[PCA] CPC Best Plant Conservation Practices to Support Species Survival in the Wild

[Prescott, Leah]

"The Center for Plant Conservation is pleased to announce the publication
of CPC Best Plant Conservation Practices to Support Species Survival in the
Wild. For the first time we have consolidated our guidelines to cover plant
conservation practice from soup to nuts. We urge practitioners to review
the new guidelines that reflect updated knowledge about best scientific
practice."

>From the publication:

One in five plant species are at risk of extinction worldwide. Growing
concerns for the
loss of plant genetic diversity and species’ extinctions, as well as
advancing knowhow
to make successful conservation collections, motivates CPC Network
scientists
to collect seeds from wild populations and bank them.

The great diversity of plants throughout the world helps define our sense
of place
and our cultural heritage. Plants have great economic value—providing food,
shelter,
medicine, and the basis of our livelihoods.

CPC Best Plant Conservation Practices to Support Species Survival in the
Wild offer all of
us targets we strive to hit in our plant conservation practice. We welcome
you to join
the conversation and to contribute to the science and to the stories about
how practice
improves through experience. Please contact the Center for Plant
Conservation
at info at saveplants.org."

Read more:
https://saveplants.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CPCbest-plant-conservation-practices.pdf

-- 
Leah Prescott
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator (Contractor)
202-912-7232

Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
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