SAVE Foundation
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SAVE Foundation was founded 1993 as a European NGO that acts as an umbrella organisation for the conservation of agrobiodiversity in Europe.
Collection and dissemination of information as well as coordination and support of national activities are the main focuses. In various countries, national organizations still need to be established or expanded. Additionally, enormous tasks present themselves in Eastern
and Southeastern Europe where agriculture is experiencing radical restructuring. Conservation projects are realized primarily in situ
/ on farm.
Successful on-farm conservation requires the involvement of all relevant stakeholders. Through participatory action, the SAVE Foundation actively engages with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that interests are respected and balanced.
The SAVE Foundation works with governmental and intergovernmental bodies, universities, gene banks
, breeders’ and farmers’ associations and other NGOs promoting conservation.
Arca-Net
Is an internet portal for the networking and promotion of institutions in Europe showing rare breeds and historical plants to the public, as ark-farms, teaching farms, open air museums, animal parks, variety gardens etc.
, 29 September.
Aims and Tasks
The SAVE Foundation acts as European umbrella organization for the promotion and coordination of activities for the conservation of endangered breeds of domestic animals and cultivated plant varieties in the form of live populations.Collection and dissemination of information as well as coordination and support of national activities are the main focuses. In various countries, national organizations still need to be established or expanded. Additionally, enormous tasks present themselves in Eastern
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
and Southeastern Europe where agriculture is experiencing radical restructuring. Conservation projects are realized primarily in situ
In situ
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/ on farm.
Successful on-farm conservation requires the involvement of all relevant stakeholders. Through participatory action, the SAVE Foundation actively engages with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that interests are respected and balanced.
The SAVE Foundation works with governmental and intergovernmental bodies, universities, gene banks
Gene Banks
Eugene Lavon "Gene" Banks is a retired American professional basketball player. He is one of a handful of players to make high school All-America three times.-College & NBA Years:...
, breeders’ and farmers’ associations and other NGOs promoting conservation.
SAVE Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe
The SAVE Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe is the scientific branch of the SAVE Foundation. It acquires scientifically founded basic data for the securing and long-term conservation of genetic resources in European agriculture. Arca-NetArca-NetArca-Net is a European Ark-network of institutions that keep endangered livestock breeds or rare cultivated plants, making them known to the public. Arca-Net is designed for a broad public and in form of a virtual guide, at any time available via Internet...
Is an internet portal for the networking and promotion of institutions in Europe showing rare breeds and historical plants to the public, as ark-farms, teaching farms, open air museums, animal parks, variety gardens etc.Fruit-Net
For neglected and forgotten fruits and berries. A database with an inventory of the still existing varieties including a register of synonyms and active conservation organisations in Europe.ELBARN
European Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net co-financed by the EU-Commission in the frame of GenRes 870/2004 from 2007 to 2010. ELBARN's purpose is to create a network of centres showing rare breeds to the public and that can also act to rescue endangered rare breeds in emergency situations. Area action plans and special Ark- and Rescue centres have been located all over Europe. ELBARN includes an online database of Ark- and Rescue Centres (which are open for visitors), guidelines for rescue operations, and publications such as the ELBARN Book.European Agrobiodiversity Network
The website lists contacts of individual national organisations and connects different activities in Europe. National, regional and European networks that are listed are all committed for the conservation of agrobiodiversity.Publications
- Report of the Carpathian Workshop "Rare Breeds and Plant Varieties in the Carpathian Mountains - Monitoring and Conservation Strategies" ISBN 3-25806669-8
- Study "Agricultural Genetic Resources in Italy - Endangering, Initatives for conservation, Need for action" ISBN 3-90786670-3
- Study "Agricultural Genetic Resources of the Alps" ISBN 3-25806669-8
- ELBARN Book Final publication of the ELBARN projects, that explains the project and its background.
- CD-ROM Historical inventory of Swiss cultivated plants
European Agrobiodiversity Day (EAD)
Awareness raising event about the importance of agrobiodiversity. There are various activities of the national organisations in the SAVE Network in their own countries. The aim of the event is to inform consumers about rare breeds and varieties in each country, raise public awareness on the need for conservation and launch positive messages to governments. The EAD is held always on MichaelmasMichaelmas
Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September...
, 29 September.
National organisations
- Austria: Arche Austria
- Albania: ALBAGENE
- Belgium: Steunpunt Levend Erfgoed
- Bulgaria: SempervivaSempervivaThe Bulgarian Biodiversity Preservation Society, Semperviva, is a non-governmental , biodiversity conservation organization. Semperviva was founded in 1997, and works in close partnership with the Balkani Wildlife society...
- Czech Republic: GenoClub
- Germany: Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung der Dunklen Biene e. V., Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen, Verein zur Erhaltung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt, Verein zur Erhaltung und Rekultivierung von Nutzpflanzen in Brandenburg
- Greece: Aegilops, Amaltheia
- Ireland: Irish Seed Savers AssociationIrish Seed Savers AssociationIrish Seed Savers Association is an Irish non-governmental organisation founded in 1991. The Irish Seed Savers Association maintains a seed bank with over 600 non-commercially available varieties of seed.- Aims and Tasks :The Irish Seed Savers Association aims to:...
- Italy: Associazione R.A.R.E. (Razze Autoctone a Rischio di Estinzione)
- Netherlands: Stichting de Oerakker, Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen
- Poland: Carpathian Heritage Society
- Serbia: Natura Balkanika Nature Society
- Slovakia: Agro-Genofond
- Switzerland: ProSpecieRaraProSpecieRaraProSpecieRara, the Swiss Foundation for the Cultural and Genetical Diversity of Plants and Animals is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the genetic diversity of plants and animals in Switzerland...
- Ukraine: SATrans
See also
- Arca-NetArca-NetArca-Net is a European Ark-network of institutions that keep endangered livestock breeds or rare cultivated plants, making them known to the public. Arca-Net is designed for a broad public and in form of a virtual guide, at any time available via Internet...
- ProSpecieRaraProSpecieRaraProSpecieRara, the Swiss Foundation for the Cultural and Genetical Diversity of Plants and Animals is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the genetic diversity of plants and animals in Switzerland...
- Irish Seed Savers AssociationIrish Seed Savers AssociationIrish Seed Savers Association is an Irish non-governmental organisation founded in 1991. The Irish Seed Savers Association maintains a seed bank with over 600 non-commercially available varieties of seed.- Aims and Tasks :The Irish Seed Savers Association aims to:...
- SempervivaSempervivaThe Bulgarian Biodiversity Preservation Society, Semperviva, is a non-governmental , biodiversity conservation organization. Semperviva was founded in 1997, and works in close partnership with the Balkani Wildlife society...
- IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature
External links
- http://www.save-foundation.net/
- Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (FAO)
- Bioversity International