Nicolas Freyre, head gardener, oversees the garden’s living and preserved plant collections and collaborates with scientific teams on conservation and research.
This presentation examines the institution’s mission, activities, and research-driven conservation practices, highlighting a herbarium of over six million specimens, a comprehensive botanical library, and a living collection of more than 11,000 species, many rare or endangered. It explores how curated collections inform biodiversity knowledge and preservation strategies.
In French.
