Africa

Our primary activities include:

• Botanical exploration and research in plant systematics, including taxonomy
• Development of the Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar, which provides an authoritative source of information on the island’s flora
• Significant contribution to MBG’s global botanical database TROPICOS©
• Community-based management of priority areas for plant conservation in Madagascar
• Building capacity of botanical research institutions in host countries, including the training of in-country students and experts
• Advocating for plant conservation, including guiding ex-situ conservation activities
• Applying 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 promoting and conducting high-quality risk of extinction assessments and informing conservation priority-setting and planning
• Advancing and implementing ecological restoration science

Learn more about our program’s efforts in the four main themes below