Question

Write about the Ex situ conservation:

Answer 1

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Sometimes when a species is critically endangered, special measures have to be under taken to protect it. It might be protected in captivity, as one of the measures of protection.

This is called Ex situ conservation. In this type of conservation, living beings are protected away from their natural habitats in special settings. Wild life safari parks, zoological parks and botanical gardens serve this purpose. Animals which have decreased in number, are allowed to breed in captivity in order to protect them.Eg crocodile bank of Chennai.

Seed banks are established to conserve wild varieties of food grains and vegetables. Now a days, modern techniques like tissue culture, in vitro fertilization of eggs and cryopreservation (preservation at low temperature -1960C) of gametes, are used to protect endangered species.

By now we have, thus, understood the immense importance of biodiversity and dire need to protect it.

Answer 2

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Ex-Situ Conservation: Ex-situ conservation is the preservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats. This involves conservation of genetic resources, as well as wild and cultivated or species, and draws on a diverse body of techniques and facilities.