Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity targets

Weibang Sun; Yongpeng Ma; Richard T Corlett

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.007

Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity targets

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Aug;29(8):827-830. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.007. Epub 2024 Jun 10.

Authors

Weibang Sun¹, Yongpeng Ma², Richard T Corlett³

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: wbsun@mail.kib.ac.cn.
² Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: mayongpeng@mail.kib.ac.cn.
³ Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan 666303, China.

PMID: 38862368
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.007

Abstract

Conservation programs for plant species with extremely small populations (PSESP) have been successfully implemented for several decades in China. Here we highlight how their inclusion in several national conservation policies helps meet targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and show how lessons from these programs can be applied more widely.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
China
Conservation of Natural Resources* / methods
Plants*