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International networks and partners
Plantlife is working together with the following international networks:
Planta Europa
Planta Europa is the network of plant conservation organizations in Europe. It consists of governmental and non-governmental organizations working together to conserve wild plants and fungi in the habitats in which they grow. Planta Europa together with the Council of Europe developed the European Strategy for Plant Conservation (ESPC), a regional component of the CBD Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Plantlife International originally hosted the Secretariat of Planta Europa and now works to represent the views of its members on European policy in the European Habitats Forum in Brussels.
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
The IUCN has made the identification and protection of Important Plant Areas a global priority through its Species Survival Commission’s Global Plant Conservation Programme and through objective 5.2 in the IUCN European Programme 2005-2008. This is also an objective of IUCN Parks for Life, and the European programme of IUCN World Commission of Protected Areas - Priority Project 6 (specifically article 4.3.5 on the identification and conservation of higher plant sites and article 4.3.6 on the identification of important sites for lower plants).
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation
Plantlife is a member of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation. The Partnership is an initiative supported by a wide range of international and national agencies and organisations active in plant conservation. It provides an important framework to bring together a great diversity of organisations and initiatives to meet common objectives in plant conservation worldwide.
European Habitats Forum
Plantlife represents the Planta Europa network at the European Habitats Forum, a network of international non-governmental organizations involved in the conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use of species, habitats and landscapes throughout Europe. The Forum promotes nature conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources in Europe and fosters communication between European nature conservation NGOs in order to increase the effectiveness of their programmes.
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
BGCI brings together the world’s botanic gardens forming a community working in partnership to achieve conservation and education goals.
IPA Coordinators Across the World
IPA identification projects have been completed or are being carried out in 66 countries across the world. Click here to download information on these countries and their IPA coordinators.