Towards the 'Conservation of Some Select Critically Endangered Endemic Angiosperms of Kashmir Himalaya' project which was awarded an Indian Rupees 400,000 Small Grant Award through the 'National Plant Conservation Programme'. 10 species were chosen. This project followed on from, 'Recovery & restoration of some Critically Endangered Endemic Angiosperms of Kashmir Himalaya' (unfortunately,  two of the five covered are not Endemic to Kashmir). When I visited KUBG a few years later there was no sign of any of these plants.  If they cannot be maintained in KUBG (which most of them never stood the slightest chance of surviving in) then they do not qualify as being under 'Ex-Situ' conservation nor then, it is impossible to 'Recover & Restore' them in the wild. The process for the initial 5 species consisted of 41 plants of Aquilegia nivalis being dug-up - all of which rapidly became deceased KUBG, which if their population size was so small, this would have caused serious harm and perhaps even led to the species becoming extinct in these locations; 90 plants of Lagotis cashmeriana - all of which rapidly became deceased at KUBG,  which if their population size was so small, this would have caused serious harm and perhaps even led to the species becoming extinct in these locations; 66 plants of Aconitum kashmiricum being dug up, all of which rapidly became deceased KUBG, which if their population size was so small, this would have caused serious harm and perhaps even led to the species becoming extinct in these locations, please note there is considerable doubt as to what this taxon is; 19 plants of Megacarpaea polyandra (these are large specimens with extensive roots), all of which rapidly became deceased KUBG, which if their population size was so small, this would have caused serious harm and perhaps even led to the species becoming extinct in these locations; as for Saussurea costus, 41 plants were dug up; I wonder if these were from wild populations or not; this plant is grown in large quantities in Lahaul (in the bordering state of Himachal Pradesh), where almost everyone with even a small plot of land at suitable elevations, grows it, thus, if the material transplanted to KUBG was from cultivated sources, then this would be of little consequence but it is difficult to judge is 'wild' distribution these days.