Plant Diversity Challenge Conference
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Wednesday 26th April 2006

PLANT DIVERSITY CHALLENGE:
4 YEARS –16 TARGETS – 1 CHALLENGE

Plant Diversity Challenge is the UK’s response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Launched by the UK Government in 2004, Plant Diversity Challenge sets out the framework for plant and fungus conservation throughout the UK. It identifies sixteen targets grouped under five objectives covering: understanding and documenting plant diversity, conserving plant diversity, using plant diversity sustainably, promoting education and awareness about plant diversity and building capacity for the conservation of plant diversity.

In partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Plantlife International held a one-day conference on the 26th April 2006 at RBG, Kew (the papers are shown below).

Download a copy of Plant Diversity Challenge: The UK’s response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

Papers for the conference

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TARGET 1: Developing a working list of species by Peter Roberts, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pdf 36 kb)

TARGET 2: Assigning conservation status to species by Chris Cheffings, Plant Conservation Advisor, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (pdf 30 kb)

TARGET 3: Providing methods for plant conservation based on best practice by Michael F. Fay, Genetics Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pdf 34 kb)

TARGET 4: Protecting the world’s ecological regions by Jenny Duckworth, Plantlife International (pdf 30 kb)

TARGET 5: Identifying and conserving Important Plant Areas by Jenny Duckworth, Plantlife International (pdf 38 kb)

TARGET 6: Conserving plants within production lands by Mark Stevenson (Rural Development Service), Steph Fuller and Andy Lewis (Welsh Assembly Government), Helen Pontier (Defra), Craig Harrison (Forestry Commission), Jill Sutcliffe and Chris Reid (English Nature) (pdf 52 kb)

TARGET 6: Annex A (pdf 31 kb)

TARGET 6: Annex B (pdf 43 kb)

TARGET 7: Conserving threatened species by Nicola Hutchinson, Plantlife International and Chris Cheffings, Plant Conservation Advisor, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (pdf 42 kb)

TARGET 8: Linking ex situ and in situ conservation by Steve Alton, Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pdf 40kb)

TARGET 9: Conserving crop diversity by Michael Ambrose, UK Plant Genetic Resources Group, John Innes Centre (pdf 35 kb)

TARGET 10: Controlling non-native invasive species by Ian McLean, Head of Species Advice, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (pdf 22 kb)

TARGET 11: Protecting species from international trade by H. Noel McGough, Conventions and Policy Section (CAPS), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pdf 36 kb)

TARGET 12:Managing plants products sustainably by Diana Mortimer, Sustainability Officer, JNCC (pdf 33 kb)

TARGET 13:Providing sustainable livelihoods dependent on plant resources by Monique Simmonds, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (pdf 21 kb)

TARGET 14: Communicating and educating by Diana Mortimer, Sustainability Officer, JNCC (pdf 32 kb)

TARGET 15: Training in plant conservation by Gill Stevens, Natural History Museum (pdf 41 kb)

TARGET 16: Networking by Judy Cheney, PlantNetwork: The Plant Collections Network of Britain and Ireland (pdf 29 kb)

 

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