Explain the concept of Ex situ conservation of biodiversity.
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Ex situ conservation is the conservation of areas outside their natural habitat. Botanical gardens, zoological parks, seed banks, cryopreservation, field gene banks, etc. are examples of it. Both native and domesticated animals are well protected and collected in botanic gardens, zoological parks, wildlife safari parks, arboretums, etc. Most of these have catch breeding programs designed to restore the decreasing number of animals and to help the survival of the species. Gene banks are institutions that stock viable seeds (seed banks), live plants (orchards), tissue culture and frozen germplasm with all genetic viability. There are two types of biodiversity conservation; Ex Situ conservation and In Situ conservation. In situ conservation is the conservation of living resources by maintaining them in their natural ecosystem in which they occur. Examples; national parks, sanctuaries, natural reserves, reserves of the biosphere, sacred grooves, etc.