[PCA] Climate Change Seen Pushing Plants to the Brink

[Megan_Haidet at fws.gov]

"Climate Change Seen Pushing Plants to the Brink" - 12 September, 2006. 
Take a look at this recent article from Reuters news wire: 
 
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-09-12T134137Z_01_L12778030_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-PLANTS.xml

The article mentions the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a PCA Cooperating 
institution, and their Millennium Seed Bank project which partners with 
the Seeds of Success (SOS) program.  To learn more about SOS visit: 
http://www.nps.gov/plants/sos/index.htm.

Also, keep an eye out for newly updated PCA meeting summaries, including 
the Sept. 13 presentation by Mary Byrne, SOS data manager.



Megan Haidet
Communications Coordinator
Plant Conservation Alliance 
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
Arlington, VA  22203
Phone: 703.358.2120
Fax: 703.358.2276
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