Abstract
AbstractFollowing the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, the dawn of democracy in South Africa led to an unprecedented era of collaboration between ten African countries, later expanded to the rest of Africa and even later, to the Global Plants Initiative. The thread through all of this was to train and equip African herbaria to share the rich resources of botanical information held in northern institutions and to reinforce local, African, capacity. This chapter discusses the challenges to reaching ambitious goals, taking advantages of political moments, unexpected opportunities, and networks of like-minded champions.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland