Influencing Decision-Making and Policy


BGCI: The global network Our work Preventing plant extinctions Africa Central and South America China North America Russia and Georgia Southeast Asia Plants for people Medicinal plants Human well-being The Global Trees Campaign Magnolia Oaks Policy frameworks Gran Canaria II GSPC BGCI Policy Tools International Agenda 2010 BG Targets International Frameworks Plants2010 Regional & National Frameworks CITES Manual Education Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	Our work > Influencing Decision-Making and Policy Influencing Decision-Making and Policy BGCI is well-known and widely respected for its role in policy development and implementation relating to plant conservation. It is, for example, generally acknowledged that without the policy work of BGCI, the GSPC would not have been developed and adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity. BGCI is a full partner with Fauna and Flora International in the Global Trees Campaign and provides the Secretariat for the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation. Over the next five years, BGCI will continue to maintain its position as a leading advocate for plant conservation, with specific aims to: Act as a leading advocate ensuring that the conservation and sustainable use of plant species is fully addressed by international biodiversity policy and related agreements with a focus on CBD and CITES to support all the targets of GSPC Promote the work of botanic gardens related to plant diversity conservation, human well-being, environmental education and climate change to policy and decision makers, as well as the wider public, both nationally and internationally Engage with policy makers and wider society to ensure that the CBD continues to pay full attention to the conservation and sustainable use of plant species beyond 2010, addressing the urgent threat of climate change. Ensure mechanisms are in place to facilitate informed decision making by forging links between conservation best practice and biodiversity policy. Latest News The future of the GSPC is discussed at the 9th CoP of the CBD BONN, GERMANY 6th June 2008 The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) underwent an in-depth review at the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP9) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Bonn, Germany from 19-31 May. 2008: Year of the Frog GLOBAL 15th January 2008 Conservationists from around the world have declared 2008 the Year of the Frog to highlight their new campaign to save threatened amphibians from extinction. All Change as Climate Threatens 20% of Native Plants IRELAND 7th December 2007 National Botanic Gardens director Peter Wyse Jackson has identified 171 species of Irish flora that could be facing extinction by 2050 due to climate change. The news comes as he Irish government launches a €15 million campaign to raise public awareness and change behaviour countrywide. More News	International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation The International Agenda is a global policy framework for botanic gardens worldwide to contribute to biodiversity conservation. Find out more about how botanic gardens are contributing here. The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation The GSPC is a plan to save the world's plant species. Botanic gardens are making a major contribution worldwide. Click the image to find out more. Download the Gran Canaria Declaration on Climate Change as a PDF In issuing its ‘Gran Canaria Declaration on Climate Change and Plant Conservation’ the Gran Canaria Group, whose membership is drawn from major biodiversity conservation organisations around the world, calls on the international community to take urgent action to protect global plant diversity. Have your say! BGCI Membership Questionnaire 2008 BGCI is striving to improve the services that we provide to our members. We need your help in order to do this. Please take 5 minutes to submit our Membership Questionnaire.

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