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PlantNetwork Conference: Climate Change and Planting for the Future

10–12 September 2008

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER

The conference will consider predictions of how the climate of Britain and Ireland might change, phenological data and which plants are likely to thrive in gardens. Planning and planting for an uncertain future will be among the many topics discussed.

Details from Judy Cheney
jc151@cam.ac.uk



Climate Change and Plant Conservation

Climate change is already happening and is predicted to get much worse. This page outlines the effects that climate change may have on plant communities, and thus the threats to the well-being of human societies that depend on them.

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