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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 Seminars on Agrobiodiversity
=> Link to the 5th Seminar in Dimitrovgrad, September 2011

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

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

International Networks:

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 overview.pdf (download 76 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)

Variety-Savers
an internet-portal for listing all keepers of indigenous livestock breeds and cultivators of indigenous cultivated plants in Europe. Variety-Savers should be used to network, to share information, to list events and to sell products and services relating to European agrobiodiversity. => Information flyer
=> Link to the Variety-Savers.Net

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

Agrobiodiversity.Net
Internet-Portal with links to NGO- and GO-Networks on European, regional and national level. The portal is suitable as a start page in the internet browser for those who regularly have to do with agrobiodiversity.
=> Link to Agrobiodiversit.Net

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.
=> project description (PDF 36 KB)
=> Link to the Synonym Index

Launching of the "Heritaste" trademark (registered) to promote products and services from autochthonous livestock breeds and cultivated plants.
=> Trademark with draft conditions

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

Management of Feral Populations in Europe
=> project description (PDF 44 KB)
=> data sheet for the survey 2011/2012

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).

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.

Alpine circle:

Alpine Network for Agrobiodiversity
=> Link to the Network website

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)
=> project description (PDF 48 KB)

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

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

Balkans:

Balkans 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 MBe, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Rare Breeds and Varieties of the Balkans, Atlas 2009 BreedatlasBalkan.pdf (140 pages, 4,6 MB)

Rescue Station for three endangered Albanian pig breeds in the Buna-Delta, Albania
=> short english summary (PDF 56 KB)
=> Report 2008 (PDF 988 KB)
=> Report 2009 (PDF 384 KB)

Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network
=> Intermediate report Carpathian_Buffalo_2009.pdf (56 KB)
=> Link to the Buffalo Workshop Sighisoara 2011

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

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

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).

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

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

Carpathians:

Carpathian Network for Agrobiodiversity
=> Link to the Network website

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

Workshop on plant and animal genetic resources of the Carpathians (at Suceava, Romania, May 1999) *
=> Synthesis reports (PDF file, 815 KB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Full report (120 pages, 2.6 MB)
=> Link to Carpathian Workshop

Collection of old local fruit varieties in Transcarpathia, Ukraine
- first intermediate report (PDF, 850 KB)
- second intermediate report (PDF, 470 KB)

Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network
=> Intermediate report Carpathian_Buffalo_2009.pdf (56 KB)
=> Link to the Buffalo Workshop Sighisoara, Romania 2011

Animal Genetic Resources in Romania

Conservation of typical fruit varieties in Transylvania

Podgorska red cattles, Poland (conservation of a nucleus breed)*
=> short project summary (PDF 36 KB)

Breeding coordination for Valachian sheep (SK, CZ, D)*

Mediterranean:

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)
=> Breedatlas_Greece (download 4.8 MB, requires Acrobat Reader)
=> Link to the AgroBiodiversity-Net in Greece

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

Conservation of the Sykia steppe cattle in Greece

Breeding coordination for Girgentana goats (I, D)*

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)

*executed projects

Situation as of: November 8, 2011

office(at)save-foundation.net

SAVE Project Office
Schneebergstr. 17
CH-9000 St.Gallen
Switzerland

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


		Projects
		SAVE Foundation some project reports are available only in German language => see German version of website
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		=> Go to: Pan-European Alpine circle Balkans Carpathians Mediterranean Pan-European 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 Seminars on Agrobiodiversity => Link to the 5th Seminar in Dimitrovgrad, September 2011 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 Conservation of rare livestock breeds and epidemic control* => SaveNews special International Networks: 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 overview.pdf (download 76 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) Variety-Savers an internet-portal for listing all keepers of indigenous livestock breeds and cultivators of indigenous cultivated plants in Europe. Variety-Savers should be used to network, to share information, to list events and to sell products and services relating to European agrobiodiversity. => Information flyer => Link to the Variety-Savers.Net 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 Agrobiodiversity.Net Internet-Portal with links to NGO- and GO-Networks on European, regional and national level. The portal is suitable as a start page in the internet browser for those who regularly have to do with agrobiodiversity. => Link to Agrobiodiversit.Net 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. => project description (PDF 36 KB) => Link to the Synonym Index Launching of the "Heritaste" trademark (registered) to promote products and services from autochthonous livestock breeds and cultivated plants. => Trademark with draft conditions Donkey breeds in Europe* => Final report of the study (PDF 1.3 MB) => English abstract (PDF 132 KB) Management of Feral Populations in Europe => project description (PDF 44 KB) => data sheet for the survey 2011/2012 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). 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. Alpine circle: Alpine Network for Agrobiodiversity => Link to the Network website 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) => project description (PDF 48 KB) Historical inventory of Swiss cultivated plants* => Link to the Plantinventory Model Project Agro-Biodiversity at Lake Constance* => brochures for the model region Balkans: Balkans 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 MBe, requires Acrobat Reader) => Rare Breeds and Varieties of the Balkans, Atlas 2009 BreedatlasBalkan.pdf (140 pages, 4,6 MB) Rescue Station for three endangered Albanian pig breeds in the Buna-Delta, Albania => short english summary (PDF 56 KB) => Report 2008 (PDF 988 KB) => Report 2009 (PDF 384 KB) Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network => Intermediate report Carpathian_Buffalo_2009.pdf (56 KB) => Link to the Buffalo Workshop Sighisoara 2011 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 Karakachan horses and sheep, Bulgaria (establishment of new breeding groups)* => project description Karakachan.pdf (PDF file, 56 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) 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). Posavina horse, Croatia (support for breedregister and bloodtyping) * Istrian Grey cattle / Karstvieh, Croatia (exchange of vet surgeons for ET) * Carpathians: Carpathian Network for Agrobiodiversity => Link to the Network website Conservation of Agrobiodiversity in the Carpathians => Project description (download 268 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Final report phase II, 2005-2008 (PDF, 256 KB) Workshop on plant and animal genetic resources of the Carpathians (at Suceava, Romania, May 1999) * => Synthesis reports (PDF file, 815 KB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Full report (120 pages, 2.6 MB) => Link to Carpathian Workshop Collection of old local fruit varieties in Transcarpathia, Ukraine - first intermediate report (PDF, 850 KB) - second intermediate report (PDF, 470 KB) Water Buffalo in Southeast Europe, especially the Carpathian type, and establishment of an international Buffalo-Network => Intermediate report Carpathian_Buffalo_2009.pdf (56 KB) => Link to the Buffalo Workshop Sighisoara, Romania 2011 Animal Genetic Resources in Romania Conservation of typical fruit varieties in Transylvania Podgorska red cattles, Poland (conservation of a nucleus breed)* => short project summary (PDF 36 KB) Breeding coordination for Valachian sheep (SK, CZ, D)* Mediterranean: 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) => Breedatlas_Greece (download 4.8 MB, requires Acrobat Reader) => Link to the AgroBiodiversity-Net in Greece Prespa cattle in Greece and Albania => Prespa_cattle.pdf, report on identification and conservation (PDF file, 376 KB) Conservation of the Sykia steppe cattle in Greece Breeding coordination for Girgentana goats (I, D)* 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) *executed projects Situation as of: November 8, 2011

office(at)save-foundation.net SAVE Project Office Schneebergstr. 17 CH-9000 St.Gallen Switzerland		Coordination project Mangalitsa: Red Mangalitsa from Romania (photo Traxler)