Urban conservation gardening in the decade of restoration

Josiane Segar (), Corey T. Callaghan, Emma Ladouceur, Jasper N. Meya, Henrique M. Pereira, Andrea Perino and Ingmar R. Staude ()
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Josiane Segar: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Corey T. Callaghan: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Emma Ladouceur: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Jasper N. Meya: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Henrique M. Pereira: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Andrea Perino: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Ingmar R. Staude: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Nature Sustainability, 2022, vol. 5, issue 8, 649-656

Abstract: Abstract Global commitments and policy interventions for conservation have failed to halt widespread declines in plant biodiversity, highlighting an urgent need to engage novel approaches and actors. Here we propose that urban conservation gardening, namely the cultivation of declining native plant species in public and private green spaces, can be one such approach. We identify policy and complementary social mechanisms to promote conservation gardening and reform the existing horticultural market into an innovative nature-protection instrument. Conservation gardening can be an economically viable and participatory measure that complements traditional approaches to plant conservation.

Date: 2022
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