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Regulations (where applicable), including the conditions of any exemption from Part 8A, and in accordance with international obligations.
2.7.6       Reports and publications arising from the use of biological material will be obtained, recorded and stored in a location accessible to staff.
2.7.7       Visiting scientists, scientific associates, ex-staff and other professionals may be provided with access to the collections and facilities to undertake research, to study, and to collect plants for the living and herbarium collections.

Actions
2.7.8       Maintain best practice procedures to facilitate access to the living collection and other biological resources in accordance with international obligations and relevant legislative requirements.
2.7.9       Develop and/or adopt guidelines for assessing the provenance and scientific integrity of biological resource material to be accepted into the ANBG collections.
     2.7.10       Develop, and make readily available, clear and transparent procedures consistent with international obligations and legislative requirements for the provision of biological resources for research, including at the genetic and molecular level.
     2.7.11       Develop agreements requiring that the use of the ANBG collections and other biological resources from the site is recognised and acknowledged and that the ANBG is kept informed of relevant publications, data and research activities.
     2.7.12       Enter into benefit-sharing agreements where access to ANBG biological resources is for commercial purposes or potential commercial purposes.

2.8       Genetic resources

Background
Many of the ANBG's and CANBR's collections are biological and therefore contain genetic material. Our preserved collections can be appropriate for genetic research. Our living collections can be used to generate material for genetic research and breeding programs.
The genetic resources of the ANBG's living collection, the National Seed Bank's seed collections and the Australian National Herbarium's specimens and other genetic samples are maintained and made available as part of Extended Specimens for researchers. Over recent years, the number of requests to access the diverse and in some cases extremely rare genetic material available through the ANBG has increased, especially from international researchers.
The ANBG's collections have played an important role in understanding seed germination, taxonomy, systematics, and the health and viability of wild plant populations. The utility of these genetic resources is growing. Traditionally research in this area has focused on relationships among species and with increasing tools and reduction in costs there is greater focus on within-species patterns e.g. population structure. Therefore, we are working to increase the genetic diversity that is represented in ANBG's ex situ collections, and through management of collections as maternal lines to enable more conservation uses and outcomes. Horticulturally genetics has proven important for attractive cultivar form selections (e.g. the Purple Paramour form of Banksia robur) and for selecting more robust genetic stock for propagation and ex situ conservation.
The ANBG has adopted the Common Policy Guidelines for