Directorate Objectives
- Conserve, develop, manage, display, and undertake research into, collections of Western Australian and other flora.
- Enhance
and promote the understanding and conservation of the biological
diversity of the designated land and of biological diversity generally.
- Undertake and promote research and investigation into matters related to or connected with the Authority's functions.
These objectives reflect the specific functions of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Act 1998
and are undertaken with an emphasis towards science-related matters. Research is focused in the key areas of restoration ecology, seed
science, conservation genetics, conservation biotechnology, orchid
conservation, and systematics, with a focus on extension to
practitioners and land managers.
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