CPC In the News
CPC and several of our Conservation Partners have recently been highlighted in national press, helping elevate the visibility of our shared mission to save rare and endangered plants from extinction.
“To safeguard threatened plants, science must unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken.” – Knowable Magazine
Knowable Magazine published a feature on seed banking as a tool to preserve rare plants, showcasing CPC’s leadership in ex situ conservation and quoting CEO Wes Knapp and several CPC Conservation Partners, including Dr. Christina Walters of the National Laboratory for Genetic Research Preservation; Louise Colville of the Millennium Seed Bank at London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Dr. Mike Kunz of North Carolina Botanical Garden; Dr. Matthew Albrecht of Missouri Botanical Garden; and Dr. Naomi Fraga of California Botanical Garden. Read the article.
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“As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists are racing to preserve endangered plant species in botanical garden ‘metacollections’ in the hope of eventually returning them to the wild. But what happens when there is no suitable habitat to return them to?” – Yale 360
Yale Environment 360 published a deep dive on the value of plant metacollections, Â quoting CPC’s CEO Wes Knapp and Conservation Partners, Dr. Emily Coffey of Atlanta Botanical Garden; Dr. Valerie Pence of Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden/CREW; and Jennifer Possley of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, while spotlighting the role of CPC in facilitating coordinated collections. Read the article.