The Synopsis of Plant Conservation

Welcome to my new blog on plant conservation!

1. I'm currently collating and summarising evidence on plant conservation for a reference book (the Synopsis) aimed at conservation practitioners. For me, this is valuable because it bridges the gap between academic research and practice that has resulted from most research being published in journals that have expensive subscriptions, often referred to as a 'paywall'.  For more information on the University of Cambridge group that came up with the idea, have a look at the Conservation Evidence website - there are conservation synopses for bees and birds already and they are free to download.

   
   

   In addition to gleaning important information on what management interventions work and where, the Plant Conservation Synopsis is an excellent way for me to build networks in the botanical community.  However, I've found that summarising endless academic papers is getting a little dry, particularly so when the papers don't have a picture of the plants the authors are trying to conserve.  So, this blog is an attempt to curate images of threatened plants or people doing practical plant conservation in an attempt to bring my Synopsis to life. I'll also be providing information on meetings, training and funding calls that are relevant to plant conservationists.

   
   

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   I intend to feature plant conservation papers every time I summarise one so please check the site regularly if you're interested in plant conservation generally. Alternatively, you can subscribe using the box to the right of the posts if you want to receive email updates.  If you use twitter, please follow me @SarahEDalrymple to get alerts or find me on LinkedIn or Academia.edu where I will post links to the blog when there's new material.

   
   

   Once you're on the site, please use the labels (right hand menu) to find studies of the effects of different management interventions.  I will be using a slightly adapted version of the IUCN Conservation Actions list to generate label names and will also label a post if it is a 'news' item i.e. information on meetings, training opportunities  or funding calls.

   
   

   Finally, if you would like a publication, meeting, training event or funding call mentioning in the blog, please email me and let me know: s.e.dalrymple@ljmu.ac.uk.

   
   

   
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