A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin
The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing the risk of extinction and in need of urgent protection measures. The CARE-MEDIFLORA project promoted the use of ex...
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| author | Giuseppe Fenu Gianluigi Bacchetta Charalambos S. Christodoulou Donatella Cogoni Christini Fournaraki Giusso del Galdo Gian Pietro Panagiota Gotsiou Angelos Kyratzis Carole Piazza Magdalena Vicens Bertrand de Montmollin |
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| description | The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing the risk of extinction and in need of urgent protection measures. The CARE-MEDIFLORA project promoted the use of ex situ collections to experiment with in situ active actions for threatened plants. Based on common criteria, a priority list of target plant species was elaborated, and germplasm conservation, curation and storage in seed banks was carried out. Accessions were duplicated in the seed banks of the partners or other institutions. Germination experiments were carried out on a selected group of threatened species. A total of 740 accessions from 429 vascular plants were stored in seed banks, and 410 seed germination experiments for 283 plants species were completed; a total of 63 in situ conservation actions were implemented, adopting different methodological protocols. For each conservation program, a specific monitoring protocol was implemented in collaboration with local and regional authorities. This project represents the first attempt to develop common strategies and an opportunity to join methods and methodologies focused on the conservation of threatened plants in unique natural laboratories such as the Mediterranean islands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5a16921ca4543079e8a7ed7ef013a8f2023-11-19T22:01:05ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182020-04-0112415710.3390/d12040157A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean BasinGiuseppe Fenu0Gianluigi Bacchetta1Charalambos S. Christodoulou2Donatella Cogoni3Christini Fournaraki4Giusso del Galdo Gian Pietro5Panagiota Gotsiou6Angelos Kyratzis7Carole Piazza8Magdalena Vicens9Bertrand de Montmollin10Centro Conservazione Biodiversità (CCB), Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyCentro Conservazione Biodiversità (CCB), Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyDepartment of forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, 1516 Nicosia, CyprusCentro Conservazione Biodiversità (CCB), Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09123 Cagliari, ItalyCIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh), 73100 Chania, Crete, GreeceDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, 95025 Catania, ItalyCIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh), 73100 Chania, Crete, GreeceAgricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, 1516 Nicosia, CyprusOffice de l’Environnement de la Corse (OEC)—Conservatoire Botanique National de Corse, 20250 Corte, Corsica, FranceJardí Botànic de Sóller Foundation (JBS), 07100 Sóller, Balearic Islands, SpainMediterranean Plant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC), 2000 Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandThe Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing the risk of extinction and in need of urgent protection measures. The CARE-MEDIFLORA project promoted the use of ex situ collections to experiment with in situ active actions for threatened plants. Based on common criteria, a priority list of target plant species was elaborated, and germplasm conservation, curation and storage in seed banks was carried out. Accessions were duplicated in the seed banks of the partners or other institutions. Germination experiments were carried out on a selected group of threatened species. A total of 740 accessions from 429 vascular plants were stored in seed banks, and 410 seed germination experiments for 283 plants species were completed; a total of 63 in situ conservation actions were implemented, adopting different methodological protocols. For each conservation program, a specific monitoring protocol was implemented in collaboration with local and regional authorities. This project represents the first attempt to develop common strategies and an opportunity to join methods and methodologies focused on the conservation of threatened plants in unique natural laboratories such as the Mediterranean islands.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/157CARE-MEDIFLORA projectex situ conservationin situ conservationinsular vascular florathreatened plant populationsMediterranean islands |
| spellingShingle | Giuseppe Fenu Gianluigi Bacchetta Charalambos S. Christodoulou Donatella Cogoni Christini Fournaraki Giusso del Galdo Gian Pietro Panagiota Gotsiou Angelos Kyratzis Carole Piazza Magdalena Vicens Bertrand de Montmollin A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin Diversity CARE-MEDIFLORA project ex situ conservation in situ conservation insular vascular flora threatened plant populations Mediterranean islands |
| title | A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin |
| title_full | A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin |
| title_fullStr | A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin |
| title_short | A Common Approach to the Conservation of Threatened Island Vascular Plants: First Results in the Mediterranean Basin |
| title_sort | common approach to the conservation of threatened island vascular plants first results in the mediterranean basin |
| topic | CARE-MEDIFLORA project ex situ conservation in situ conservation insular vascular flora threatened plant populations Mediterranean islands |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4/157 |
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