Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Technical rationales, milestones and indicators for the updated Strategy

In decision X/2 the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation and other partners and relevant organizations, and subject to the availability of the necessary resources to further develop, with the flexible coordination mechanism, the technical rationales, milestones and indicators for the updated Strategy, consistent with the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, for review by the Subsidiary Body on the Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters at its fifteenth meeting.

The document prepared for COP-10 is expected to be updated by the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation during a meeting that will be convened by Missouri Botanic Garden in August 2011 at the invitation of the Chair of the Global Partnership, Peter Wyse Jackson.