Conservation

Confronted with complex and accelerating environmental change, the need to document the many thousands of plant species that constitute the world’s botanical resources, and to provide a scientific basis for their protection and effective utilization, is more pressing than ever before. To date, 'hotspots' that are rich in rare species have only been well publicised on continental scales, yet more local knowledge is necessary to inform decisions on the selection of areas for conservation or for sustainable economic development. Our research aims to provide innovative ways to capture, analyse and publicise the large volumes of plant diversity data that are needed to underpin conservation and wider environmental action.

Researchers contributing to the P21C Conservation program

	Mr Denis Filer, Senior Research Associate: Development of online applications to monitor and evaluate global plant diversity.
	Dr Stephen Harris, Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria, University Research Lecturer: Conservation biology.
	Dr Will Hawthorne, Senior Research Associate: Plant diversity assessment in the tropics.
	Dr Roosa Leimu, Departmental Lecturer: Conservation biology.
	Dr Robert Scotland, Reader in Systematic Botany: Plant taxonomy and species discovery.
	Mr John Wood, Senior Research Associate: Plant taxonomy and species discovery