Dear Colleagues, We have the pleasure of organizing a Special Issue for Annals of Botany on Genetic Approaches to Plant Conservation and Restoration for the XX International Botanical Congress to be held July 21-27, 2024 in Madrid.  We are looking for primary research, reviews, viewpoints, and research-in-context articles with a forward-looking emphasis on Conservation Genetics in the 21stCentury The Special Issue will focus on three key areas:  1. The study of threatened species in situ, to understand genetic threats to population viability in nature, and identify where increased gene flow and connectivity might be beneficial.  2. The genetic study of ex situ practices that aim to safeguard species germplasm for the future and support further actions in situ.  3. The genetic assessment of reintroductions and restorations, to determine best practices for creating new populations equivalent to historic or remnant populations. However, we are open to all types of research that fall into the broad topic of Conservation Genetics. If you are interested in contributing to this Annals of Botany Special Issue, please submit (i) a title, (ii) •250-word abstract, and (iii) which key area you think your work would best fit by May 1, 2024.  Please feel free to contact us if you would like a copy of our poster to share far and wide! Finally, Annals of Botany is hosting a symposium at the Madrid conference! If you would like to be considered to speak in the symposium, your abstract must be submitted by Nov 30th, 2023 through the conference portal.  Please do not hesitate to contact any of us if you have any questions.  Hope to see you in Madrid next year!  Michele Dudash Michele.Dudash@sdstate.edu Jeremie Fant   jfant@chicagobotanic.org Rachel Spigler  rachel.spigler@temple.edu Dr. Michele R. Dudash (she, her, hers) Professor and Head Department of Natural Resource Management McFadden Biostress Building 1390 College Avenue SNP 138C, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 57007-1696 Email: michele.dudash@sdstate.edu Phone: 605-688-6174 Fax: 605-688-4515 NRM web page: http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm NRM Job Board: https://www.facebook.com/SDStateNRMjobs/ SDSU Land Acknowledgement: https://www.sdstate.edu/wokini-initiative/land-acknowledgement NRM Graduate Program Information https://www.sdstate.edu/natural-resource-management/graduate-programs Emeritus Professor, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Dudash Lab page: https://micheledudash.wixsite.com/mysite (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)