The need for action on the global environment is now well understood and governments,
agencies, non-governmental organizations and botanic gardens have all been working in …

We are facing an unprecedented plant diversity crisis. If current trends in habitat conversion,
over-exploitation, alien species invasions, and climate change continue, up to 50% of the …

International agreements and policies play an increasingly prominent role in strategies to
combat biodiversity loss. However, conservation policies can only have a conservation …

Abstract The publication of The Botanic Gardens Conservation Strategy in 1989 provided an
extremely valuable shared rationale and framework for botanic gardens worldwide. Not only …

Botanic gardens and arboreta offer the opportunity to conserve and manage a wide range of
plant diversity ex situ, and in situ in the broader landscape. The rationale that botanic …

There is a pressing need to conserve plant diversity to prevent extinctions and to enable
sustainable use of plant material by current and future generations. Here, we review the …

Botanic gardens have great and longstanding strengths in the exploration and
documentation of plant diversity–including systematics, horticultural science, and most …

It is well recognised that the problems of conservation and development are linked, and so
attempts to tackle them should be integrated (ADAMS et al. 2004). Accordingly …

Social Impact Statement Botanic gardens and arboreta have evolved significantly from their
origins as oases reserved for the elite, to the conservation powerhouses they are today …

Plant diversity is currently being lost at an unprecedented rate, resulting in an associated
decrease in ecosystem services. About a third of the world's vascular plant species face the …