40 of 54 Asian oak species lack botanical garden backup, one feared extinct in wild
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·2 viewsA review of 54 Asian oak species has found that nearly three-quarters have no living representation in botanical gardens, leaving them highly vulnerable to extinction. Agriculture and logging are identified as the primary threats to these critical forest ecosystems. Conservationists are now organizing urgent fieldwork and seed collection drives to protect the most at-risk species. The long-term goal of these efforts is to establish managed collections that could support future reintroduction programs. One species is believed to have already disappeared from the wild entirely.
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