Global strategy for plant conservation
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The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) is a program of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity. The GSPC seeks to slow the pace of plant extinction around the world by 2010. The GSPC began as a grass-roots movement in 1999 with discussions at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St. Louis. A group of specialists subsequently met in Gran Canaria and issued the Gran Canaria Declaration Calling for a Global Plant Conservation Strategy. Following extensive consultations, the fleshed-out GPSC was adopted by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in April 2002. The heart of the GSPC are five goals, expressed as a total of 16 targets.
The 16 targets of the GSPC are:
Target 1: A widely accessible working list of known plant species, as a step towards a complete world flora
Target 2: A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species, at national, regional and international levels
Target 3: Development of models with protocols for plant conservation and sustainable use, based on research and practical experience
Target 4: At least 10% of each of the world’s ecological regions effectively conserved
Target 5: Protection of 50% of the most important areas of plant diversity assured
Target 6: At least 30% of production lands managed consistent with the conservation of plant diversity
Target 7: 60% of the world’s threatened species conserved in situ
Target 8: 60% of threatened plant species in assessable ex situ collections, preferably in the country of origin, and 10 per cent of them included in recovery and restoration programmes
Target 9: 70% of the genetic diversity of crops and other major socio-economically valuable plant species conserved, and associated indigenous and local knowledge maintained
Target 10: Management plans in place for at least 100 major alien species that threaten plants, plant communities and associated habitats and ecosystems
Target 11: No species of wild flora endangered by international trade
Target 12: 30% of plant-based products derived from sources that are sustainably managed
Target 13: The decline of plant resources and associated indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care, halted
Target 14: The importance of plant diversity and the need for its conservation incorporated into communication, educational and public-awareness programmes
Target 15: The number of trained people working with appropriate facilities in plant conservation increased, according to national needs, to achieve that targets of this Strategy
Target 16: Networks for plant conservation activities established or strengthened at national, regional and international levels
The GSPC is being put through a formal review of progress by the Convention on Biological Diversity, culminating in major discussions in May 2008 in Bonn, Germany at the 9th Conference of the Parties to the CBD.
[edit] External links
- Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Official site
- Botanic Gardens Conservation International Key contributor to the GSPC
- Global Partnership for Plant Conservation NGO partnership aiding in achieving the GSPC
