328 • Technologies To Maintain Biological Diversity 



of offsite animal maintenace, 144 



of offsite plant collection technologies, 172-173, 195 



of offsite seed storage technologies, 183, 195 



of onsite maintenance programs, 229, 232 



of preservation conservation, 123 



of U.S. development assistance, 288, 291-292 



of worldwide network of protected areas. 111 

 ecosystem 



approach for protected areas, 111-112 



azonal, 103, 111 



benefits from, diversity, 37, 38, 39-41, 43-44, 46, 

 48-49, 49-50, 53-54 



diversity loss, 64-65 



diversity maintenance, 3, 19, 224-228 



onsite, maintenance, 89-90 



restoration, 119-121 



scales of, diversity, 39 



status of, diversity, 66-68 

 Ecosystem Conservation Group (ECG), 269 

 Ecuador, 296 

 edge effect, 107 



embryo transfer, 7, 15, 94, 152-155, 153 

 Endangered Species Act of 1973, 11, 228-229, 286, 

 302 



coordinating onsite maintenance under, 10, 11, 112, 

 222 



proposed amending of, 18-19 



threatened species definition of, 70 

 Endangered Species Office (ESO), 68, 115, 228-229 

 Endangered Species Program, 11, 246 



funding for, 18 



habitat protection and, 228-229 

 endemism, 104, 112, 299 

 England. See United Kingdom 

 Environmental Education Act of 1974, 14 

 Environmental Law Center, 268 

 Environmental Liaison Center (Kenya), 298 

 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 71 



microbial research by, 213 



onsite restoration by, 232 

 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), 146-147 

 Ethiopia, 25, 80, 301 

 Europe, 151 



breed resource categorization in, 160 



captive breeding in, 156 



diversity loss in, 79 



threatened species lists in, 70 

 Export Administration Act, proposed amending of, 

 26 



Federal Committee on Ecological Reserves, 226 



Federal Register. 228, 229 



Federal Threatened and Endangered Species List, 68, 



115 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. (FWS), 68, 228-229, 

 241, 294, 299, 303 



data collection by, 125, 126 



diversity management strategy of, 116 



ecosystem diversity protection by, 227 



Endangered Species Office, 68, 115, 228-229 



Endangered Species Program of, 11, 18 



endangered species protection and, 228-229, 230 



Foreign Service Currency Program and, 293, 302 



Habitat Evaluation Procedure of, 114 



National Fish Hatchery of, 241 



onsite maintenance technology and, 128 



onsite restoration by, 232 



RSSA between AID and, 30 



species documentation by, 68 



wetlands inventories by, 66 

 Florida, 50, 119-120, 129 

 Florida, University of, 129, 303 



Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 25, 67-68, 

 124, 256, 257, 260, 262, 263, 264, 269, 274, 278 



breed resource assessment by, 160 



data collection by, 299 



development assistance and, 303 



domestic animal breed monitoring by, 143 

 Food for Peace Program, 31-32 

 Food Security Act of 1985, 232 

 Ford Foundation, 270 

 Foreign Assistance Act of 1983 (FAA), 27, 222, 289 



amendment to, 287, 289, 291, 292, 290 



proposed restructuring of, 28 

 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 



Act, 232 

 Forest Service, U.S., 117, 222, 302 



database integration and, 125 



development assistance and, 303 



diversity management strategy by, 117, 118 



ecosystem diversity protection by, 227 



germplasm maintenance by, 237 



onsite maintenance technology and, 115, 128 



onsite restoration by, 231 



Renewable Resources Evaluation of, 103 



species protection by, 47 

 Frankia culture collection, 244 

 freeze drying. See lyophilization 

 Fresh Water Game and Fish Commission (Florida), 



230 

 Friends of the Earth, 298 



Gaines wheat, 192 



Galapagos Islands, 53 



General Accounting Office (GAO), 32, 233-235 



genetic drift 



inbreeding and, 150 



preventing, 150-156 

 genetics 



benefits of diversity in, 37-38, 41, 45, 47-48, 49, 

 51-54 



diversity in, for agriculture, 121-122 



diversity loss and, 65-66 



diversity of, in protected areas, 108, 112-113 



ecological-evolutionary, 105 



evolution and diversity in, 41 



status of diversity and, 75-78 

 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 125 

 germplasm 



collection programs, 121-122 



