Friday, 15 November 2019 Fruitful Core Group meeting of the COST Action
The two-day opening meeting of the COST Action CA18201 "An Integrated Approach to Conservation of Threatened Plants for the 21st Century", signed by Assist. Prof. Živa Fišer, PhD from the Biodiversity Department, concluded today. UP FAMNIT hosted partners from Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland and Portugal. They have discussed the first steps, goals and results and planned activities for the next 4 years.
The next meeting will be in February 2020 in Prague, and in the meantime you can follow the action on the ConservePlants Facebook page.
Even though plants represent an essential part of our lives offering exploitational, supporting and cultural services, we know very little about the biology of the rarest and most threatened plant species, and even less about their conservation status. The main aim of this Action is to improve plant conservation in Europe through the establishment of a network of scientists and other stakeholders who deal with different aspects of plant conservation, from plant taxonomy, ecology, conservation genetics, conservation physiology and reproductive biology to protected area's managers, not forgetting social scientists, who are crucial when dealing with the general public.
