Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.3 Biodiversity and species

4.3.10 Conservation: in situ and ex situ methods, gene banks and seed vaults

Biodiversity is conserved either in its natural home (in situ: parks, reserves, sacred groves) or outside it (ex situ: zoos, botanical gardens, seed and gene banks, cryopreservation); in situ is the main method and ex situ is the back-up.

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Key terms

  • in situ
  • ex situ
  • sacred groves
  • cryopreservation
  • gene bank
  • seed bank
  • NBPGR
  • Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  • botanical garden
  • zoo
  • Central Zoo Authority
  • joint forest management
  • Bishnoi

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