Africa

Our primary activities include:

• Botanical exploration and research in plant systematics, taxonomy
• Development of the Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar, the authoritative source on the island’s flora
• Significant contribution to MBG’s global botanical database TROPICOS©
• Community-based management of priority areas for plant conservation
• Capacity building of botanical research institutions in host countries, including the training of in-country students and experts
• Development of ex-situ conservation activities and  using conservation genetics approaches to inform threatened species recovery plans
• Developing tools for spatial biodiversity assessments, including informing the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)
• Serving as an IUCN Red List partner responsible for risk of extinction assessments and informing conservation priority-setting and planning
• Advancing and implementing ecological restoration science

Our programs span these four main themes below