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NordGen - the Nordic Genetic Resource Center - is an organization dedicated to conservation and sustainable use of plants, farm animals and forest trees. Biological diversity is the foundation of human existence and adaptation to constantly changing environmental conditions.
Good access to genetic resources is necessary when we meet new growing conditions, climate changes, new plant and animal diseases, increased production or changed environmental or consumer demands.
NordGen secures the biological livelihood of present and future generations.
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Relic plants are cultural plants that have survived in or around their original environment. One of the caracteristics of these plants is that they don't spread a lot and that have stayed in their original biotope. This makes them more vulnerable to changes at the specific site.