Question

Ex situ conservation is carried out through

• A. Funneling the threatened species into trade.
• B. Off-site collections.
• C. Gene banks.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above.

The conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats is ex-situ conservation. Ex-situ (off site) conservation is a set of conservation techniques involving the transfer of a target species away from its native habitat. Ex-situ techniques include: seed storage, captive breeding, slow-growth storage, DNA storage. The main purposes of ex-situ collections are the rescue and preservation of threatened genetic material and the breeding of species for reintroduction in cases where a species continued survival in its native habitat is threatened.