Mr Philippe BARDIN

Head of Plant Conservation Programs, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien / National Museum of Natural History

Graduated in Ecology with an expertise in plant genetics and demography, Philippe took in 2008 the lead of the conservation department of the Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien at the National Museum of Natural History, managing both a seed-bank and a conservatory garden, and has been supervising many programs of plant conservation in the wild over the last twenty years.

He leads National and Regional Action Plans for species on the brink of extinction, and has been involved in the emergence of local nurseries for local species and the development of the French brand “Végétal local”.

He promotes the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation within the network of French Conservatoires Botaniques Nationaux and was appointed French Focal Point for the GSPC in 2013.

Since 2017, Philippe is chairing the PLANTA EUROPA network that has implemented the first two European Plant Conservation Strategies between 2001 and 2020.