Intervention · Intervention

Ex-situ conservation

Genetic resource conservation that maintains genetic material away from its natural or production habitat, for example in genebanks, field collections, or in vitro stores.

Definition source: CBD Article 9 (ex-situ conservation)

Synonyms

off-site conservation, genebank conservation, Genebank

Broader

Genetic resource conservation

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Example of use

Climate context: secures diversity for future climate adaptation.

Provenance

Domain expert; Lexicon consensus

Identifier

INT_010 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_010
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_010)