With more than 8,000 tree species threatened with extinction, an urgent need exists for botanical gardens to protect threatened trees in dedicated conservation collections. A new report published in the international conservation journal Oryx offers strategies and guidelines to help botanical gardens strengthen the conservation value of their tree collections.
A new report published in the international conservation journal Oryx offers strategies and guidelines to help botanical gardens strengthen the conservation value of their tree collections.
Led by researchers at The Morton Arboretum, and co-authored by Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and Quarryhill Botanical Garden, the report synthesizes perspectives from leaders of the global public garden community to evaluate whether current living collections are fulfilling conservation objectives. It also provides recommendations to help gardens strengthen their efforts to protect threatened tree species.
18 leaders from the botanical garden and conservation communities were interviewed for the report, and further opinions were gathered through a discussion panel hosted at the 5th Global Botanic Gardens Congress
