Open AccessCommunity involvment in orchid conservation
Author(s) -
Andrew W Dilley
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lankesteriana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2215-2067
pISSN - 1409-3871
DOI - 10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19515
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , geography , philosophy , linguistics
In 2000 the Australasian Native Orchid Society, Victorian Group Inc. (ANOS Vic) made the decision to become proactive in orchid conservation. It was appar- ent that government organisations were over stretched when it came to devoting the resources needed to protect our native orchids and that as a society we could assist in many ways.