in-situ conservation
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- The conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural surroundings and, in the case of domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they have developed their distinctive properties.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - biotope, Centers of origin, cultigen, endangered species, landrace, Weediness