Vision & Strategic Focus

Safeguarding Australia’s flora through a national network of germplasm collections

Vision

Our vision is for a future where Australia’s native plant diversity is valued, understood and conserved for the benefit of all.

Strategic Focus

Our strategic focus is to deliver a national effort that contributes to the conservation of Australia’s native plant diversity through collaborative and sustainable seed and germplasm collecting, banking and use, research, and knowledge sharing.

Outcome areas

Outcome 1
Growing our collections, research and restoration contributions

Outcome 2
Growing our investments in our facilities and people.

Outcome 3
Improving engagement and partnerships with Australia’s First Nations Peoples

Outcome 4
Developing and sharing knowledge 

Strategic Plan

Our Strategic Plan sets out a national, collaborative effort to protect Australia’s unique native plants by strengthening seed collecting, long‑term storage, scientific research, and knowledge sharing across a countrywide network of conservation partners. It outlines how experts will work together over the next seven years to expand and modernise seed conservation, invest in people and facilities, and deepen respectful partnerships with First Nations communities, whose cultural knowledge is essential to caring for Country. Designed to inspire, the plan provides a clear blueprint for safeguarding Australia’s plant diversity. 

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Our history

Other Strategies

The work of the Australian Seed Bank Partnership contributes to achieving plant conservation goals and targets outlined in several national and international strategies: