Secretary of organisation, 01-JUL-09-17-FEB-12, Genetic Heritage Ireland (GHI) was established in 1993 as the Irish Genetic Resources Conservation Trust. It is a non-governmental organisation whose main objective is to promote the conservation and sustainable utilisation of Irelands plant and animal genetic resources. Granted charitable status in 1994, within GHI special emphasis is placed on projects involving species, breeds and cultivars which are rare, in danger of extinction in Ireland, indigenous to Ireland and or of cultural or historical importance. The name Genetic Heritage Ireland was adopted