Into the wild: safe site networks to halt plant extinction. Nine in ten of Australia’s ~25,000 native plant species occur nowhere else on Earth. This project aims to halt their documented decline and

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Into the wild: safe site networks to halt plant extinction. Nine in ten of Australia’s ~25,000 native plant species occur nowhere else on Earth. This project aims to halt their documented decline and extinction. An entirely new approach for their conservation is proposed – creating ‘safe site’ networks for the reintroduction of populations, funded by nature repair markets. By determining which species are most at risk from extinction and using large theory-driven field experiments and spatial analysis to uncover how and where to recover populations, the research aims to transform plant conservation. Among expected benefits are cost-benefit data and frameworks for embedding safe site approaches in emerging nature markets to safeguard the natural capital embedded in Australia's exceptional flora.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 4104 - Environmental Management. Lead: Prof Rachael Gallagher