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  Conservation Approaches >> In-situ conservation  
     
  In-situ conservation protects the endangered species in its natural habitat, either by protecting or cleaning up the habitat itself, or by defending the species from predators. Increasingly, this term is also being applied to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity in agro-ecosystems by farmers, especially those using unconventional farming practices. One benefit of in-situ conservation is that it maintains recovering populations in the surrounding where they have developed their distinctive properties. Another is that this strategy helps ensure the ongoing processes of evolution and adaptation within their environments.

Recent studies have shown an integrated approach of in-situ and ex-situ conservation to be more effective. While ex-situ conservation of lac insects is being taken care of, in-situ conservation has remained neglected. The project would be implemented through participation of all the cooperating centres. The role identified for each centre is set on a time frame during the project period and project review and reappraisal meetings will be organized to jointly implement the project to achieve the objectives.

 
     
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