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The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Africa and Madagascar Program operates in several countries across continental Africa, and has had a sustained presence in Madagascar since the 1980s.

Our primary activities include:

  • Botanical exploration and research in plant systematics, taxonomy
  • Development of the Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar, the authoritative source on the island’s flora
  • Significant contribution to MBG’s global botanical database TROPICOS©
  • Community-based management of priority areas for plant conservation
  • Capacity building of botanical research institutions in host countries, including the training of in-country students and experts
  • Development of ex-situ conservation activities and  using 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 risk of extinction assessments and informing conservation priority-setting and planning
  • Advancing and implementing ecological restoration science

Our programs span these four main themes below

Exploration

Conservation

Restoration

Education

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The Garden in Madagascar


With 13-14,000 native plant species, more than 90% of which are found only on this remarkable island, the Malagasy flora stands out as a global priority for research and conservation. Over the last three decades, the Garden has worked to prevent the massive extinction that would surely result from continuing habitat loss. 
 

Explore the Garden's Madagascar Program