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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Partners with International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission to Form First-ever Center to Focus on Biobanking

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torsdag, oktober 12, 2023

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been recognized for its expertise in wildlife biobanking, and has partnered with the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the world's largest conservation organization—the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—to form the new Center for Species Survival: Biodiversity Banking. The new center is the first ever to have a strategy focus rather than a taxonomic one. 

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  • New Center for Species Survival: Biodiversity Banking Joins Distinguished Network of Global Conservation Organizations Working to Prevent Species Extinction
    SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been recognized for its expertise in wildlife biobanking, and has partnered with the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the world's largest conservation organization—the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—to form the new Center for Species Survival: Biodiversity Banking.
  • ECZM (ZHM), chief conservation and wildlife health officer, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
  • For more information on San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and the Wildlife Biodiversity Bank, visit sdzwa.org .
  • For more information on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission, visit iucn.org .