How can museum collections contribute to the conservation of global biodiversity in strategic ways?

Global biodiversity faces great threats, brought to light most recently in the IPBES Global Assessment.Global environmental change as a result of habitat alteration, over-exploitation, invasive species, pollution and climate change threaten many species, habitats and natural communities.This presentation will explore how museum collections could be directed towards supporting research for biodiversity conservation in strategic ways, based on a recent project funded by the British Ecological Society.