Workshop on Genebank Management of Universitas Gadjah Mada, August 23-24, 2018

Genetic resources are national assets of each country. Based on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, genetic resources were no longer the world’s wealth. Everyone cannot explore and demand ownership rights or even use genetic resources freely. In line with the steps to realize the Sustainable Development Goals, these genetic resources need to be kept either in-situ or ex-situ way and if genetic resources are orthodox seeds, then genetic resources can be stored in the form of genetic banks. read more