• To encourage the cultivation and propagation of cycads
  
• To disseminate information on cycads by various means, inter alia through the regular publication of a magazine
  
• To arrange the legal exchange of plants, seedlings, seed, and pollen of different cycad species between members.
  
• To encourage scientific research on cycads
  
• To promote all aspects of cycad conservation
  
• To foster and maintain links with organisations having similar aims on an international basis

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