National conservation strategies

Conservation of animal genetic resources -- ensuring that these valuable resources remain available for future use by livestock breeders -- is one of the four strategic priority areas of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, which was adopted in 2007 and is the first internationally agreed framework for the management of biodiversity in the livestock sector. These guidelines focus on conservation "in vivo", i.e.

The IUCN has established a project office in Nepal to assist in implementing the National Conservation Strategy (NCS). In these pages, IUCN presents the Union's current activities in the country, future plans and methods of operation. 

This publication reports on the measures taken for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and on Belarus's efficiency for attaining the Convention's objectives. This publication is based on the materials of the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity in the Republic of Belarus and the analytical review called "The Status and Use of Biological Diversity in the Republic of Belarus."