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Plant Diversity ChallengeMessage of supportPlants are a vital part of the world’s biological diversity and an essential resource forhuman well-being. Many thousands of plant species have great economic and culturalimportance, providing food, medicine, fuel, clothing and shelter. Yet a large proportionof these - perhaps up to 100,000 species worldwide - are threatened by factors suchas over-collecting, unsustainable agriculture and forestry practices, urbanisation,pollution, land use changes, the spread of invasive alien species, and climate change.To respond to this crisis, governments meeting in The Hague,The Netherlands, inMarch 2002, at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on BiologicalDiversity adopted a Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. For the first time under theConvention, a set of outcome-oriented targets for the Strategy were adopted, aimedat achieving a series of measurable goals by 2010. The targets were developedthrough a unique partnership of governments and international and nationalorganisations and represent a consensus on what is necessary and feasible to achieveby 2010 as a step towards the ultimate aim of reducing the current rate of loss ofplant diversity.They provide a framework for concerted action at global, national andlocal levels.This report sets out clearly the actions that need to be carried out in the UnitedKingdom to rise to the challenges posed by the 16 targets of the Global Strategy,taking into account the particular characteristics of the UK flora. In addition to listingexisting relevant initiatives, the report usefully identifies priorities for additional work.The Government of the United Kingdom and its partners are to be congratulated ondeveloping this report so soon after the adoption of the Strategy and on involving awide range of governmental and non-governmental actors.I hope that this report will now be used by all stakeholders to aid implementation ofthe Strategy in the United Kingdom, and that it will inspire similar action in othercountries too.Hamdallah ZedanExecutive Secretary of the Convention on Biological DiversityMARTIN HARPER/PLANTLIFEBOB GIBBONS/NATURAL IMAGE6
ContentsPlant Diversity ChallengeForeword 3Acknowledgements 4Description of participatingorganisations 5Message of support 6Executive summary 8Introduction 9OBJECTIVE 1: 14Understanding and DocumentingPlant DiversityTarget 1 14Developing a working list of speciesTarget 2 16Assigning conservation status to speciesTarget 3 18Providing methods for plantconservation based on best practiceOBJECTIVE 2: 20Conserving Plant DiversityTarget 4 20Protecting the world’s ecological regionsTarget 5 22Identifying and conserving ImportantPlant AreasTarget 6 24Conserving plants within productionlandsTarget 7 26Conserving threatened speciesTarget 8 28Linking ex situ and in situ conservationTarget 9 30Conserving crop diversityTarget 10 32Controlling non-native invasive species.OBJECTIVE 3: 34Using Plant Diversity SustainablyTarget 11 34Protecting species from internationaltradeTarget 12 36Managing plant products sustainablyTarget 13 38Providing sustainable livelihoodsdependent on plant resourcesOBJECTIVE 4: 40Promoting Education andAwareness about Plant DiversityTarget 14 40Communicating and educatingOBJECTIVE 5: 42Building Capacity for theConservation of Plant DiversityTarget 15 42Training in plant conservationTarget 16 44NetworkingKey References 46Acronyms & Glossary 48Appendix 1 List of organisations 50contributing to target implementationAppendix 2 The policy and 51legislative framework for plantconservation in the UKAppendix 3 Lead institutions 53nominated to facilitateimplementation of the Global TargetsDAVID WOODFALL/WOODFALL WILD IMAGESVAL CORBETT/WOODFALL WILD IMAGESJOHN MACPHERSON/WOODFALL WILD IMAGES7
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