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The context and development of a global framework for plant conservation.
- Source :
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Botanical journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London [Bot J Linn Soc] 2011; Vol. 166 (3), pp. 227-32. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- A new international initiative for plant conservation was first called for as a resolution of the International Botanical Congress in 1999. The natural home for such an initiative was considered to be the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the CBD agreed to consider a Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) at its 5th meeting in 2000. It was proposed that the GSPC could provide an innovative model approach for target setting within the CBD and, prior to COP5, a series of inter-sessional papers on proposed targets and their justification were developed by plant conservation experts. Key factors that ensured the adoption of the GSPC by the CBD in 2002 included: (1) ensuring that prior to and during COP5, key Parties in each region were supportive of the Strategy; (2) setting targets at the global level and not attempting to impose these nationally; and (3) the offer by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to support a GSPC position in the CBD Secretariat for 3 years, which provided a clear indication of the support for the GSPC from non-governmental organizations (NGO).
- Subjects :
- Gardening economics
Gardening education
Gardening history
Gardening legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Organizations economics
Organizations history
Organizations legislation & jurisprudence
Public Health economics
Public Health education
Public Health history
Research economics
Research education
Research history
Biodiversity
Botany economics
Botany education
Botany history
Botany legislation & jurisprudence
Conservation of Natural Resources economics
Conservation of Natural Resources history
Conservation of Natural Resources legislation & jurisprudence
Ecosystem
Endangered Species economics
Endangered Species history
Endangered Species legislation & jurisprudence
Internationality history
Internationality legislation & jurisprudence
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0024-4074
- Volume :
- 166
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Botanical journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22059246
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01147.x