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Plants
All life depends on plants.
Threats to plant communities range from the destruction of large areas of trees through logging, to pollution from fertilisers, car exhausts, factory emissiona and sewage.
Increased fertility as a result of fertiliser pollution and nitrogen deposition results in a decline in the diversity of plant species with vegetation becoming increasingly dominated by fewer, more competative species
Threats to plant communities range from the destruction of large areas of trees through logging, to pollution from fertilisers, car exhausts, factory emissiona and sewage.
Increased fertility as a result of fertiliser pollution and nitrogen deposition results in a decline in the diversity of plant species with vegetation becoming increasingly dominated by fewer, more competative species
Sites in Plants
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Housing the largest living plant collection in the world, Kew Gardens also undertakes reaserch into taxonomy, economic and ethnobotany and conservation.
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit
Responsible for acquiring, characterising, maintaining, evaluating, documenting and distributing genetic resources of agricultural and horticultural crops, including wild species.
Plant Conservation
Threatened Plant Conservation of Mt Bruce.
Australian Network for Plant Conservation
Objectives are to develop, maintain, and co-ordinate a national network of organisations and individuals, promoting co-operation and information exchange for plant conservation and contribute to the recovery and long term survival of threatened plants.
Aquatic Subsurface Injection Systems
Seagrass restoration using patented planting and fertilization techniques. Services, photos, and contact information.
New England Wild Flower Society
The Society owns and manages seven sanctuaries in New England, protecting rare species as well as examples of New England habitats. In the wild, they monitor the survival of hundreds of rare plants and provide habitat management advice and information.
Center for Plant Conservation
A national consortium of 28 botanical gardens and arboreta dedicated to saving America's endangered plants.
Plant Talk
A magazine providing information, encouragement and advice on plant conservation.
Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance
Study and preserves Georgia's flora through multidisciplinary research, education, and advocacy; facilitate the recovery of rare, threatened, and endangered plants of Georgia and the southeast U.S. through collaborative efforts in our state; and communicate the importance of preserving biodiversity worldwide.
California Native Plant Society
The CNPS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of California native plants through education, science, horticulture and advocacy.
Washington Rare Plant Conservation Program
A program for the in situ and ex situ conservation of Washington's rare plants.
Plant Conservation Biotechnology
Plant Conservation Group at the University of Abertay, Dundee whose main activity is the application of biotechnological techniques to plant conservation problems.
Washington Native Plant Society
Promoting the conservation of Washington's native plants, addressing local and national issues affecting these plants.
New England Plant Conservation Program
A voluntary alliance of over 65 botanists, private institutions, and government agencies, organized to promote the recovery of New England's endangered flora.
Institute for Plant Conservation
A small unit within the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Science, undertaking research and extension and post-graduate teaching directed at improving the conservation status of the Cape Floristic Region.
Maryland Native Plant Society
Dedicated to Protecting, Conserving, and Restoring Maryland's Native Plants and Habitats.
Tropical Marine Plant Conservation Working Group
Provides information about marine algae and marine Spermatophytes growing on the coasts of Ryukyu archipelago
The Holden Arboretum
The majority of land at The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio, is maintained in a natural state. Even though it gives the appearance of being untouched, crucial management decisions are always being made to maintain the diversity and health of these areas.
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
Provides technical guidance, data and support for botanic gardens in almost 100 countries worldwide.
A Global Action Plan for Bryophyte Conservation
Information on the threats to bryophyte populations.
Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group
Carries out ecological research aimed at gaining insight into processes at the ecosytem and population level and uses those insights to optimise nature conservation.
Bushcare
Aims to protect, enhance and increase native vegetation in Australian landscapes, and is a key Program of the Commonwealth Natural Heritage Trust.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Information for the gardener about plant classification, structure, anatomy, physiology and a section on plant conservation.
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
Information from the Gloucestershire group of the NCCPG including a newsletter, the programme for 2002, photographs and contact details.
Plant Conservation Alliance
Information about projects, grants and funding, meetingsand members.
Ex Situ Plant Conservation Symposium
Hosted by the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1999.
Cloud Forest Conservation
Exhibit on cloud forest biodiversity conservation from the Strybing Arboretum Society. Details on rare and endangered plant species, collaborations with institutions world-wide and plant collecting expeditions to Southeast Asia.
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, UK
Conservation policy and aims and links to current projects.
The National Council for the Conservation of Plants
Information on the conservation of the biodiversity of garden plants for the benefit of horticulture, education and science.
Bloom, Inc.
Non-profit organization that provides information management and network building tools to the plant biodiversity community in North America.
Canadian Botanical Conservation Network
A registered charitable organization which helps conserve biological diversity through networking tools and conservation programs for botanical gardens and arboreta.
Plantlife
The wild plant charity, which carries out plant species and habitat conservation, owns and manages nature reserves, campaigns, and raises awareness through education. |
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