Plant Conservation and Research Foundation (PCRF) has been created and registered under the Joint Stock Companies & Firms, Bangladesh (Registration No. S-12470/2016) with the view to promote and contribute plant conservation towards enrichment of biodiversity as a whole.
Strengthening plant conservation through improved cooperation in a comprehensive national and regional context.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Intensify the conservation of threatened forest plant species, and the species of wild relatives of agricultural crops and medicinal plants.
Networking of plant conservation and biodiversity centers, organizations and institutions for enhancing plant conservation through capacity building.
Foster collaborative partnership among the conservation organisations, institutions, foundations and NGOs in country and abroad in the fields of training, research and policy development.
Development of user friendly electronic database management and information systems for easy and quick access to plant genetic resources.
Enhancing skills and knowledge of the conservation workers and activists on plant collection, conservation, documentation and management.
To act as consultative body for framing plant conservation strategy and action plan, and provide advisory and information services on plant biodiversity and conservation.
To promotes research directed at solving important plant conservation problems and improving research policy towards sustainable plant conservation and resource utilization.