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Convention on Biological DiversityPlant Conservation Report Page 16TARGET 3:DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS WITH PROTOCOLS FORPLANT CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE, BASED ONRESEARCH AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCEIntroductionThe aim of this target is to enhance thedevelopment of tools and protocols relevantto all aspects of plant conservation, but withan emphasis on those that have been tested, arebased on research and experience, and optimizedfor use by plant conservation practitioners. Whilethis may focus on optimizing existing tools andadapting them to local needs, improved access tosuch tools is also pivotal to this target.and integrated management of cedar forests(Lebanon), medicinal and useful plants (Nepal),conservation of threatened species (Philippines),propagation and cultivation of South Africanthreatened species (South Africa), special useforests (Viet Nam), economic valuation of forests(Malaysia) and eco-agriculture and sustainabletourism (China). Many international agencies alsohave tools and protocols related to various targetssuch as Bioversity International for Targets 1, 2,8, 9, 13, 14 and 15; Botanic Gardens ConservationSoil erosion in Europe (www.worldmapper.org)ProgressVarious protocols, tools and technologies linkedto the achievement of the Strategy targetshave been highlighted in the national reports.Examples include: tools and technologies for invitro propagation (Algeria), recovery planningand threat abatement (Austria and Australia),translocation of threatened species (Australia),greening using native seed (Australia), propagationand harvesting protocols (Chile), implementationof the ecosystem approach (Germany), speciesaction plans taking into consideration variousnational and international conventions andlegislation (Hungary), designation of ImportantPlant Areas (IPAs) (Belarus, Romania andSlovenia), ex situ and in situ conservation(Colombia, Chile, China, India, Indonesia andIran), forest tree breeding (Japan), GIS-basedconservation models and permanent ecologicalplots (Malawi), sustainable forest managementmodels (Malaysia), and sustainable use modelsin community forest and pro-poor leaseholdforests (Nepal). Other tools and protocolsinclude primordial botanic gardens and grandforest parks (Indonesia), wild relatives projectsInternational for Targets 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and14; the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations for Targets 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14 and15; the Global Invasive Species Programme forTarget 10; IUCN for Targets 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, and16; and Plantlife International for Targets 5 and15.FutureThe Gran Canaria Declarationcalling for aGlobal Program for Plant ConservationThe in-depth review of the GSPC noted thatthe main gap for this target is access to, anddissemination of information on the existingtools and protocols in appropriate formats. It istherefore critical that a means for disseminatingsuch tools and protocols is developed. A usefuloption will be collation of these in the toolkit tobe developed by the CBD Secretariat and as partof both the CBD and GPPC websites.
RapidList: A new tool for preliminaryassessments of the conservation status of plantspeciesTarget 2 calls for: A preliminary assessment of theconservation status of all known plant species, atnational, regional and international levels. Giventhat there are at least 370,000 vascular plantspecies in the world, achieving this target will beextremely challenging. IUCN has provided a newmethodology and accompanying tool to conductpreliminary assessments.Preliminary assessments can prioritize speciesfor full assessments, directly inform furtherconservation work, or help in the achievementsof other GSPC targets, especially Target 5. A usershould conduct a preliminary assessment when:RapidList is available online for anyone to useas best suits their needs; users can store andmanipulate their data in their secure onlinespace. IUCN will not collect or store preliminaryassessments generated through this tool butwill continue to consult RapidList users for anyconsultation on reporting progress towardsTarget 2.RapidList is not a replacement or quick methodfor full biodiversity assessments, it is designedto help conservationists gain a preliminaryoverview of the conservation status of specieswhere full assessments are not possible, andin some cases to prioritize species for fullassessment work. RapidList and full IUCN RedList tools are available at: www.iucnsis.org• There is insufficient data for fullbiodiversity assessments;• There are situations/ regions whereresources are insufficient for fullassessments;• Prioritising resource allocation for fullassessments; and/or• A list of likely threatened species isrequired urgently.Tools and ProtocolsIUCN’s RapidList, a free web-based tool, is nowavailable for use by any plant conservationist whowould like to conduct preliminary assessmentsof plant species. RapidList is an online softwareapplication that asks the user a series of questionsbased on the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria(Version 3.1) and quickly classifies the speciesinto one of three categories: likely threatened,likely not threatened, or data deficient. Withminimal data, it can take an assessor just a fewminutes to obtain a preliminary assessment. Itcan be used at national, regional or global scale.Preliminary assessments using RapidList arebased on the global gold standard of theIUCN Red List, facilitating a robust preliminaryoverview of the conservation status of allplants through a standardized and manageableprocess. Categories and criteria, allow theconservation status of all plants to be assessedthrough standardized, manageable criteria. Plantexperts, especially in developing countries, areincreasingly unable to cope with the resourceintensiveprocess of Red Listing; RapidList offersa complementary and in some cases alternativemethod to assess the status of plants.IUCN RapidList Consultation Workshop in EastAfrica, Nairobi (Photo: JRS Project BGCI/NMK).Ex situ conservation collections of threatenedspecies— Durban Botanical Gardens(Photo: Christopher Willis).Plant Conservation ReportPage 17 Convention on Biological Diversity
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