Restoring the wild

Authors

  • Sara Oldfield Botanic Gardens Conservation International

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2011.118

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Author Biography

Sara Oldfield, Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Sara Oldfield is Secretary General of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International (BGCI), a post she has held since May 2005. In this role, Sara leads the strategic development of BGCI, a membership organisation that brings together around 600 botanic gardens. She is also responsible for the organisation’s worldwide programmes that address the conservation of plant diversity, environmental education and biodiversity policy objectives.
Prior to joining BGCI, Sara worked for a range of conservation organisations. She was the Global Programmes Director at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) from 1998 to 2004 and was responsible for the management and development of global programmes including FFI’s Global Trees Campaign. This programme, now run jointly with BGCI, aims to save globally threatened tree species and their habitats worldwide. Sara is also Chair of the IUCN/SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, responsible for promoting and implementing projects to identify and protect global Red Listed tree species. She has published various books and reports on conservation, endangered species, rainforests and deserts. Her latest book is entitled Botanic Gardens – Modern Day Arks.

References

GIBBS, D., CHAMBERLAIN, D. & ARGENT, G. (2011). Red List of Rhododendrons. Botanic Gardens Conservation International: Richmond.

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2002). Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal & Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Kew.

Hardwick, K.A., Fiedler. P., Lee, L.C., Pavlik, B., Hobbs, R.J., Aronson, J., Bidartondo, M., Black, B., Coates, D., Daws. M.I., Dixon, K., Elliott, S., Ewing, K., Gann, G., Gibbons, D., Gratzfeld, J., Hamilton, M., Hardman, D., Harris, J., Holmes, P.M., Jones, M., Mabberley, D., Mackenzie, A., Magdalena, C., Marrs, R., Milliken, W., Mills, A., Nic Lughadha, E., Ramsay, M., Smith, P., Taylor, N., Trivedi, C., Way, M., Whaley, O. & Hopper, S.D. (in press). The role of botanic gardens in the science and practice of ecological restoration. Conservation Biology.

IUCN (2011). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species version 2011.1. Available online: http://www.iucnredlist.org (accessed June 2011).

Sharrock, S., Hird, A., Kramer, A. & Oldfield, S. (2010). Saving plants, Saving the Planet – Botanic Gardens and the Implementation of GSPC Target 8. Botanic Gardens Conservation International: Richmond.

Walter, K.S. & Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Published

2011-10-31

How to Cite

Oldfield, S. (2011). Restoring the wild. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (9), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2011.118

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No. 9 (2011)

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