Governing document THE MATHERS FOUNDATION
Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 FEB 2019
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITATS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: 1. CONSERVING LIVING SPECIMENS OF HISTORICALLY COLLECTED ORCHIDS, DATING BACK TO THE VICTORIAN AGE; 2. CONSERVING LIVING SPECIMENS OF HYBRIDISED ORCHIDS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO MODERN HYBRIDS AND/OR WHICH STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE BREEDING LINES; 3. DEVELOPING NEW BREEDING LINES OF ORCHIDS; 4. PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ORCHIDS AND THEIR HISTORY THROUGH ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC SHOWS; AND 5. CONDUCTING AND/OR FUNDING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO ORCHIDS AND THEIR HABITATS AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.
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