News published: 13 January 2023

IUCN have invited botanic gardens, zoos and aquariums to provide feedback on their draft Position Statement on the role of botanic gardens, zoos and aquariums in conservation. Please do so. It is important that we impress upon IUCN and the conservation world that botanic gardens and arboreta have been the primary proponents of plant conservation policy, research and practice (in situ and ex situ) for many decades, and will continue to lead plant conservation efforts in the future. Furthermore, our efforts often aim far beyond the survival of species, aiming to support climate change adaptation, biodiversity and livelihoods through ecological restoration and other landscape scale interventions.

Please click here, to read the draft document and have your say in this important matter.

Message from IUCN:

You are invited to review the “Draft – IUCN SSC Position Statement on the Role of Botanic Gardens, Aquariums, and Zoos in Conservation“, which was developed by the IUCN Species Survival Commission and a group of experts to contribute to the implementation of IUCN WCC-2020-Res-079 on linking in situ and ex situ efforts to save threatened species. This draft will be revised taking account the inputs received during the consultation period before being published.

The online consultation period will run for 2 months, from January 4th 2023 to February 28th 2023. During this period, you may record any comments about the content of the document. After February 28th, the online public consultation will be closed, and the IUCN Species Survival Commission will carefully review and consider all comments received.