The Native Plant Trust and The Nature Conservancy reveal their recommendations for the survival of New England’s Plant Diversity in a virtual press conference on June 22 at 10 am Eastern time. Free, but registration required HERE.

Has more than a century of land conservation in New England protected the right places to save the region’s plant diversity, and thus overall biodiversity, as the climate changes? Conserving Plant Diversity in New England is a groundbreaking new report from Native Plant Trust and The Nature Conservancy that answers the question. The result of a two-year collaboration, the report measures progress toward global targets for plant and land conservation and provides a scientific framework and detailed roadmap for action at the species, habitat, and parcel scales in all six states that will save plant diversity.  

With the Biden Administration’s recent adoption of one of the international targets–conserving and restoring 30 percent of the nation’s lands by 2030–this report is especially timely. The report and the accompanying interactive mapping tool give policy makers, federal and state agencies, and land trusts in each state the detailed information needed to achieve the 30 x 30 goal and to spend conservation dollars most effectively by focusing on climate-resilient sites that capture plant and habitat diversity.  Join the report’s authors for a virtual press conference in which they will reveal findings and recommendations for permanently protecting resilient, biologically diverse landscapes across New England.

 Debbi Edelstein, Executive Director of Native Plant Trust, will introduce the report, and two of its authors will present the findings and recommendations:

• Mark Anderson, Director of Science for the Eastern United States at The Nature Conservancy
• Michael Piantedosi, Director of Conservation at Native Plant Trust