Institutional and legal framework for ex-situ conservation in the Republic of Croatia

In January 2012 final version of Operational Programme for the establishment of the domestic animals gene bank in the Republic of Croatia was done. It was provided by the National Programme for the protection of autochthonous – native and protected breeds of domestic animals in the Republic of Croatia which was adopted earlier, at the beginning of 2010 year. The Operational Programme for the development of the Gene Bank is a well-designed, systematic, coherent and focused set of procedures and measures aimed at collecting, processing and storing tissue specimens of genetic material of interesting specimens with the function of their preservation.