Conservation and Diversity

Wild plants are under threat from habitat destruction, unsustainable use, pollution and climate change.

• EPS scientists at the RBGE are at the forefront of research in plant conservation in the UK and worldwide. Includes initiatives to complete the inventory of the world’s plant species, with particular emphasis on hotspots of high biodiversity that are under particular threat via its world-leading expertise in taxonomy . See Tropical Diversity and Major Floras

• Scottish biodiversity

• Research on woodland biodiversity that aims to support and inform management and conservation strategies in the UK

• Sustainable forest management

• SASA conducts a wide range of activities monitoring wildlife and the environment

• EPS research at the University of Edinburgh evaluates the genetic basis for natural variation within species and its relationship to fitness

• SRUC works on sustainable cropping systems, low input and organic systems

• Scientists in the Crop and Soil Systems Research Group work on the role of diversity in crop yield stability