scholarly journals ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Živa Fišer ◽  
Giovanna Aronne ◽  
Tsipe Aavik ◽  
Meleksen Akin ◽  
Paraskevi Alizoti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Plants ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Plant Taxonomy ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Species Declines

Even though plants represent an essential part of our lives offering exploitational, supporting and cultural services, we know very little about the biology of the rarest and most threatened plant species, and even less about their conservation status. Rapid changes in the environment and climate, today more pronounced than ever, affect their fitness and distribution causing rapid species declines, sometimes even before they had been discovered. Despite the high goals set by conservationists to protect native plants from further degradation and extinction, the initiatives for the conservation of threatened species in Europe are scattered and have not yielded the desired results. The main aim of this Action is to improve plant conservation in Europe through the establishment of a network of scientists and other stakeholders who deal with different aspects of plant conservation, from plant taxonomy, ecology, conservation genetics, conservation physiology and reproductive biology to protected area's managers, not forgetting social scientists, who are crucial when dealing with the general public.

scholarly journals Plant conservation in Mediterranean-type ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e71333
Author(s):  
Esteban Salmerón-Sánchez ◽  
Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández ◽  
Juan Lorite ◽  
Juan Francisco Mota ◽  
Julio Peñas
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Genetic Conservation ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Conservation Research ◽  
Mediterranean Type Ecosystems

The present paper is an overview of state of the art in plant conservation in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems (MTEs), highlighting current studies and neglected topics. A review of the literature dealing with this issue and a general analysis of the results was performed, delving into relevant plant conservation biology topics. The main topics considered were: 1) reproductive biology and genetic conservation, 2) threat factors and effects of global change, and 3) evaluation of conservation status and protected areas selection. This study illustrates differences in the number of documents published in northern countries of the Mediterranean Basin concerning southern and eastern countries and compared with other MTEs. It also highlights the paramount importance of public organizations as funding entities. Additionally, it points to a decrease in traditional subject categories related to plant conservation and increased multidisciplinary conservation research and novel methodologies (e.g., phylogenomics, SDM). To overcome existing biases among the different MTE regions, integrating actions at a transnational level would be necessary, with standard conservation policies and strategies. Moreover, research should be supported with more important participation and funding from private entities, with a clear focus on specific conservation proposals. In contrast, certain weaknesses were detected, some related to the limited information available about threatened plant species and the scarce use of the available data from genetic conservation research in management plans. Consequently, the authors consider that future conservation efforts should be addressed to improve the knowledge of threatened MTEs’ flora and implement a manual of good practices, which would make use of the available research information to put forward more direct proposals for management and conservation.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of protected areas and indigenous lands in representing threatened plant species in Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1539-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno R. Ribeiro ◽  
Eline Martins ◽  
Gustavo Martinelli ◽  
Rafael Loyola
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Indigenous Lands ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
The Government

Abstract Brazil is signatory of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which provides guidelines and directions to existing national policies. This strategy aims to halt the continuing loss of plant diversity through the achievement of 16 outcome-based targets set for 2020. One of these targets (target 7) states that at least 75% of known threatened plant species should be preserved in situ. Here, we assessed the effectiveness of the Brazilian current network of protected areas (PAs) and indigenous lands (ILs) in representing all known threatened plant species. We found that the number of species represented inside PAs and ILs varied according to data type. When using occurrence records, we found that 699 (33%) threatened plant species lie completely outside PAs (and/or ILs) and that 1,405 species (67%) have at least one record inside at least one PA (and/or IL). The number of species unrepresented decreased when we considered polygons of distribution. In this case, only 219 (10%) are supposedly unprotected. Although Brazil is almost reaching GSPC Target 7 in terms of absolute numbers, the government still needs to allocate resources for properly managing and improving the conservation status of its imperiled flora and expand the network of PAs.

Global strategy for plant conservation: inadequate in situ conservation of threatened flora in Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez ◽  
David Draper Munt ◽  
Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
In Situ Conservation ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Environmental Niche ◽  
Threatened Plants

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) seeks to assess the conservation status of the world vascular plants by 2020, and to guarantee that at least 75% threatened taxa are conserved in situ. A comprehensive evaluation of IUCN categories for 7269 Spanish vascular plants (GSPC Target 2), using distribution data and environmental niche models, is presented. A gap analysis to assess the percentage of threatened plants effectively conserved in situ (considering national parks, plant micro-reserves and recovery or conservation plans) was also conducted (Target 7). The result is that only 44.4% threatened species are subject to an adequate in situ protection. An appropriate management of additional natural protected areas towards the conservation of threatened plants would make Spain meet this threshold, but severe deficiencies should be corrected. The methodology presented here is proposed as a tool to assess the degree of achievement of GSPC targets. This procedure can be quickly implemented and allows an easy evaluation of the progress, as well as the pending tasks in a given period of time.

Threatened Plant Species of Mindoro, Philippines

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ELAINE LOREEN C. VILLANUEVA ◽  
INOCENCIO E. BUOT, JR.
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
International Union ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Plant Families

There have been some studies on the plant species found in Mindoro, Philippines, but there remains little information in their status particularly at the local level. This paper presents a list of threatened plant species of Mindoro. A list of indicators of the conservation status was formulated for this particular study and was used for categorizing the threatened plant species at the local level. The list recorded 173 threatened plant species from 70 plant families, which are composed of 25 Critically Endangered (CR), 46 Endangered (EN) and 102 Vulnerable (VU) plant species. The species were found to be threatened because of their endemicity, as well as some anthropogenic activities that could lead to the destruction of their habitats and ultimately, their extinction. There are still existing gaps in the knowledge of the flora of Mindoro, and when these gaps are addressed, it is possible that more rare and threatened plants will be added to the list. It is also recommended to utilize the data in the enactment of the laws to address the threats to plant biodiversity loss. Keywords - Botany, threatened plant species, Mindoro, conservation status, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Mindoro, Philippines

scholarly journals THE CONTRIBUTION OF CIBODAS BOTANIC GARDEN AS AN EX-SITU CONSERVATION SITE FOR TROPICAL MOUNTAINOUS PLANTS: THE LAST DECADE

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Imawan Wahyu Hidayat ◽  
Neneng Ine Kurnita ◽  
Dimas Ardiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Ex Situ Conservation ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Plant Collection ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Abstract: The threats to the plant biodiversity become more advance along with rapid degradation of the natural habitat. Plants preservation needs accompaniment between in-situ and ex-situ conservation altogether. The ex-situ plant conservation plays more important roles in order to help conserve threatened plant species. Cibodas Botanic Garden (CBG) is a government institution which has the main assignment on ex-situ plant conservation, especially tropical mountainous plants. In the last decade, CBG has conducted exploration and plants collection in order to retrieve them from the destructive pressures in their habitat. This study aimed to asses the CBG’s contribution to ex-situ plant conservation through the addition number of planted plants and to describe the important value to conservation. The study conducted through a quantitative descriptive method, based on data inventory of the newly planted plant in the garden from 2008 to 2018. This also assessed the increasing collection of each year and descriptively explaining the background data, species variety, and their conservation status. The results described that the additional number was 473 specimens and the average increase was 43 specimens per-year. These originated from exploration and plants collection 248 specimens, donation 217 specimens, self-propagation seven specimens, and one specimen from seeds exchange. The most planted was Nepenthaceae with 84 specimens, secondly Phillantaceae with 21 specimens, and Lauraceae 15 specimens. There were 116 species (152 specimens) which have conservation status. These expected to be a comprehensive description of the CBG’s plant collection and meaningful for the conservation efforts in general.Keywords: ex-situ plant conservation; garden collection; Cibodas Botanic Garden (CBG)

Are listed threatened plant species actually at risk?

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Burgman
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Legal Mandates ◽  
State Of The Environment

Despite the fact that the most changes in lists of threatened species reflect changes in knowledge rather than changes in conservation status, the lists continue to provide social and legal mandates for conservation; they are used to report on the state of the environment and to guide the allocation of scarce resources. There is a substantial under-representation of non-vascular species in threatened plant lists, reflected in an absence of documented extinctions among fungi and algae. Turnover in the composition of extinct flora lists in Australia suggests that the lists of threatened species may not be sufficiently reliable to form the basis for reporting on the state of the environment. They are of limited use in distinguishing between levels of threat and may not be a reliable guide for the allocation of scarce conservation resources among plant species. Systems for listing threatened species create a feedback loop, responsive to the subjective preferences of scientists, largely unresponsive to underlying true threats, self-perpetuating and accentuating bias with each iteration. Other tools, including formal decision approaches and the acquisition of new kinds of data, are needed to fill the roles.

Rediscovery of Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C. Fisch. (Rubiaceae) from the Western Ghats of India after a lapse of 83 years

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 18953-18955
Author(s):  
Perumal Murugan ◽  
Vellingiri Ravichandran ◽  
Chidambaram Murugan
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C.Fisch. (Rubiaceae), a threatened plant species of southern Western Ghats is rediscovered from the adjacent area of the type locality after lapse of eight decades.  Its distribution and conservation status are discussed.

An integrated approach for the conservation of threatened plants: The case of Arabis kennedyae (Brassicaceae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Andreou ◽  
P. Delipetrou ◽  
C. Kadis ◽  
G. Tsiamis ◽  
K. Bourtzis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Threatened Plants

scholarly journals Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. e1500936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans ter Steege ◽  
Nigel C. A. Pitman ◽  
Timothy J. Killeen ◽  
William F. Laurance ◽  
Carlos A. Peres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
The Tropics

Estimates of extinction risk for Amazonian plant and animal species are rare and not often incorporated into land-use policy and conservation planning. We overlay spatial distribution models with historical and projected deforestation to show that at least 36% and up to 57% of all Amazonian tree species are likely to qualify as globally threatened under International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List criteria. If confirmed, these results would increase the number of threatened plant species on Earth by 22%. We show that the trends observed in Amazonia apply to trees throughout the tropics, and we predict that most of the world’s >40,000 tropical tree species now qualify as globally threatened. A gap analysis suggests that existing Amazonian protected areas and indigenous territories will protect viable populations of most threatened species if these areas suffer no further degradation, highlighting the key roles that protected areas, indigenous peoples, and improved governance can play in preventing large-scale extinctions in the tropics in this century.

Conservation meets restoration – rescuing threatened plant species by restoring their environments and restoring environments using threatened plant species

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Volis
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Restoration Ecology ◽  
Habitat Restoration ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Conceptual Integration ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species

Plant conservation biology needs a new approach to cope with the rapid disappearance of species and ecosystems. This paper is an attempt to introduce such an approach via conceptual integration of conservation biology and restoration ecology in what can be called conservation-oriented restoration. Use of this term is limited to cases when restoration is applied to a still-functioning ecosystem, excluding cases when the destroyed ecosystem must be recreated or altered to a desirable state. The paper demonstrates the importance of habitat restoration for the majority of threatened species, and, although it may seem paradoxical, advocates usefulness of threatened plant species for restoration of natural habitats. It is proposed that threatened plant species should become an important part of many restoration projects and be introduced not only into locations where they currently grow or grew in the recent past, but also into suitable locations within their potential distribution range. Because the number of potentially suitable locations can be close to zero if we consider only untouched natural habitats as suitable, the introduction sites should include those that require restoration efforts. The available literature is reviewed to show why and how ecological restoration should become an integral part of the conservation biologist's armory.

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