Other IPA activities worldwide

Africa

In southern Africa the South African Botanical Diversity Network is developing an IPA project.  The IPA criteria for southern Africa were refined at a recent regional workshop and are currently undergoing consultation.

Representatives from Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe were represented.  For more information contact Tamara Smith (Smitht@nbi.ac.za) at the National Botanical Institute in Pretoria

The first national IPA workshop for north Africa, took place in Morocco and workshops have also taken place in Namibia and Mozambique.

Download the reports from the African workshops on the data zone page.

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Asia

A regional IPA workshop for south-east Asia was held in Manilla, in early 2004, with representatives from nine countries in this region – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand. For more information contact Dr Domingo Madulid (dmadulid@info.com.ph) of the Philippine National Museum.

Download the reports from the south-east Asia workshop in the data zone.

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The Mediterranean

In 2003, Plantlife International and the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation organised an IPA workshop for the Mediterranean region in Malaga. This was in partnership with the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the Planta Europa network.

The workshop involved 35 plant specialists from the Mediterranean who developed proposals for the identification of Important Plant Areas (IPAs) in the region, and provided their insight for movingforward the IPA programme in this region.  Following this, national IPA workshops took place in Lebanon and Morocco.

Download the reports from the Mediterranean workshop in the data zone.

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Australasia

For the latest information on New Zealand's response to implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation , see the report of the inaugural meeting of The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. This meeting considered the development of a national IPA project.

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