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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 2006
Charitable objects
A. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF BIO-DIVERSITY ON THE PLANET FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:
I. COLLECTING AND CONSERVING GENETIC MATERIAL IN THE UK FROM ENDANGERED NON-HUMAN ANIMALS WORLDWIDE.
II. SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENOME RESOURCE BANKS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS WORLDWIDE.
III. ESTABLISHING DATABASES TO IDENTIFY WHERE GENETIC MATERIALS ARE STORED AND TO IDENTIFY WHICH GENE POOLS ARE IN NEED OF COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION AND THE TIME SCALES INVOLVED.
IV. PROVIDING A SOURCE OF GENETIC MATERIALS TO COMBAT THE LOSS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY:
I. CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS TO DISCOVER THE BEST METHODS OF COLLECTING AND STORING SAMPLES FOR THE LONG TERM PRESERVATION OF TISSUE, DNA AND VIABLE CELLS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS.
II. PROVIDING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FROM THE COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION OF GENETIC MATERIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Area of benefit
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