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Exist<strong>in</strong>g legislation & programmesIPAs <strong>and</strong> the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)(Global Strategy for Plant Conservation <strong>and</strong> the EuropeanPlant Conservation Strategy)ContextThe Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provides a framework for conservationaction, from local <strong>and</strong> national biodiversity action plans up to regional frameworks. InApril 2002, the implementation of the CBD received a fresh boost when the GlobalStrategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was adopted by the Sixth Meet<strong>in</strong>g of theConvention of the Parties (COP 6) <strong>in</strong> the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>in</strong> 2002.The GSPC is the firstpart of the CBD to have clear, measurable targets, <strong>and</strong> was an <strong>in</strong>itiative of the global<strong>botanic</strong>al community. The European Plant Conservation Strategy (EPCS), developed bythe Planta Europa network <strong>and</strong> the Council of Europe, was the first regional strategydesigned to implement the global strategy.ReferencesConvention on Biological Diversitywebsite (www.biodiv.org)Global Strategy for Plant Conservation,(www.biodiv.org)Planta Europa <strong>and</strong> the Council of Europe,2002,The European Plant ConservationStrategy. (www.<strong>plant</strong>aeuropa.org)RecommendationsIPA data on priority <strong>plant</strong> conservationsites made available to <strong>in</strong>fluence nationalpolicy t<strong>hr</strong>ough CBD focal po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>and</strong> theCBD Clear<strong>in</strong>g House Mechanism.TargetsThe GSPC has 16 targets grouped <strong>in</strong>to five objectives: documentation, conservation,susta<strong>in</strong>able use, education <strong>and</strong> awareness, <strong>and</strong> capacity build<strong>in</strong>g. IPAs provide theframework for implement<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> report<strong>in</strong>g on Target 5 of the GSPC (Targets 1.4, 1.5 &2.14 of the EPCS), <strong>and</strong> can contribute to Target 6 on production l<strong>and</strong>s managed to beconsistent with the conservation of <strong>plant</strong> diversity.‘Target 5: Protection of 50% of the most <strong>important</strong> <strong>areas</strong> for <strong>plant</strong>s assuredby 2010’The IPA projects <strong>in</strong> <strong>central</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>eastern</strong> Europe have demonstrated the cross-cutt<strong>in</strong>gnature of the other strategy targets on Red List<strong>in</strong>g, education <strong>and</strong> awareness, <strong>and</strong>capacity build<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>plant</strong> conservation. IPAs can also contribute to Articles, 6,7, 8, 12, 13of the CBD on <strong>in</strong>-situ conservation <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational cooperation.Government responsibilityThe governments of all seven national partners <strong>and</strong> also the European Union itself aresignatories to the CBD.They are thus obliged to make an assessment <strong>and</strong> report onprogress with Target 5 of the GSPC.The IPA programme provides a framework toachieve this target.BRANO MOLNARPrimula m<strong>in</strong>ima89
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