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The Chapel Hill Thesis And Challenge

Our challenge to botanical gardens, arboreta and the plant industry:

Do no harm to plant diversity.

Do no harm to natural areas.

1. Perform risk assessment for introductions
2. Remove invasives from plant collections
3. Control invasives in natural areas
4. Develop non-invasive and native plant alternatives and certify non-invasiveness for the trade
5. Do not distribute seeds/plants that will be invasive elsewhere
6. Educate the public
7. Become partners with conservation organizations
8. Obey import rules and enact strong procedures to minimize the risk of introducing disease and pest organisms

Last updated by Wes Milholen on November 23, 2005 at 02:56:22 pm.

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