The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

Societal Impact Statement A wide variety of plant species are threatened by illegal wildlife
trade (IWT), and yet plants receive scant attention in IWT policy and research, a matter of …

Plant conservation initiatives lag behind and receive considerably less funding than animal
conservation projects. We explored a potential reason for this bias: a tendency among …

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 …

Societal Impact Statement Plants are fundamental to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and
are key to human livelihoods. To protect plant diversity, systematic approaches to …

Despite the massive efforts that have been made to conserve plant diversity across the world
during the past few decades, it is becoming increasingly evident that our current strategies …

Purpose The present paper aims to examine the concept of “plant blindness” in the context
of current sustainability debates.“Plant blindness” was the term introduced in 1999 by the …

Abstract The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) is known for its rich biodiversity and lacking for
comprehensive information on geographic distribution of threatened plants. Realizing the …

Against a background of continuing loss of biodiversity, it is argued that for the successful
conservation of threatened plant species we need to ensure the more effective integration of …

Genetic diversity provides the essential basis for the adaptation and resilience of tree
species to environmental stress and change. The genetic conservation of tree species is an …