The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)
comprises a set of 16 targets to halt the current and continuing loss of plant species, as well as the vegetation and habitats they compose by the year 2010.
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Full text of the GSPC
as a pdf document
Ireland’s National Strategy for Plant Conservation
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The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - Target 2
A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant
species, at national, regional and international levels;
Terms and technical rationale:
Over 60,000 species have been evaluated for conservation status according to
internationally accepted criteria, of which 34,000 are classified as globally threatened
with extinction (IUCN, 1997). In addition, many countries have assessed the
conservation status of their own floras. There are currently about 270,000 known
species. Of those still to be evaluated, sufficient information for a full assessment is only
available for a proportion. Thus, only a preliminary assessment will have been carried out
on the remaining, “data-deficient” species. Subsequently, further fieldwork will be
essential to enable more comprehensive assessments to be undertaken.
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