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‘The conservation of plant genetic resources in Switzerland is carried out by public and private organizations. The most important genebank is located at the Federal Agricultural Research Station of Changins, where more than 10 000 accessions of different species are conserved. A commission has been created with representatives of public and private organisations concemed with plant genetic resources in order to stimulate collaboration and coordination as e.g. making inventories and the development of common projects. Switzerland has intriduced a number of legal instruments for the protection of biological diversity, not only in the framewaork of the protection of nature, but also in agriculture.