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Raising awareness:

SAVE eNews
The "SAVE eNews" is an electronic information service which is issued cost-free four times a year. It provides regular news on the topic of conservation of threatened animal breeds, cultivated plant varieties, agrobiodiversity and networking. The SAVE eNews is available in English and in German. For a subscription to this newsletter just write an e-mail to the newsmaster with your address and e-mail address.
=> Link to the SAVE eNews Archiv

European Agro-Biodiversity Day (EAD)
PR event about the importance of Agro-Biodiversity. Various activities of the national organisations in the SAVE Network in their own countries. The EAD is held always at 29 September (St-Michaels Day). The EAD is also increasingly used by other organisations.
=> Link to the actual EAD documents

International Networks:

ELBARN
European Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net
Co-financed by the EU-Commission in the frame of GenRes 870/2004
=> ELBARN.pdf (435 KB, project description)
=> Report of the Pilot study from March 2000 (requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Link to the ELBARN-Website

Alpine Network for Agrobiodiversity
=> Link to the Network website

Balkan-Network for Agrobiodiversity
(coord. of conservation measures, establishment of rare breed centres)
=> Link to the Network website
=> Project description Balkan_Network.pdf (download 236 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> SAVE Focus, Special Edition Balkan: Balkan_Focus.pdf (PDFfile, 2.6 MB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Rare Breeds and Varieties of the Balkans, Atlas 2009 BreedatlasBalkan.pdf (140 pages, 4,6 MB)

Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in the Carpathians
=> Project description (download 268 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Final report phase II, 2005-2008 (PDF, 256 KB)

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, pedagogic farms, open air museums, animal parks, variety gardens etc.. Search functions in English, French, German and Italian.
=> Link to the Arca-Net
=> Project description Arca-Net_flyer.pdf (download 65 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)

Fruit-Net
for neglected and forgotten fruits and berries: Online-Inventory of the still existing varieties and the active conservation organisations in Europe.
=> Link to the Fruit-Net
=> project description Fruit_Net_project.pdf (download 152 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)

Monitoring projects:
executed by the Monitoring Institute

Monitoring in the Alpine circle
Agricultural Genetic Resouces in the Alps, Update 2001
=> Link to Monitoring in the Alps
Establishment of an Alpine Long-term Monitoring (ALM)
=> Project description (download 172 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> ALM_Final_Report.pdf (Report 2007, PDF, 1.5 MB)
=> ALM_Summary.pdf (short version of the final report, PDF, 146 KB)

Alpine Knowledge Database (Alp-Wiki)

Agricultural Genetic Resources in Italy
Endangerment, Conservation initatives, Need for action
=> Link to Italy Monitoring

Animal Genetic Resources in Greece
=> Project description (download 292 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Link to the AgroBiodiversity-Net in Greece

Historical inventory of Swiss cultivated plants
=> Link to the Plantinventory

Donkey breeds in Europe
=> Final report of the study (PDF 1.3 MB)
=> English abstract (PDF 132 KB)

Basic projects:

Synonym Index of Fruit Variety Names
An impuls for cooperation over and above borders and languages. Particularly, the transfer of experience, knowledge and plant materials will be facilitated and noticeably simplified.

Workshop on plant and animal genetic resources of the Carpathians (at Suceava, Romania, May 1999) *
=> Synthesis reports (PDF file, 815 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
The full report (120 pages) may be ordered (by adding Euro 20.-) from SAVE.
=> Link to Carpathian Workshop

NGO-Zoom Fruits (Inventory/portrait of NGOs conserving fruit varieties) *
=> Edition June 2001 (download 865 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
Unfortunately the printed edition is not more available.

Establishment and Furtherance of Breeder Associations in CEE-countries

Conservation of rare livestock breeds and epidemic control
=> SaveNews special

Model Project Agro-Biodiversity at Lake Constance
=> brochures for the model region

Survey regarding the population and ethology of feral Axios horses in Greece 2008
executed by Amaltheia (Greek Society for the Protection and Preservation of ILivestock Breeds)
=> Report Axios horses (PDF 1,3 MB)

Rescue projects:

Rescue Station for three endangered Albanian pig breeds in the Buna-Delta, Albania

Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network

Prespa cattle in Greece and Albania
=> Prespa_cattle.pdf, report on identification and conservation (PDF file, 376 KB)

Turopolje pigs, Croatia (conservation of a nucleus breed) *
=> pictures and short report

Podgorska red cattles, Poland (conservation of a nucleus breed) *

Karakachan horses and sheep, Bulgaria (establishment of new breeding groups)
=> project description Karakachan.pdf (PDF file, 56 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)

Coordination projects:

Girgentana goat (I, D)

Valachian sheep (SK, CZ, D)*

SAVE Focus*
The situation of crossborder occurring breeds was analysed regularly by SAVE. The contacts and the stockdatas in each country and the possible need for action were published in the biannual 'SAVE Focus'. Today the breed data are published in online databases (so called breed atlas'). A copy of the last 'SAVE Focus 2005' with addresses, breed descriptions, pictures and the breeding data from 2004/2005 can be downloaded here as PDF-file:
=> SaveFocus_2005.pdf (PDFfile, 336 KB, requires newest Adobe Reader for working links).

A special edition of the SAVE Focus for the Balkans shows the situation of transboundary occurring breeds and breed groups of Pramenka- and Tsigai-sheep, Grey Stepp- and Busha-cattle and of the domestic buffalo in the Balkan countries.
=> SAVE_Focus_05_Balkan.pdf (PDFfile, 2.2 MB, requires acrobat Reader).

Supporting projects:

Posavina horse, Croatia (support for breedregister and bloodtyping) *

Istrian Grey cattle / Karstvieh, Croatia (exchange of vet surgeons for ET) *

*executed projects

Situation as of: January 10, 2010

office(at)save-foundation.net

SAVE Head Office
Joseph-Belli-Weg 5
D-78467 Konstanz
Germany

Coordination project Mangalitsa: Red Mangalitsa from Romania (photo Traxler)


		Projects
		SAVE Foundation many project reports are available only in German language => see German version of website
Home Actuality SAVE Foundation Monitoring Institute Projects Publications Conferences SAVE Network / links Board of Directors Support Downloads Contact Deutsche Version Version française Ark Network Agrobioversity.Net Epidemics		Raising awareness: SAVE eNews The "SAVE eNews" is an electronic information service which is issued cost-free four times a year. It provides regular news on the topic of conservation of threatened animal breeds, cultivated plant varieties, agrobiodiversity and networking. The SAVE eNews is available in English and in German. For a subscription to this newsletter just write an e-mail to the newsmaster with your address and e-mail address. => Link to the SAVE eNews Archiv European Agro-Biodiversity Day (EAD) PR event about the importance of Agro-Biodiversity. Various activities of the national organisations in the SAVE Network in their own countries. The EAD is held always at 29 September (St-Michaels Day). The EAD is also increasingly used by other organisations. => Link to the actual EAD documents International Networks: ELBARN European Livestock Breeds Ark and Rescue Net Co-financed by the EU-Commission in the frame of GenRes 870/2004 => ELBARN.pdf (435 KB, project description) => Report of the Pilot study from March 2000 (requires Acrobat Reader) => Link to the ELBARN-Website Alpine Network for Agrobiodiversity => Link to the Network website Balkan-Network for Agrobiodiversity (coord. of conservation measures, establishment of rare breed centres) => Link to the Network website => Project description Balkan_Network.pdf (download 236 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => SAVE Focus, Special Edition Balkan: Balkan_Focus.pdf (PDFfile, 2.6 MB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Rare Breeds and Varieties of the Balkans, Atlas 2009 BreedatlasBalkan.pdf (140 pages, 4,6 MB) Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in the Carpathians => Project description (download 268 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Final report phase II, 2005-2008 (PDF, 256 KB) 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, pedagogic farms, open air museums, animal parks, variety gardens etc.. Search functions in English, French, German and Italian. => Link to the Arca-Net => Project description Arca-Net_flyer.pdf (download 65 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) Fruit-Net for neglected and forgotten fruits and berries: Online-Inventory of the still existing varieties and the active conservation organisations in Europe. => Link to the Fruit-Net => project description Fruit_Net_project.pdf (download 152 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) Monitoring projects: executed by the Monitoring Institute Monitoring in the Alpine circle Agricultural Genetic Resouces in the Alps, Update 2001 => Link to Monitoring in the Alps Establishment of an Alpine Long-term Monitoring (ALM) => Project description (download 172 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => ALM_Final_Report.pdf (Report 2007, PDF, 1.5 MB) => ALM_Summary.pdf (short version of the final report, PDF, 146 KB) Alpine Knowledge Database (Alp-Wiki) Agricultural Genetic Resources in Italy Endangerment, Conservation initatives, Need for action => Link to Italy Monitoring Animal Genetic Resources in Greece => Project description (download 292 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Link to the AgroBiodiversity-Net in Greece Historical inventory of Swiss cultivated plants => Link to the Plantinventory Donkey breeds in Europe => Final report of the study (PDF 1.3 MB) => English abstract (PDF 132 KB) Basic projects: Synonym Index of Fruit Variety Names An impuls for cooperation over and above borders and languages. Particularly, the transfer of experience, knowledge and plant materials will be facilitated and noticeably simplified. Workshop on plant and animal genetic resources of the Carpathians (at Suceava, Romania, May 1999) * => Synthesis reports (PDF file, 815 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) The full report (120 pages) may be ordered (by adding Euro 20.-) from SAVE. => Link to Carpathian Workshop NGO-Zoom Fruits (Inventory/portrait of NGOs conserving fruit varieties) * => Edition June 2001 (download 865 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) Unfortunately the printed edition is not more available. Establishment and Furtherance of Breeder Associations in CEE-countries Conservation of rare livestock breeds and epidemic control => SaveNews special Model Project Agro-Biodiversity at Lake Constance => brochures for the model region Survey regarding the population and ethology of feral Axios horses in Greece 2008 executed by Amaltheia (Greek Society for the Protection and Preservation of ILivestock Breeds) => Report Axios horses (PDF 1,3 MB) Rescue projects: Rescue Station for three endangered Albanian pig breeds in the Buna-Delta, Albania Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network Prespa cattle in Greece and Albania => Prespa_cattle.pdf, report on identification and conservation (PDF file, 376 KB) Turopolje pigs, Croatia (conservation of a nucleus breed) * => pictures and short report Podgorska red cattles, Poland (conservation of a nucleus breed) * Karakachan horses and sheep, Bulgaria (establishment of new breeding groups) => project description Karakachan.pdf (PDF file, 56 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) Coordination projects: Girgentana goat (I, D) Valachian sheep (SK, CZ, D)* SAVE Focus* The situation of crossborder occurring breeds was analysed regularly by SAVE. The contacts and the stockdatas in each country and the possible need for action were published in the biannual 'SAVE Focus'. Today the breed data are published in online databases (so called breed atlas'). A copy of the last 'SAVE Focus 2005' with addresses, breed descriptions, pictures and the breeding data from 2004/2005 can be downloaded here as PDF-file: => SaveFocus_2005.pdf (PDFfile, 336 KB, requires newest Adobe Reader for working links). A special edition of the SAVE Focus for the Balkans shows the situation of transboundary occurring breeds and breed groups of Pramenka- and Tsigai-sheep, Grey Stepp- and Busha-cattle and of the domestic buffalo in the Balkan countries. => SAVE_Focus_05_Balkan.pdf (PDFfile, 2.2 MB, requires acrobat Reader). Supporting projects: Posavina horse, Croatia (support for breedregister and bloodtyping) * Istrian Grey cattle / Karstvieh, Croatia (exchange of vet surgeons for ET) * *executed projects Situation as of: January 10, 2010

office(at)save-foundation.net SAVE Head Office Joseph-Belli-Weg 5 D-78467 Konstanz Germany		Coordination project Mangalitsa: Red Mangalitsa from Romania (photo Traxler)