Atlanta Botanical Garden: Conservation

Conservation

Global Work

The Atlanta Botanical Garden's International Conservation plant collections and field work focus on under-represented and internationally endangered plant groups and the restoration of their habitats.

Some plant groups included in this program are Old World desert collections, Old World island palms that follow an island bio-geographical theme, and other conservation collections including tropical conifers, orchids, cycads and carnivorous plants.

The Maquipucuna Foundation

Island Biogeography

Conservation

The key to Atlanta Botanical Garden's Conservation Program is using low-cost restoration and recovery techniques, and to work directly with local landowners and any relevant agencies, botanical institutes and organizations.

The success of the program is based on the high level of horticultural and botanical expertise of its staff members, their dedication to each project and their ability to work on a variety of different levels - local, national or international.

Learn about our conservation programs and facilities:

Native Plants

Global Work

Amphibian Program

Conservation Greenhouse

Tissue Culture Lab

Orchid Research Library

Global Work

The Maquipucuna Foundation

The Maquipucuna Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Quito, Ecuador, that is involved in preserving natural habitats in Ecuador.

Through extension work and associations with the Atlanta Botanical Garden and other organizations, the foundation is putting knowledge and technology into the hands of native people and improving the welfare of local communities.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden hosts interns from Ecuador who come here for three months to learn horticulture skills to take back home.

Island Biogeography

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments.

Island species are especially vulnerable to extinction because they have a small geographic range. They are limited to the island or a particular part of the island, and they usually have low population numbers. These factors make them more likely to become extinct due to natural factors such as disease, fire and normal population fluctuations.

The collections displayed in the Tropical Rotunda and Desert House of the Fuqua Conservatory illustrate the unique plant diversity found on the island of Madagascar. Because of its high number of rare and endangered species, Madagascar has been classified by The World Conservation Union as an area of extremely high conservation priority.montana.