SePPCon 2024 Keynote Presentation: Moving the Conservation Needle: Ex Situ Conservation, Ecological Research, and Building Botanical Capacity

Rare plants are facing a multitude of threats, from habitat loss and invasive species to climate change and more. Effectively conserving these species requires maintaining collections ex situ, understanding their biology and ecological interactions, addressing threats in situ, and confronting plant conservation capacity issues. We will discuss both science and policy approaches Chicago Botanic Garden is taking to improve plant conservation and restoration efforts.