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The missing piece to scale up and urgently deliver global action for fungi.
Developed by experts in the Global Fungal Conservation Network and closely aligned with the Global Biodiversity Framework, the Strategy:
You are invited to comment on the document as a whole or focus on the sections most relevant to your work or region. Read the Strategy here and you can share any feedback here, please ensure any feedback is submitted by the 22nd of June.
Please contribute to this consultation so that it integrates a diversity of perspectives and expertise, making the final version stronger, more credible, and a collective voice of those keen to see transformative change for fungal conservation.
We are working with a group of dedicated experts – the Global Fungal Conservation Network (GFCN) – to complete the first ever Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation. This Strategy will be filling the ‘missing piece’ in already ambitious plans set out around nature recovery, helping countries to meet the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Until now, there has been no dedicated strategy for fungi conservation. The plan is for the Strategy to replicate the success of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which created a roadmap for saving the world’s plants.
Fungi are a frequently forgotten kingdom that underpins all life on Earth and play a vital role in our health, our economy, and the planet’s future. However, they are often ignored in policies, plans, and decision‑making. This lack of attention at local, national, and international levels has led to inadequate protection of fungi, despite urgent action needed for many species which are under threat.
You can read the Contribution of Fungi to the Global Biodiversity Framework report, produced by the Fungal Conservation Network for CBD CoP 16 in October 2024.
The Strategy, due to be published later this year, is notably the first of its kind for fungi. It will provide the actions needed for fungi (and their habitats), which address the many and often unique threats they face. And, since we can’t protect and save what we don’t know, the Strategy identifies the knowledge gaps and research needs, to inspire institutions to fill them.
Beyond Governments, we also hope the strategy will motivate wider engagement from the “whole of society”. This includes a diverse range of people, communities and groups, including the private sector (businesses, corporations), NGOs, and importantly Indigenous Peoples who must have a voice in planning processes and action.
The big hope is for the Strategy to be tailored by countries to their domestic priorities with practical, low‐cost, scalable actions that complement their national plans, capacities and resources.
Plantlife is serving as the Secretariat to the GSFC, working collaboratively with the Global Fungal Conservation Network to provide strategic oversight and operational support to its completion. We will also help by getting it out there to all the people and places it needs to be to influence and inspire action.
The GFCN is network of mycologists and others from a broad mix of universities, research institutions, botanic gardens and NGOs who share a common goal to have a coordinated, science-based framework which integrates fungi into nature recovery, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation efforts worldwide.
As the global voice of plants and fungi, we are committed to supporting the Global Fungal Conservation Strategy because we acknowledge the importance of having a coordinated, science-based framework which integrates fungi into nature conservation, sustainable development, and climate adaptation efforts worldwide.
By laying out the actions needed for fungal conservation, we can make compelling arguments for public, private and civil society sectors to work effectively together to drive meaningful change – protect, conserve and restore fungi – on the ground.
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If you are interested in becoming a member of the GFCN and joining a dedicated group of individuals and organisations committed to raising awareness and implementing the GSFC, then please complete this form.
Members are welcome from a variety of backgrounds including (but not limited to) universities, botanic gardens, NGOs and research institutions.
Note that participation is voluntary, however, signing up as a member signals your positive intent to actively engage in activities which promote and support the implementation of the Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation.
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