Plants and climate change
Plants and climate change: which future?
BGCI’s latest report details how plants and climate change are intimately connected, and explains why it is crucially important for us to act now to save the world’s plants.
The report provides referenced information and case studies that:
- Examine the effects of climate change on plants (from individual cellular responses to entire ecosystem changes)
- Describe how the impact of climate change on plants will affect the animals and humans who depend upon them
- Explain which species are most at risk of extinction
- Recommend actions needed to ensure a future for the world’s plants
The report is co-authored by Belinda Hawkins (BGCI's Research Officer and author of BGCI's recent report on medicinal plants), Suzanne Sharrock (BGCI's Director of Global Programs) and Kay Havens (Director of the Division of Plant Science and Conservation at Chicago Botanic Garden, which also hosts BGCI's U.S. office). It contains contributions from botanists and plant conservation scientists around the world.
The report is available electronically here, and a concise summary of all eight chapters can be found here.
You can also order your own printed copy: Download the US order form here.
Global distribution
In 2008, BGCI presented this report at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Conference of the Parties in Bonn, Germany.
Look for articles about this report in Science (May 23 2008, v.320: p.1000), the July/August 2008 issue of American Gardener, and on the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) blog.
