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

Welcome and Introduction

Peter Wyse Jackson

What are the threatened plants? Updated UK Red List & UK BAP priority plant species

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

Species recovery and Species Action Plans

Trevor Dines, Plantlife Officer for Wales

PlantNetwork Target 8 Project: linking ex situ and in situ conservation

PlantNetwork Target 8 Project: linking ex situ and in situ conservation

David Rae & Natacha Frachon, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Plant conservation in Ireland

Plant conservation in Ireland

Declan Doogue

Are you aware? Engaging audiences in plant conservation issues

Are you aware? Engaging audiences in plant conservation issues

Gail Bromley, Botanic Gardens Education Network & RBG Kew

Biodiversity in Ireland: Disseminating information

Biodiversity in Ireland: Disseminating information

Louise Scally, National Platform for Biodiversity Research, Ireland

Outcome Targets

Outcome Targets

Matthew Jebb

Zoos and plant conservation

Zoos and plant conservation

Eddie Mole, Bristol Zoo Gardens

Conservation of Bromus interruptus

Conservation of Bromus interruptus

Stewart Henchie, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Local Flora

Local Flora

Nick Wray University of Bristol Botanic Garden

Threatened Plants of North Wales

Threatened Plants of North Wales

Nigel Brown, Treborth Botanic Garden

Conservation of threatened plant species in Wales

Conservation of threatened plant species in Wales

Andy Jones, Countryside Council for Wales

Conservation partnerships in Scotland

Conservation partnerships in Scotland

Mary Gibby, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Response to Plant Diversity Challenge in Northern Ireland

Response to Plant Diversity Challenge in Northern Ireland

Mark Wright, Environment & Heritage Service Northern Ireland

The Plant Genetic Resource Dimension Of UK Plant Biodiversity

The Plant Genetic Resource Dimension Of UK Plant Biodiversity

Maria Scholten and Marianne Mitchell, University of Birmingham

Practical Plant Conservation in Ireland

Practical Plant Conservation in Ireland

Steve Waldren, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden

The Biogeography and Conservation Biology of Spiranthes romanzoffiana

The Biogeography and Conservation Biology of Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Darach Lupton, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden


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.