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The Plant Actions toolkit is being designed to be a one-stop shop for the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). It is a guide to ensuring a world rich in wild plants and supports the world’s governments, institutions and all sectors of society to meet our common commitment to “halt and reverse biodiversity loss and to put nature on a path to recovery”.
Plants are a vital component of our planet’s biological diversity and are essential to all life on earth. They form the basis of most terrestrial ecosystems and provide ecosystem services to support human wellbeing, including climate regulation and food security.
The newest version of the GSPC outlines 21 Global Plant Conservation Actions, adopted in Cali, Colombia at CBD CoP 16 (21 October- 2 November 2024). These actions recognise that plant species and their habitats often require specific conservation actions distinct from other taxa (which may be overlooked in wider biodiversity actions) and will help to achieve the plant conservation elements of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted at CoP15, Montreal 2022.
Plants and their ecosystems have also influenced our cultural and spiritual development and are woven into languages, place names, religion and folklore across the world.
Yet, despite this critical role plants have in almost all aspects of our lives, RBG Kew’s State of the World’s Plant and Fungi (2023) report estimated that 77% of undescribed vascular plants and 45% of known flowering plants are estimated to be threatened with extinction.
Far too often, the world’s wild plants are relegated to a green background for more charismatic wildlife. These figures highlight the urgency of bringing plants to the forefront and to celebrate the amazing value they bring to every aspect of life on earth.
Whether you are a government, global institution, NGO, company, educational institution, indigenous people, local community, landowner, farmer or an individual, the toolkit will soon be able to be used to guide how the Plant Actions can be included in your own conservation programmes and activities.
The icons below represent each of the 21 Plant Actions which, and in time will provide an explanation of the action together with relevant websites, additional information, and organisations, that can provide support to the implementation of the action.
We will continue to develop this toolkit to meet the needs of its users, adding more resources – including case studies, generated as the Parties and Non-State Actors deliver the actions. In essence, we hope the toolkit inspires and supports a “whole of society” approach to scale up the recovery and protection of plants and safeguard their future existence across the globe.
We want to learn from you! So, please help us by contributing your resources, information, experience and success stories to this developing toolkit by contacting our Global Advocacy Officer Claire Rumsey.
Spatial Planning
Ecological Restoration
Important Plant Areas
Species & Genetic Diversity
Sustainable Harvest & Trade
Invasive Species
Pollution
Climate Solutions
Plants for People
Crops & Production Land
Native Species
Urban Spaces
Benefit Sharing
Mainstreaming
Sustainable Use
Sustainable Consumption
Financial Resources
Capacity Building
Awareness & Information
Traditional Knowledge
Gender Equality
For a list of the actions please click arrow below.
Read the full Actions here.
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