In situ conservation

1. Action to conserve plants and animals in their natural habitat. Operating units are varied, emphasizing national parks, biological reserves, genetic reserves, ecological stations, wildlife sanctuaries etc. It is believed that the material living under these conditions is under direct influence of selective forces of nature and, therefore, continuous evolution and adaptation to the environment, having a selective advantage in relation to the material that grows or is maintained under conditions ex situ.
2. Conservation of natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural environment and in the case of domesticated or cultivated species, in environments where they have developed their characteristic properties.

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Reference and external links

1. Glossary of Genetic Resources. Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology. Available at: <http://www.cenargen.embrapa.br/recgen/glossario/glossario.html>. Accessed: February 2011.
2. BRAZIL. Law 9985 of July 18, 2000. Regulates the art. 225, § 1, sections I, II, III and VII of the Constitution, establishing the National System of Conservation of Nature and other measures. Official Gazette [of] the Federative Republic of Brazil, Executive Power, Brasília, DF, July 19. 2000. Section 1.