IUCN SSC Position Statement on the Role of Botanic Gardens, Aquariums and Zoos in Species Conservation

This document is the result of a deeply collaborative, iterative, distributed public consultation overseen by Kira Mileham, Kris Vehrs, Mayerlin Ramos and Jon Paul Rodríguez. Input came from numerous working groups, SSC Steering Committee, and over 4,000 comments from more than 350 individuals. The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) recognizes and values the significant contributions that botanic gardens, aquariums and zoos can, and do, bring to conserving wild animals, fungi and plants. Read the position statement here.