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In 2000, the Garden launched the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development to explore and implement new approaches to protecting and using plant diversity. The Center builds on the Garden's longstanding work in developing countries to strengthen scientific expertise and assist each nation to protect and manage its biological resources. To learn more about CCSD click here. (You must have Adobe Acrobat to view this .pdf file) | |
In eastern Madagascar, over 75 percent of the rain forest has been cleared to grow rice. New species yet to be discovered by botanists may provide important new sources of food to feed the world's rapidly growing population. Photo: Porter Lowry II |
The Garden's botanical training program in Madagascar is a successful model for strengthening research capacity. Photo: George Schatz 
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