Extinct in the Wild (EW) species are placed at the highest risk of extinction under the
International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, but the extent and variation in this …

Despite the importance of plants for humans and the threats to their future, plant
conservation receives far less support compared with vertebrate conservation. Plants are …

Global commitments and policy interventions for conservation have failed to halt widespread
declines in plant biodiversity, highlighting an urgent need to engage novel approaches and …

The upsurge in anthropogenic climate change has accelerated the habitat loss and
fragmentation of wild animals and plants. The rare and endangered plants are important …

Although often not collected specifically for the purposes of conservation, herbarium
specimens offer sufficient information to reconstruct parameters that are needed to …

Ex situ conservation is widely used to protect wild plant species from extinction. However, it
remains unclear how genetic variation of ex situ plant collections reflects diversity of wild …

Imperiled plant species can benefit from ex situ cultivation to safeguard against loss of
genetic diversity and possible extinction in the wild. Few studies use genetic monitoring in …

Resurrecting extinct species is a fascinating and challenging idea for scientists and the
general public. Whereas some theoretical progress has been made for animals, the …

The world is witnessing massive land degradation caused by climate change and various
anthropogenic activities. There has been a significant increase in habitat restoration efforts …

Global plant extinction rates have increased dramatically over the past 50 years.
Conservation efforts are especially challenging across the Hawaiian archipelago, where …