Cultivation and Conservation of Threatened Plant Species for UK Overseas Territories
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £102,454
WHERE Turks and Caicos Islands, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SBAs of Akrotiri & Dhekelia (Cyprus), Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands, Montserrat, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, Anguilla
Summary
To provide a two-month training course in the propagation and maintenance of rare and endangered species.
Turks and Caicos Islands, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SBAs of Akrotiri & Dhekelia (Cyprus), Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands, Montserrat, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, Anguilla
Project Outputs
A total of 14 students were trained in cultivation & conservation of threatened plant species (40 training weeks); workbooks; articles; embryo communications network established; equipment/materials donated; 1 student trained in plant conservation techniques; additional training for 2 students; articles; 1 student trained in Botanic Garden Management; Manual on Horticultural Techniques for the Conservationist.
