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- Agenda 21
- A comprehensive set of programs of action to promote sustainable development into the 21st century. Although nonbinding, Agenda 21 is an important document representing a consensus of the world's governments.
- biodiversity
- All species of plants and animals, their genetic material, and the ecosystems of which they are a part.
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Adopted in Nairobi on 22 May 1992, the Convention was opened for signature and signed during the Rio Earth Summit by over 150 countries. The Convention is a legally binding agreement for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. It came into force on 29 December 1993.
- DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
- The molecule in chromosomes that is the repository of genetic information in all organisms (with the exception of a small number of viruses, in which the hereditary material is ribonucleic acid, RNA). The information coded by DNA determines the structure and function of an organism.
- ex situ ("off-site")
- This refers, for example, to conservation of genetic resources outside of their natural habitats. Gene banks and botanical gardens hold ex situ collections.
- gene
- The fundamental physical and functional unit of hereditary; the portion of a DNA molecule that is made up of an ordered sequence of nucleotide based pairs that produce a specific product or have an assigned function.
- genebank
- For plants and seeds, usually a temperature- and humidity-controlled facility used to store seed (or other reproductive materials) for future use in research and breeding programmes. Also called a seedbank.
- germplasm
- The total genetic variability, represented by germ cells or seeds, available to a particular population of organisms.
- Guaymi General Congress
- Represents Panama's largest indigenous peoples' organization.
- hybrid
- Any intermediate plant resulting from crossing two or more different biotypes of the same species or biotypes from two different species.
- in situ ("on-site")
- In situ conservation means the conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in their natural surroundings and, in the case of domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they have developed their distinctive properties.
- in vitro
- By derivation, means "in glass." In general, applied to biological processes when they are experimentally made to occur in isolation from the whole organism (which usually means within a glass vessel). For example, the activities of cells in tissue culture occur in vitro.
- Rio Earth Summit
- The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and parallel NGO meetings, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992.
- sui generis legislation
- A unique form of intellectual property protection, especially designed to meet certain criteria and needs.
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