FAO is working to assist countries implement the Global Plan on
a number of fronts. These efforts are undertaken in close
cooperation with the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture, which is charged with overseeing, monitoring
and evaluating the implementation of the Global Plan. In 2009,
FAO released guidelines aimed at helping countries get started
on implementing the Global Plan, Preparation of National
Strategies and Action Plans for Animal Genetic Resources. Now
FAO is working with the Commission to prepare a series of
targeted guidelines on specific aspects of the management of
animal genetic resources. These include the already published
Breeding strategies for sustainable management of animal genetic
resources and draft texts on surveying and monitoring,
phenotypic characterization, molecular genetic characterization,
cryoconservation, and the development of the institutional
framework for the management of animal genetic resources. FAO
also conducted a global survey on existing arr