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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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