Target 13: Local Resources and Knowledge


Back to main site GPPC En Espanol Plants2010 Home GPPC Statement Why Plants? Why a Global Partnership for Plant Conservation? GPPC Partners Aim of the Partnership GPPC Working Practices How to Join GSPC Targets Understanding and Documenting Plant Diversity Conserving Plant Diversity Using Plant Diversity Sustainably Promoting Education and Awareness Building Capacity for Conservation National Strategies Ireland South Africa United Kingdom China Cross-National Strategies Botanic Gardens Europe North America News Resources Leaflets for T8 & T14 Events & Meetings Dublin 2005 Dublin Statement Contact Us PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	GPPC > Target 13: Local Resources and Knowledge Target 13: Local Resources and Knowledge The Decline of Plant Resources, and Associated Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Innovations and Practices that Support Sustainable Livelihoods, Local Food Security and Health Care, Halted Plant diversity underpins livelihoods, food security and health care. This target is consistent with one of the widely agreed international development targets, namely to “ensure that current trends in the loss of environmental resources are effectively reversed at both global and national levels by 2015”. It is recommended feasible to halt the decline by 2010 and subsequently to reverse the decline. Relevant plant resources and methods to address their decline are largely site specific and thus implementation must be locally driven. The scope of the target is understood to encompass plant resources and associated ethnobotanical knowledge. Measures to address the decline in associated indigenous and local knowledge should be implemented consistent with the Convention’s programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions. Useful Documents Background paper for the implementation of Target 13: The decline of plant resources, and associated indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care (PDF) Contact The GPPC Got some useful resources for this target? Tell us so we can share them on this site. Read more... Find Out More The Internet Directory for Botany The Internet Directory of Botany is an index to botanical information available on the Internet, compiled by Anthony R. Brach. It started as a personal bookmark list of botanical sites and is now a large resource for the botanical community. Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The objectives of FAO regarding PGRFA are to ensure the safe conservation and promote the availability and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources, for present and future generations, by providing a flexible framework for sharing benefits and burdens. Medicinal Plants Conservation Project - Egypt Supported by UNDP and GEF, the MPCP aims “To eliminate the root causes of biodiversity loss and the threats to the conservation and sustainable use of wild Medicinal Plants in Egypt.” Their objectives include the creation of a National Strategy on the Conservation of Medicinal Plants. Global Initiative for Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health The Global Initiative for Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health was founded in 1993 with the aim of building partnerships at a global level between traditional health practitioners, scientists, educators and decision-makers, in order to improve the services provided to patients. Native Seeds SEARCH Through seed conservation and community interaction Native Seeds/SEARCH works to protect crop biodiversity and to celebrate American Southwestern and northwest Mexico cultural diversity. Today we safeguard 2000 varieties of arid-land adapted agricultural crops. The Poverty / Conservation Equation The Nature Conservancy increasingly recognises the need to take account of the links between poverty and conservation. Its summer 2006 newsletter presents a series of interesting and accessible articles, by respected authors, that discuss if conservation is relevant to the poor and vice versa. People and the Planet The People & the Planet website provides a global gateway to the greatest issue of our time: the future health and well-being of the human family as it presses ever more heavily on the natural resources of our planet.	Zulu Medicinal Plants This inventory of nearly 1000 plants used in Zulu traditional medicine is based on a survey dating from the late-19th century to the present. Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual (Gary J Martin, 2004) This book is part of Earthscan's successful "People and Plants Conservation" Series, and is a basic introduction to the practice and uses of ethnobotany (study of the classification, use and management of plants). Ethnobotany is critical to developing new crops and the medicinal use of plants. 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.