Description

This session deals with the state of ex situ plant conservation in the Mediterranean. Ex situ plant conservation is a complementary rather than alternative strategy to in situ plant conservation, as highlighted through the actions of the CARE-MEDIFLORA project and GENMEDA network. Various issues will be examined related to the methods used and the work of existing networks in the Mediterranean region. In addition, separate technical issues will be discussed concerning collections, curation, germination and storage methods that contribute to the more effective conservation of collections.

Other issues to be addressed include the state of conservation of target plants in the Mediterranean region, their use in recovery and restoration projects in view of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, as well as the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. 

Topics to address

• Population genetic in ex situ plant conservation 
• Management of collections for ex situ conservation (collection, curation, storage, documentation, etc.) 
• Dormancy breaking and germination of Mediterranean plants
• Production of plants for restoration and recovery projects
• Global strategy for plant conservation towards 2020 (Target 8,9) – Mediterranean bioregion 
• International laws for duplicates: agreements within Countries or between ex situ Collections
• CARE-MEDIFLORA ex situ project actions and goals / results / lessons learned / good practices
• Networks in the Mediterranean for ex situ plant conservation

Chair of the session

Fournaraki Christini (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece).

Co-Chair of the session

Vicens Fornes Magdalena (Jardí Botànic de Sóller, Balearic Islands, Spain).

Keynote speakers

Keynote presentation:

Recent advances in seed germination research of Mediterranean plants. Author: Konstantinos Thanos

CARE-MEDIFLORA presentation:

Ex situ conservation actions of the project “CARE-MEDIFLORA”. Author: Kyratzis Angelos (on behalf of all CARE-MEDIFLORA project)

Short presentations:

HOW TO SAVE A SELF-INCOMPATIBLE SPECIES FROM A UNIQUE PURE SPECIMEN FOUND WORLDWIDE: THE CASE OF THE CARTAGENA’S ROCKROSE. Authors: Emilio LAGUNA, P. Pablo FERRER-GALLEGO, Inmaculada FERRANDO, Francisco J. ALBERT & Víctor MARTÍNEZ GRANELL.

Ex-situ studies on biology of endangered oromediterranean plant as a first step towards successful in-situ conservation actions. In pdf. Authors: Boštjan Surina, Živa Fišer Pečnikar, Manica Balant, Peter Glasnović Boštjan Surina

RIBES, the Italian network of seedbanks: first data on the ex situ conservation of the endemic taxa. Authors:  Magrini S., Bacchetta G., Bedini G., Borzatti A., Carasso V., Casavecchia S., Ceriani R., Cristaudo A., Di Cecco V., Di Martino L., Fabrini G., Gasparri R., Gratani L., Guglielmo F., Mariotti M., Negri V., Porceddu M., Salmeri C., Scialabba A., Villani M., Zappa E., Bonomi C.

The Native Tree Flora of Greece: a database essential for conservation actions. Authors: Evangelia N. Daskalakou, Katerina Koutsovoulou and Costas A. Thanos Evangelia.

To promote germination and remove dormancy in seeds of Mediterranean vascular plants: a learned lessons by studying the Sardinian flora. Authors: Porceddu Marco, Picciau Rosangela, Cuena Lombraña Alba, and Bacchetta Gianluigi.