued and made available via the Internet. The full potential
of GIS analysis and investigative methods of presentation for
indicative assessments of the breeds in the areas where they are
present will be explored. The feasibility of an early warning system
based on the combination of characterisation and the available
spatial information to predict which HSB breeds are likely to become
threatened, or change their current status, will be investigated.
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