Since the Kew Conservation Conference held in September 1975, there has been encouraging progress in several inter-related fields all broadly concerned with the conservation of the vascular flora of Europe, and an account is given of the most important of these developments. The Resolutions adopted by the Kew Conference include one specifically urging that special attention be given to protecting the threatened floras of islands, and of those parts of the world with Mediterranean or similar climates, because of their comparative richness in narrowly endemic species. Quick action is needed through the OPTIMA organisation and in other ways to implement certain practical suggestions for cooperation between the Botanic Gardens of the Mediterranean region and those of other parts of Europe. These suggestions are outlined and presented in order of urgency.
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