Conservation translocation – an increasingly viable option for managing threatened plant species

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi C. Zimmer ◽  
Tony D. Auld ◽  
Peter Cuneo ◽  
Catherine A. Offord ◽  
Lucy E. Commander
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Extinction Risk Assessment

Translocation is the establishment and augmentation of plant populations using ex situ material, and can reduce extinction risk. Historically, translocation has been considered to be high cost and high risk, but today, translocation is increasingly recognised as a necessary option for managing many threatened plant species. To examine the viability of translocation as a management action, we analysed the frequency of it being a recommended management action, its estimated cost over time, and its perceived likelihood of success as compared with other management actions. We did this using the 368 threatened plant species in the New South Wales state register of threatened species management strategies (the Saving our Species (SOS) database). Translocation was recommended as a management action for 30% of threatened plants (112 species), mostly in response to demographic threats (i.e. threats affecting species with small population sizes/restricted distributions, for example, environmental and demographic stochasticity or low genetic diversity). The estimated cost of translocation per species was similar to other common management actions. However, expert elicitation data (in the SoS database) indicated that translocation was less certain of a beneficial outcome, compared with almost all other management actions. Based on these findings, we create a decision framework, which uses the principles of extinction risk assessment to assist conservation managers in determining when translocation is most likely to be beneficial. We suggest that the use of translocation to mitigate the risk of extinction associated with small population sizes/restricted ranges is supported by the principles of extinction risk assessment. With a growing knowledge base, and costs comparable to other management actions, translocation is becoming an increasingly viable option for the conservation management of threatened plants, provided best practice guidelines are followed.

scholarly journals An inventory of useful threatened plant species in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luambo Jeffrey Ramarumo ◽  
ALFRED MAROYI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Species Of Conservation Concern ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Conservation Concern

Abstract. Ramarumo LJ, Maroyi A. 2020. An inventory of useful threatened plant species in Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Biodiversitas 21: 2146-2158. Scientists and conservation managers are seeking to understand and monitor plant species that are likely to be on the verge of extinction risk. Monitoring of threatened plants’ extinction risk can be better achieved through insights about indigenous knowledge dynamics associated with those species. This study aimed to document detailed information about useful threatened plant species in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Data was collected through interviews with 203 participants and literally counting of individuals as per the IUCN’s Red List Criteria. A total of 13 useful and native threatened plants belonging to 12 families were recorded. The majority of the threatened plant species were being used for medicinal purposes only (46.0%) followed by the mixture of medicinal and ornamentals (23.0%). The frequently cited useful threatened species with UV > 0.024, RFC > 0.059 and FL > 5.911%, includes Asparagus sekukuniensis, Bowiea volubilis, Brackenridgea zanguebarica, Ocotea bullata, Rhynchosia vendae, Siphonochilus aethiopicus and Warburgia salutaris. About 47.0% of the recorded useful threatened plants were distributed in remote areas of the Thathe Vonḓo and its surroundings. Threatened plants with the population size < 100 adult individuals constitute an overall of 61.54% of all the recorded species. The current study provides substantial information about useful threatened plant species in the studied region. Detailed information about threatened plant species remains fundamental for making informed decisions that are important for managing species of conservation concern.

scholarly journals SURVEY ON THE NARROW ENDEMIC THREATENED PLANTS IN MADURAI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
Jayakumar M ◽  
Karuppusamy S
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Sustainable Utilization ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Threat Categories ◽  
Plant Survey

Medicinal plant survey was conducted and assessed the narrow endemic, endangered and threatened plants in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu during the year 2013-2014. There are 9 narrow endemic threatened plant species enumerated and further analysed their distribution with various threat categories both global and regional scale. Hygrophila madurensis is only one species were identified critically endangered and other species are not evaluated so for IUCN categories but they are distributed narrowly to Madurai and adjacent districts of Tamil Nadu. The data provide the information for diversity of threatened plant species to design the sustainable utilization and conservation measures.

scholarly journals To clean or not to clean: Cleaning open‐source data improves extinction risk assessments for threatened plant species

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor T. Panter ◽  
Rosemary L. Clegg ◽  
Justin Moat ◽  
Steven P. Bachman ◽  
Bente B. Klitgård ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Source Data

Threatened Plant Species of Mindoro, Philippines

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ELAINE LOREEN C. VILLANUEVA ◽  
INOCENCIO E. BUOT, JR.
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
International Union ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Plant Families

There have been some studies on the plant species found in Mindoro, Philippines, but there remains little information in their status particularly at the local level. This paper presents a list of threatened plant species of Mindoro. A list of indicators of the conservation status was formulated for this particular study and was used for categorizing the threatened plant species at the local level. The list recorded 173 threatened plant species from 70 plant families, which are composed of 25 Critically Endangered (CR), 46 Endangered (EN) and 102 Vulnerable (VU) plant species. The species were found to be threatened because of their endemicity, as well as some anthropogenic activities that could lead to the destruction of their habitats and ultimately, their extinction. There are still existing gaps in the knowledge of the flora of Mindoro, and when these gaps are addressed, it is possible that more rare and threatened plants will be added to the list. It is also recommended to utilize the data in the enactment of the laws to address the threats to plant biodiversity loss. Keywords - Botany, threatened plant species, Mindoro, conservation status, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Mindoro, Philippines

Are listed threatened plant species actually at risk?

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Burgman
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The State ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Legal Mandates ◽  
State Of The Environment

Despite the fact that the most changes in lists of threatened species reflect changes in knowledge rather than changes in conservation status, the lists continue to provide social and legal mandates for conservation; they are used to report on the state of the environment and to guide the allocation of scarce resources. There is a substantial under-representation of non-vascular species in threatened plant lists, reflected in an absence of documented extinctions among fungi and algae. Turnover in the composition of extinct flora lists in Australia suggests that the lists of threatened species may not be sufficiently reliable to form the basis for reporting on the state of the environment. They are of limited use in distinguishing between levels of threat and may not be a reliable guide for the allocation of scarce conservation resources among plant species. Systems for listing threatened species create a feedback loop, responsive to the subjective preferences of scientists, largely unresponsive to underlying true threats, self-perpetuating and accentuating bias with each iteration. Other tools, including formal decision approaches and the acquisition of new kinds of data, are needed to fill the roles.

Using summed individual species models and state-of-the-art modelling techniques to identify threatened plant species hotspots

2009 ◽  
Vol 142 (11) ◽  
pp. 2501-2509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miia Parviainen ◽  
Mathieu Marmion ◽  
Miska Luoto ◽  
Wilfried Thuiller ◽  
Risto K. Heikkinen
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Modelling Techniques

Loss of pathogens in threatened plant species

Oikos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 119 (12) ◽  
pp. 1919-1928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda K. Gibson ◽  
Jorge I. Mena-Ali ◽  
Michael E. Hood
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species

Rediscovery of Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C. Fisch. (Rubiaceae) from the Western Ghats of India after a lapse of 83 years

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 18953-18955
Author(s):  
Perumal Murugan ◽  
Vellingiri Ravichandran ◽  
Chidambaram Murugan
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Threatened Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ophiorrhiza incarnata C.E.C.Fisch. (Rubiaceae), a threatened plant species of southern Western Ghats is rediscovered from the adjacent area of the type locality after lapse of eight decades.  Its distribution and conservation status are discussed.

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