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Ethiopia & Eritrea
Researchers are actively looking for funds to prepare a Conservation Atlas for the Threatened Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
This is project will help to conserve one of Africa’s most floristically diverse regions, with its c.6000 plant taxa, several hundred endemic species, and native populations of economically important plants and their relatives.
The expected outputs of this project include an atlas of threatened flora, with IUCN Red List status and recovery plans; the identification of a network of Important Plant Areas; capacity building for researchers; and awarenessraising and community projects in and around the IPAs.
Work has already been completed on a preliminary assessment of 596 endemic plants of Ethiopia (Vivero et al., 2006), IUCN species assessments are being prepared for c.629 taxa, and the Red List of Endemic Trees and Shrubs (135 taxa) of Ethiopia & Eritrea has been published (Vivero et al, 2005)
Coordinating organisations:
- National Herbarium (ETH)
- Addis Ababa University
- IUCN/SSC Global Trees Specialist Group