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for Participating Institutions: Principles on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit‑Sharing.

Actions
2.8.5       Include genetic collections and data to maximise value of our specimens (extended specimens) in the ANBG and CANBR and with international linkages.
2.8.6       Manage ANBG genetic resources in accordance with changing national and international treaties, policies and collaborative initiatives.
2.8.7       Take opportunities to develop ANBG staff skills and to collaborate with others with genetic expertise, adding value to ANBG's and CANBR's capacity and capabilities.

2.9       Climate change impacts

Background
Botanic gardens, in partnership with herbaria, will play an increasingly critical role in ex situ plant conservation in response to climate change impacts on ecosystems and natural populations of plant species. The ANBG provides an enduring bank for diverse plant genetic resources in the form of living collections, seed banks and gene banks (see also Section 2.8). These resources are a safety net to prevent loss of wild species and populations under increasing climatic stressors.
The ANBG and CANBR hold unique knowledge on where plants grow in the wild and how best to propagate and grow them outside their natural ranges. This knowledge will continue to be refined over the coming decade and made available for scientists and the community to use in their research and conservation efforts (see Goal 1).
The ANBG living collections are also likely to face challenges from climate change impacts. Our horticulturalist will need to take into account changing temperature and water regimes.

Aims
    * Provide a safety net for wild plant species through the ANBG living collection and the seed bank.
    * Provide knowledge and expertise to support climate change research through seed, horticultural and field-based research, plant species distribution and plant taxonomy (see Goal 1).
    * Recognise, plan for and respond to the potential impacts of climate change on the ANBG's collections.

Issues
    * There are data gaps and significant uncertainties in understanding the impacts of climate change on the living collection and how to maximise the resilience of the site to potential impacts.
    * The ANBG needs to consider the likely impacts of climate change including:
        challenges in maintaining a sustainable water supply to irrigate the living collection
        increased fuel loads and fire danger, particularly in the surrounding Canberra Nature Park
        changes in abundance and distribution of some plant and animal species in the wild creating potential threats to the living collection and to the ANBG's scientific and educational roles
        extreme weather events and the associated risks to the collections, staff, lessees and visitors
        increases in pests due to the potential for new introduced pests acclimatised to our changing climate.

What we are going to do

Policy
2.9.1       As parts of the ANBG landscape change