Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

The Global Strategy for the Protection of Plants ( Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, GSPC) is an integral part of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations. The overall objective of the GSPC is to halt the loss of plant diversity. With their history and their concrete action goals puts them in the international environmental and conservation policy a remarkable special case dar.

  • 2.1 implementation of the GSPC

Content of the GSPC

In five areas of 16 concrete, results-oriented goals are formulated. These are based on the 2010 objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity ) and want to slow down the loss of plant biodiversity (biodiversity) at all levels. Of protection are, therefore, genes, species or taxa, habitats, ecosystems and biomes and the knowledge and heritage associated with it.

Fields of action of the GSPC

  • Plant diversity is to be recorded and documented,
  • Specific conservation objectives for the protection of plants are called,
  • Sustainable use is to be achieved,
  • Education and awareness about plant diversity is promoted and
  • Professional capacity for the conservation of the same to be created.

The 16 goals of the GSPC

Until 2010, the following steps and goals are to be realized and attained:

Field of action documentation:

  • Objective 1: Generally available working list of known plant species, as a step towards a complete Flore plant in the world
  • Objective 2: Preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species, at national, regional and international levels
  • Objective 3: Development of model implementation protocols for plant conservation and sustainable use, based on scientific knowledge and practical experience

Field of action conservation:

  • Goal 4: Sustainable protection of at least 10 % of each of the ecological regions of the world
  • Objective 5: To ensure the protection of 50 % of the most important areas for plant diversity
  • Goal 6: Management of at least 30 % of all production areas in accordance with the conservation of plant diversity
  • Goal 7: In- situ conservation of 60 % of the world's endangered species
  • Goal 8: contain 75 % of the endangered plant species in accessible ex situ collections, preferably in the country of origin, and included 10 % of them in resettlement and restoration programs
  • Objective 9: Maintain 70% of the genetic diversity of crops and other socio - economically valuable plant species especially, including the associated indigenous and local knowledge
  • Endanger preparation of management plans for at least 100 of the most important alien species, the plants, plant communities and their habitats and ecosystems: target 10

Field of Action Sustainable Use

  • Target 11: No wild plant species endangered by international trade
  • Goal 12: 30% of plant-based products derived from sustainably managed sources
  • Goal 13: Stop the decline of plant resources, the associated indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices that support the livelihood, and the local food supply and sustainable health care

Field of Action Education

  • Target 14: involvement of the importance of plant diversity and the need to preserve them in the programs for communication, knowledge sharing and public awareness

Field of action tray capacity

  • Target 15: to achieve Increased number of trained people working with appropriate facilities in plant conservation in mind the objectives of the strategy according to national needs
  • Target 16: establishment and strengthening of networks for botanical conservation at national, regional and international levels

History of the GSPC

The GSPC is a successful example of a grassroots movement that has made ​​it to the international politics and now is the global standard for botanical conservation. Since the emergence of the natural and environmental protection concepts, measures and targets concentrated mostly on animals and their habitat. Here there is a striking discrepancy between these conservation objectives and the fact that plants are the basis of most food webs. Habitats, ecosystems and biomes are mainly organized and shaped by them. In Conservation and Botanists professional circles this was recognized early, but discussed quite late.

1999 grew out of discussions at the Sixth International Botanical Congress in St. Louis (Missouri, USA ) is the target: a Global Strategy for Plant protection should be developed. The 5000 Congress Participants called for to explain the conservation of plant diversity to global priority. On a follow-up meeting of experts on the Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Declaration was adopted in 1999.

This was the 5th UN Conference of the Parties (COP 5) of the CBD in Nairobi (Kenya ) supplied in May 2000. The Gran Canaria Declaration contains an appendix already essential elements of a global strategy for plant conservation. The contribution of Gran Canaria Group was welcomed by the Conference of the Parties and the GSPC was placed in the context of the so-called 2010 targets. On 19 April 2002, the GSPC was adopted by COP 6 in The Hague (Netherlands). In decision VI / 9, the Conference of the Parties decides the GSPC as a model approach for the application of results- oriented goals within the CBD. It is expressly agreed to review a wider application including a transfer to other groups of organisms.

The Gran Canaria Group published in 2006 a second declaration will be discussed separately in the challenges of climate change (Gran Canaria Declaration on Climate Change and Plant Conservation ).

Implementation of the GSPC

The Parties to the CBD, including the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland belong, have committed themselves to the implementation of the GSPC. Contributions to the botanical nature of government bodies, institutions, associations and organizations and individuals get as a unifying element and a common direction. Regular interim reports of the scientific- technical and technological advisory board of the CBD ( SBSTTA ) to inform the Conference of the Parties on the progress of implementation. Germany has started in 2007 to capture the status of implementation and promote this. A national contact point ( National Focal Point ) was established at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN ). On behalf of the BfN the current state of implementation of the GSPC and the need for action in Germany as part of a research and development project (R & D ) are determined. The project will be carried out by the Botanical Gardens Bonn.

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