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Go to whole of WA Government search. The Biodiversity Conservation Act provides for the listing of threatened native plants flora , threatened native animals fauna and threatened ecological communities that need protection as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable species or ecological communities because they are under identifiable threat of extinction species or collapse ecological communities.
The Western Australian Threatened Species Scientific Committee and the Threatened Ecological Communities Scientific Committee review nominations to list, delist or change the threat status of threatened species and ecological communities, and use the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List criteria for assigning species and communities to threat categories.
The Biodiversity Conservation Act provides a statutory basis for the listing of threatened species, specially protected species, threatened ecological communities, critical habitat and key threatening processes. Species and ecological communities may also be listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act , the Australian Government's central piece of environmental legislation.
It provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places - defined in the Act as matters of national environmental significance. Unfortunately species data were not available in to include in the identification of priority areas for conservation.
These will be included in the next protected area expansion strategy, which is due to be undertaken. Biodiversity Stewardship programmes focused on areas with high concentrations of unprotected threatened species. One of the most effective current forms of expanding protected areas is through Biodiversity Stewardship programmes; these programmes are implemented by provincial conservation agencies and are guided by provincial conservation protected area strategies. Provincial Biodiversity Stewardship programmes will target sites identified within their protected area expansion strategies to house unprotected threatened species.
The conservation of only 30 additional sites is required in order to achieve this target Von Staden et al. Legal protection of Critically Endangered plant species occurring at one site only, achieved. The above discussed expansion of protected areas to conserve plants caters for plant species that occur in large, intact areas of natural vegetation. Unfortunately, South Africa also has many Critically Endangered plant species that have lost most of their former habitat and now remain only on remnant small patches of vegetation within urban and agricultural landscapes or along road verges.
These species are highly vulnerable to extinction as a result of development. Any clearance of vegetation below these thresholds does not require Environmental Authorisations. There is currently no legislation in South Africa that would effectively prevent the destruction through land use change of the last remaining population or individuals of Critically Endangered plant species. In vitro collecting techniques for germplasm conservation. Plant cryopreservation: progress and prospects. Current development of cryopreservation for the conservation of plant genetic resources.
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In this study, we developed a fine resolution distribution database for threatened plants, explored richness patterns and evaluated the in situ conservation. CEC member Deepika Mishra is engaged in efforts to conserve the valuable plant biodiversity of Rajasthan state of India by running awareness.
Harding, K. Stability assessments of conserved plant germplasm. Hohe, A. Optimisation of a bioreactor culture of the moss Physcomitrella patens for mass production of protoplasts.
Ibanez, M. Promotion by phloroglucinol of micropropagation of Minuartia valentina , an endangered and endemic Spanish plant.
Iriondo, J. Micropropagation and in vitro storage of Centaurium rigualii Esteve Gentianaccae.
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Krogstrup, P. Micropropagation of Socotran fig. Dorstenia gigas Scrweinf. Plant —86; Kumar, S. In vitro propagation of an endangered sikkim Himalayan Rhododendron, R. Rhododendron, Soc. Leunufna, S. Investigating a new cryopreservation protocol for yams Dioscorea spp. Liao, Z. Microprogagation of endangered Chinese alos. Litz, R. A biotechnology strategy for medium-and long-term conservation of cycads. Mandal, J. Alginate encapsulation of axillary buds of Ocinum americanum L.
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Micropropagation and reintroduction of Nepeta rtanjensis , an endemic and critically endangered perennial of Serbia. Rei Bot. Mocbius-Goldammer, K. Organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus Lem.
Cactaceae , an endemic and endangered Mexican species. Mycrs, N. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature —; Nair, L. In vitro multiplication of Calophyllum apetalum Clusiaceae , an endemic medicinal tree of the Western Ghats.
Negri, V. Slow-growth storage of single node shoots of apple genotypes. Niedz, R. Control of in vitro contamination of explants from greenhouse-and field-grown trees. Otero, J. Differences in mycorrhizal preferences between two tropical orchids.
Panaia, M. Micropropagation of the critically endangered Western Australian species, Symonanthus bancroftii F. Haegi Solanaceae. Park, S. Mass production of Eleutherococcus koreanum plantlets via somatic embryogenesis from root cultures and accumulation of eleutherosides in regenerants. Parkinson, M. Sterilisation of explants and cultures with sodium dichloroisocyanurate. Paul, H. Cryopreservation of apple Malux x domestica Borkh. Pence, V. In vitro collection IVC.