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Practical Plant Conservation
5–7 April 2005
PlantNetwork conference & AGM
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin

A conference to bring together in situ and ex situ work on conserving
threatened plant species in Britain and Ireland

At the end of this meeting a set of eight priorities were identified, these have been finalised into a document
Developing a PlantNetwork response to Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
which can be downloaded as a pdf document here.

Wednesday 6 April
9.00 am	Welcome and Introduction Peter Wyse Jackson Practical Plant Conservation Matthew Jebb
9.15 am	Plant Diversity Challenge: recent progress and reporting Chris Cheffings, JNCC
9.45 am	What are the threatened plants? Updated UK Red List & UK BAP priority plant species Lynne Farrell, Scottish Natural Heritage
10.15 am	Species recovery and Species Action Plans Trevor Dines, Plantlife Officer for Wales
10.45 am	COFFEE
11.15 am	PlantNetwork Target 8 Project: linking ex situ and in situ conservation David Rae & Natacha Frachon, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
11.40 am	Plant conservation in Ireland Declan Doogue
12.00 am	Are you aware? Engaging audiences in plant conservation issues Gail Bromley, Botanic Gardens Education Network & RBG Kew
12.25 pm	Biodiversity in Ireland: Disseminating information Louise Scally, National Platform for Biodiversity Research, Ireland
12.40 am	Questions & discussion
Thursday 7 April
9.00 am	Outcome Targets Matthew Jebb
9.10 am	Zoos and plant conservation Eddie Mole, Bristol Zoo Gardens
9.30 am	Conservation of Bromus interruptus Stewart Henchie, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
9.45 am	Local Flora Nick Wray University of Bristol Botanic Garden
10.00 am	Threatened Plants of North Wales Nigel Brown, Treborth Botanic Garden
10.15 am	The National Trust and threatened native species Stephen Morley, National Trust
10.35 am	Conservation of threatened plant species in Wales Andy Jones, Countryside Council for Wales
11.00 am	COFFEE
11.25 am	Conservation partnerships in Scotland Mary Gibby, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
11.45 am	Response to Plant Diversity Challenge in Northern Ireland Mark Wright, Environment & Heritage Service Northern Ireland
12.05 pm	The Plant Genetic Resource Dimension Of UK Plant Biodiversity Maria Scholten and Marianne Mitchell, University of Birmingham
12.25 pm	Practical Plant Conservation in Ireland Steve Waldren, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden The Biogeography and Conservation Biology of Spiranthes romanzoffiana Darach Lupton, Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden
1.00 pm	LUNCH
2.00 pm	Discussion, conclusions and outcome targets As prepared on the day. . . Final Targets document after editing
3.00 pm	Visit to Trinity College Dublin Botanic Garden.