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Welcome to Plants2010 - The Website for the GPPC

The Global Partnership for Plant Conservation brings together international, regional and national organisations in order to contribute to the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC).

Over 180 countries backed the Global Strategy at the Convention on Biological Diversity in April 2002. This recognised that up to two thirds of the world's plant species could be threatened by the end of this century unless urgent steps are taken to safeguard tens of thousands of species.

The strategy, which has set 16 targets in plant conservation to be achieved by 2010, sets very high targets and to achieve them, a great international effort is required by everyone from policymakers to educators. To help nations meet the targets, a consortium of international and national plant and conservation agencies have formed the Global Partnership. The Partnership is working to make sense of the GSPC and provide tools and resources on how each country can plan and act to meet the targets.

This site is here to contribute to that process.

A Secretariat for the Partnership is being hosted by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), and is supported by HSBC through the Investing in Nature initiative.

Latest News

China Launches "Mammoth" Plan to Halt Biodiversity Crisis

CHINA

4th July 2007

With its remarkable diversity of wild flora under threat from explosive economic growth, China has announced a radical new ‘National Strategy for Plant Conservation’.

New President of the RLB 2007 - 2010

CHILE

25th May 2007

The Red Latinoamericana de Botánica has appointed Dr. Javier A. Simonetti to the position of President of the RLB for the period 2007 - 2010.

International Plant Conservation Experts Meet in Glasnevin

IRELAND

3rd November 2006

The National Botanic Gardens hosted an international meeting of experts from 23 countries over three days from 23-25th October. The meeting reviewed targets set by the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and proposed actions for meeting these by 2010.

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