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The 2 organisations in partnership will continue to undertake scientific research with a strong focus on practical outcomes that will help conserve Australia's biodiversity. This includes investigating the increasingly complex factors that affect the maintenance, loss and restoration of biodiversity; evolutionary and ecological processes that contribute to diversity; and conservation requirements of individual species and ecological communities.
Botanic gardens have an increasingly prominent role in the long-term preservation and recovery of plant species, primarily through the collection and management of 'insurance' plant material ex situ, their associated scientific and horticultural expertise, and their ability to apply these skills to translocation, restoration and environmental monitoring. Conserving Australia's native plant species and threatened ecological communities requires concerted effort, and the ANBG (including CANBR) strives to be a major contributor at regional, national and global levels. The ANBG has previously conducted much of this work in partnership with Commonwealth mainland and island reserves, the Australian Alps and other regions. This work will continue, helping to secure a diverse range of threatened plant species.
The ANBG, in partnership with CANBR and others, will continue to build a rigorous conservation-focused research program that informs direct management actions. Future research and applied conservation priorities will build on organisational expertise in particular taxonomic groups, population ecology, rare and threatened species, alpine flora, and seed banking and horticultural research. This effort will continue to provide fit-for-purpose information for policies, programs and activities integral to the maintenance of Australia's biodiversity – including the management of current and future biosecurity threats – preparing for and responding to natural disasters and plant adaptation to our changing climate.

Aims
    * Build and maintain expertise in the conservation and sustainable use of Australia's plant biodiversity and plant responses to environmental change.
    * Build a rigorous research program that generates knowledge required for effective conservation management actions.
    * With CANBR, collaboratively assist Australia's capacity to undertake conservation and rewilding for biodiverse and resilient ecosystems.
    * With CANBR, apply expertise and research findings to help secure threatened species in Commonwealth reserves and in the local region.
    * Where possible, develop conservation actions in consultation and partnership with other botanic gardens, local Indigenous custodians, land managers and other stakeholders.
    * Increase the depth and diversity of our genetic material to maximise utility for research and conservation applications.

Issues
    * The ANBG needs to build greater institutional capacity to meet growing demand for conservation research and to enable succession planning.
    * We need to better understand the adaptation of Australian flora to current and future threats.
    * The pace of environmental and climatic change is challenging and presents new and emerging threats to Australian plant conservation.
    * The ANBG should attract more partners and resources by better