As a botanist / bryologist by training (PhD) I have a long-term engagement in bryophyte conservation. At present I am employed as Senior scientist at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM) ...
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IUCN SSC Bryophyte Specialist Group
Overview and description
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Bryophytes are small, inconspicuous plants of hidden but amazing beauty and with unique life-history traits that differ from all other terrestrial plants on earth. Evolving from aquatic ancestors they ...
Group leadership
Dr Jacques VAN ROOY
Co-Chair
More than 40 years of experience in herbarium curation and research on the taxonomy, nomenclature, biogeography and conservation of African bryophytes, southern African mosses in particular.
Dr Irene BISANG
Co-Chair
More about the Specialist Group
The BSG promotes the exploration of bryological diversity across all geographic scales. It provides the scientific knowledge to assess the extinction risk and conservation status of bryophytes, and actively contributes to conservation actions around the world. It reaches out to decision-makers and the general public on bryophyte diversity- and bryophyte conservation-related issues.
Specialist Group work
The work of BSG focuses on assessing extinction risks of bryophytes at the global and regional levels. Bryophytes are a specious group of land plants whose diversity is in many parts of the world insufficiently known which results in few species for which their extinction risk has been assessed.
Conservation Assessments
Revisions of outdated global assessment, member-based selection of species for assessment.
BSG on the IUCN Red List
To inform conservation efforts, BSG assesses species for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
BSG Annual Report
Learn about BSG work and results in 2021.
At a glance
Official name:
IUCN SSC Bryophyte Specialist Group
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