In future the National Botanic Gardens will not be distributing a printed version of the Index Seminum

As a member of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation, the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, remains committed to support and promote national and international scientific research, education, conservation and sustainable use of plants by making available, as appropriate, genetic material from the collections of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland to other bona fide users.

All distribution of plant material (including propagules) from the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland shall continue to be in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, in particular following its guidance on Access and Benefit Sharing, and in support of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

• Every appropriate effort shall be made to include material of known and documented origins only, unless there is a specific reason for including undocumented material.
• No known invasive species shall be included in future seed lists
• No material will be included in the Index Seminum that has been collected in the wild since 1992 in countries other than Ireland, unless specific permission to distribute such material has been given by the relevant authorities in the provider country.