SAVE - Monitoring Institute
		for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe
Home Actuality+Events SAVE Foundation Monitoring Projects Marketing-Labelling Publications Conferences SAVE Network / links Board of Directors Support Downloads Contact Link to us Deutsche Version Version française Ark Network Variety-Savers.Net Agrobiodiversity.Net Newsroom		Tasks Projects Tasks: In order to be able to guarantee a cross-border monitoring the «Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds in Europe» was established in automn 1995. The institute worked as independent scientific branch of the European SAVE Foundation. It was integrated into the SAVE in the SAVE Project Office end of 2010. The SAVE-Monitorig Institute acts as NGO-service-center for all bodies interested in live conservation of rare breeds and plant varieties (NGOs and GOs). It acquires scientifically founded basic data for the securing and long-term conservation of genetic resources in European agriculture. The tasks of the institute can in short be described as: mapping, watching, alarming: Recording and documentation of endangered breeds of farm animals and varieties of cultivated plants by studying old agriculturaland veterinary publications and by searching in a specific area or in a promising area (mapping) permanent survey of the situation and call for action, if necessary, as well as judgement of the measures being taken (watching) waking awareness, both in the wider public and in decisionmakers. Regular assessment of a possible need for action, alarming of responsible institutions and organizations (alarming) The Institute doesn't execute own conservation projects. It has been integrated end of 2010 into the SAVE Project Office.     Projects: Regional-Monitoring: Monitoring in the Alps Monitoring in the Carpathians - Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania Monitoring study Italy Monitoring study Greece Monitoring in Romania Monitoring in the Balkan Species-Monitoring: Monitoring on Goats Monitoring on Donkey breeds in Europe RareBase database on the development of rare breeds Plant-Monitoring: Historical register of useful plants (OldSeeds-database) Agrobiodiversity with useful plants (pilot study in german speaking countries) Fruit-Net database Synonym register of fruit varieties (in five languages)
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info(at)monitoring.eu.com SAVE-Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds and Seeds Schneebergstrasse 17 CH-9000 St.Gallen Switzerland Tel. +41-(0)71/222 74 10 Fax: +41-(0)71/222 74 40		Monitoring in the Carpathians: Buffalos in Transcarpathia (photo Traxler)