Practical Plant Conservation
Date posted: 1 April 2005 - Permalink / Shortlink
A conference to bring together in situ and ex situ work on conserving threatened plant species in Britain and Ireland. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, April 2005
Presentation

Welcome and Introduction
Peter Wyse Jackson

Practical Plant Conservation
Matthew Jebb

Plant Diversity Challenge: recent progress and reporting
Chris Cheffings, JNCC
What are the threatened plants? Updated UK Red List & UK BAP priority plant species
Lynne Farrell, Scottish Natural Heritage

Species recovery and Species Action Plans
Trevor Dines, Plantlife Officer for Wales
PlantNetwork Target 8 Project: linking ex situ and in situ conservation
David Rae & Natacha Frachon, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Plant conservation in Ireland
Declan Doogue

Are you aware? Engaging audiences in plant conservation issues
Gail Bromley, Botanic Gardens Education Network & RBG Kew
Biodiversity in Ireland: Disseminating information
Louise Scally, National Platform for Biodiversity Research, Ireland
Outcome Targets
Matthew Jebb
Zoos and plant conservation
Eddie Mole, Bristol Zoo Gardens
Conservation of Bromus interruptus
Stewart Henchie, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Local Flora
Nick Wray University of Bristol Botanic Garden
Threatened Plants of North Wales
Nigel Brown, Treborth Botanic Garden
The National Trust and threatened native species
Stephen Morley, National Trust
Conservation of threatened plant species in Wales
Andy Jones, Countryside Council for Wales
Conservation partnerships in Scotland
Mary Gibby, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Response to Plant Diversity Challenge in Northern Ireland
Mark Wright, Environment & Heritage Service Northern Ireland
The Plant Genetic Resource Dimension Of UK Plant Biodiversity
Maria Scholten and Marianne Mitchell, University of Birmingham
Practical Plant Conservation in Ireland
Steve Waldren, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden
The Biogeography and Conservation Biology of Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Darach Lupton, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden
Final Targets document after editing
As prepared on the day
Summary
At the end of this meeting a set of eight priorities were identified, these have been finalised into a document Developing a PlantNetwork response to Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation which can be downloaded as a pdf document here.
