“Demands for a diverse range of livestock products will increase rapidly in the next decades, primarily in the developing world. In order to meet the demands of a much larger and more affluent human population in this century, the use and development of a broad spectrum of locally adapted domestic animal breeds, in association with the intensification of animal agriculture in most available production environments is required. Awareness of the roles and values of animal genetic resources and concern for their rapid loss must be translated into effective action at the local, national, regional and global levels. Development of FAO’s Global Strategy for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources is supported by the UN Secretariat’s 181 members as offering a framework for planning and implementing necessary management action. As an element of the Global Strategy for Farm Animal Genetic Resources, the World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity (WWL-DAD:3) provides inventories and descriptions of breeds at risk in order to identify and monitor conservation priorities.”