Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Assessment of the Status and Distribution of Globally Threatened Plant Species in Indo-Burma

Grantee Name: Missouri Botanical Garden

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Amount: $501,278
Dates: Jun 2009 – Dec 2012
Keywords: Capacity building, Networks, Red List assessment

Assess and make available to policymakers up-to-date, scientifically based data on globally threatened plant species in Indochina, train local botanists and conservation biologists in the correct application of the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, and establish an IUCN/SSC Plant Red List Authority for Indochina with members from all of the key botanical institutions in the region.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats