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systematic and botanical knowledge and information relating to plant, algal and fungal biodiversity in its broadest sense.
Council of Heads of Australia's Botanic Gardens means the national council of that name, established by representatives from Australian capital city botanic gardens as a forum for information sharing, discussion and coordination of strategic initiatives for the gardens' mutual benefit and for the benefit of their communities.
Curation of the living collection means the management of the living collection including acquisition; horticultural, nursery and seed banking practices; deaccessioning; maintaining plant records, including updating, labelling, mapping and ensuring information is current; and preserving the collection for current and future research, conservation, education and exhibition/display needs.
Department means the Australian Government department responsible for the EPBC Act. At the time of preparing this plan, this is the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment or such other department or agency that succeeds to the functions of the department.
Director of National Parks means the Director of National Parks continuing as a corporation under s.514A of the EPBC Act and includes Parks Australia and any person to whom the Director of National Parks has delegated powers and functions under the EPBC Act in relation to the ANBG.
Extended Specimens are a perspective where biodiversity specimens extend beyond the singular physical object (e.g., herbarium specimen, living garden collection) to potentially limitless additional physical preparations and digital resources.
EPBC Act means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), including Regulations under the Act, and includes reference to any Act amending, repealing or replacing the EPBC Act.
EPBC Regulations means the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (Cth) and includes reference to any Regulations amending, repealing or replacing the EPBC Regulations.
Ethnobotany is the scientific study of the relationships that exist between people and plants, including folklore, religion, Indigenous use and agricultural customs.
Ex situ conservation means the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.

Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens or the Friends means the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens Inc. incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 (ACT).
The Gardens means the ANBG.
Genetic resources means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin that contains functional units of heredity and that has actual or potential value for humanity.
Germplasm means plants, plant parts or propagation material (such as seeds, spores, cuttings, roots, bulbs, corms or leaves, also known as biological material) that can be used to generate plants.
Herbarium collection means the national collection of Australia's plant biodiversity managed by the Australian National Herbarium.
In situ conservation means the conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable populations of species in