The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) is hoping to get academic institutions and government and non-government establishments to help with the conservation of rare, endangered, and threatened plant species found in the State.
The board has invited proposals from research and development institutes, universities, and government and non-government institutions for setting up conservatories for red-listed flora of Kerala outside their natural habitats.
The board has also published a list of 297 plants/trees from which interested institutions and organisations can choose from. The list includes several ‘Critically Endangered’ species such as Crinum malabaricum (Amaryllidaceae), an aquatic plant, and Buchanania barberi, a very rare tree found in the Western Ghats, in addition to numerous species in the ‘Endangered’ and ‘Vulnerable’ categories.
