How a New Conservation Action Concept Has Accelerated Plant Conservation in China

Wei-Bang Sun; Yong-Peng Ma; Stephen Blackmore

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.009

How a New Conservation Action Concept Has Accelerated Plant Conservation in China

Trends Plant Sci. 2019 Jan;24(1):4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.009. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Authors

Wei-Bang Sun¹, Yong-Peng Ma², Stephen Blackmore³

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China. Electronic address: wbsun@mail.kib.ac.cn.
² Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China. Electronic address: mayongpeng@mail.kib.ac.cn.
³ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), Descanso House, 199 Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3BW, UK.

PMID: 30409685
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2018.10.009

Abstract

Since 2005, a new conservation action concept has been implemented to address the most threatened plant species requiring priority conservation in China. The concept is now widely recognized at different levels of governmental departments and by the general public, and is leading to great achievements for plant conservation in China.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Endangered Species*
Plants*