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plant performance. This will not only assist in propagation investigations but also contribute to studies on the resilience of native plants to changing climate, an area of research the ANBG plans to increase during the next 10 years.

Communication and education role
Promoting awareness and capacity building involving both the public and staff are important functions of modern botanic gardens, and in recent years such collaboration has had a strong focus on environmental education. Dissemination of the findings from the various research projects conducted at the ANBG is a key communication responsibility. Sharing this knowledge through interpretation in structured education programs, or through web and social media channels, not only helps to make information available to the wider community but also helps to build people's knowledge of plant conservation. Communicating stories about, for example, cracking germination secrets of a threatened species or discovery of a new fern species inspires Australians and connects them to the remarkable Australian flora.

Collaboration with other Commonwealth reserves
With plant diversity being lost at an unprecedented rate, there is an increased need to develop integrative conservation approaches for plants, particularly threatened species in the wild. With this approach the ANBG collaborates closely with other Commonwealth reserves to address various in situ plant conservation issues.
The ANBG partners with the terrestrial and island parks primarily around environmental challenges such as pressures from invasive species and safeguarding species from extinction. This has mostly centred around collaborative field studies, seed science and horticulture research directly supporting conservation needs. For example, the ANBG is providing expert support in spore germination of an endemic critically endangered fern from Christmas Island and techniques for propagation of a culturally significant quandong from Uluru.
These partnerships are notable in their 2-way transfer of skills, with the on-ground knowledge of parks natural resource managers and the ecological knowledge of traditional owners mixed with botanical scientific knowledge from the ANBG providing effective conservation solutions to help maintain the critical natural values of the reserves.
With innovative scientific research and linking humans to plant diversity and the functional role of plant species in the landscape, the ANBG is helping to secure a diverse range of threatened plant species and to lay the foundations for healthy ecosystems in the future. In this way ANBG research provides end-to-end solutions for understanding plant biodiversity and conservation, through its integrated 'living laboratories', from molecular facilities and seed science labs, through the living collections and horticultural practices, to the wild.

Partnerships
Partnerships of various types are a critical element of the ANBG's ability to achieve the outcomes proposed in this management plan. We will continue to actively participate in existing successful partnerships and to establish new relationships, ensuring recognition of the