Gaps in seed banking are compromising the GSPC’s Target 8 in a megadiverse country

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 703 - 716
• Main Authors: Teixido, Alberto L., Toorop, Peter E., Liu, Udayangani, Ribeiro, Guilherme V. T., Fuzessy, Lisieux F., Guerra, Tadeu J., Silveira, Fernando A. O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Banks (Finance); Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation; Conservation biology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Desiccation; drought tolerance; Ecology; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered species; Environmental policy; Ex-situ conservation; extinction; Flora; funding; Government agencies; Institutions; issues and policy; Life Sciences; Original Paper; Plant conservation; Plant species; plants (botany); Research institutions; seed storage; Seeds; Species extinction; Storage; temperature; Threatened species; Wildlife conservation; ASW, Brazil; Brazil; Brazil; Seed storage; Threatened species; Economic costs; Conservation policy

Ex situ seed conservation is an effective strategy to help safeguarding plants from extinction. The updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation’s (GSPC) Target 8 aims to include 75% of threatened plant species in ex situ collections by 2020, preferably in the country of origin. Halfway through th...