Sep 30, 2022 | News
Our collaborative project to secure safe custody for the Critically Endangered Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides) is underway. Project partners at Lismore Rainforest Botanic Garden, the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, the Australian National Botanic Garden and Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden are preparing to receive their first plants this spring. At each location, these plants will be established in the ground and monitored carefully for growth, fruiting and any signs of Myrtle Rust infection. Propagation has begun at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan for the next round of plants to be distributed later in the project, as a joint project of the Science and Horticulture teams. Ex situ conservation is needed to ensure this species will survive while long-term recovery options are pursued.
Image by Nathan Emery. This project is supported by funding from the Australian Government.
Sep 30, 2022 | News
Our Healthy Seeds Roadmap has been endorsed by the NSW Environmental Trust. The Roadmap summarises the findings of our Healthy Seeds project and plots a course for the future of the native seed sector in NSW. It recommends how to overcome barriers and forms an action plan of interventions including restoration planning, licencing and training. The native seed sector is the backbone of restoration efforts – it’s hard to grow plants without seed! To read the Roadmap please visit our project webpage.
Sep 30, 2022 | News
September marks a year since the launch of ‘Plant Germplasm Conservation in Australia, Third Edition’, also known as the Germplasm Guidelines, which is a joint publication of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation and the Australian Seed Bank Partnership. We’re keen to know how you are using the Germplasm Guidelines, and invite you to complete a short 3 minute survey.
You can access all the Germplasm Guidelines materials, and an A4 poster to download, on our new Germplasm Resource webpage.
Sep 30, 2022 | News
The 7th Global Botanic Gardens Congress was on in Melbourne this week. The ANPC’s Amelia Martyn Yenson presented a talk in the Germplasm Conservation in Australia Symposium – a network of expertise for a biodiverse flora. Amelia also received the 2022 Marsh Award for International Plant Conservation in recognition of her work managing the revision of the Germplasm Guidelines! The Marsh Award recognises an individual in the early to mid-stages of their career who has made a significant achievement in the conservation of rare and endangered plant species and plant diversity. Congratulations to Amelia from all of us at the ANPC, it’s very much deserved!
Image by: Brad Desmond
