Side Event

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-25-en.pdf'>The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in Europe: Celebrating the successes and a pathway forward</a>

Organizer
Planta Europa

Date and Time
4 July 2007 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 12)

The governments of Europe have committed to delivering the sixteen targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) by 2010. The European Plant Conservation Strategy (EPCS) was developed in 2001 by the Planta Europa network and Council of Europe as a regional response to the GSPC, and is due for completion in 2007. The implementation of the EPCS has been reviewed in preparation for the Fifth Planta Europe Conference to be held in Romania in September 2007, where a new strategy will be developed to facilitate the continued implementation of the GSPC up to and beyond 2010. This side event will be used to celebrate the successes of the EPCS and highlight the key issues identified in the review process that will need to be addressed in the new strategy to ensure more effective and comprehensive implementation of the GSPC at national and European levels. These include the need for a new EPCS but with fewer targets that are more aligned with the GSPC targets, the inclusion of more actions on climate change, ecological corridors, the ecosystem approach and sustainable management, and clearer information on national implementation strategies. The review has also illustrated the urgent need for an effective on-line clearing house mechanism to report and monitor progress with target and highlight good practice or methodologies.