Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
The Conference of the Parties
1.
Notes with satisfaction the progress achieved in the further
development and implementation of the Strategy in line with
decision VI/9;
2.
Expresses appreciation to the organizations that are
facilitating stakeholder consultations in relation to the various
targets of the Strategy, and to Botanic Gardens Conservation
International for supporting the process of developing and
implementing the Strategy, including through the secondment of a
Programme Officer to the Secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity;
3.
Welcomes the establishment of the global partnership for
plant conservation and encourages the participating organizations
to continue to contribute to the implementation of the Strategy,
invites other organizations to join the partnership, and encourages
Botanic Gardens Conservation International to continue its support
for the partnership;
4.
Welcomes the establishment, by the Executive Secretary, of a
flexible coordination mechanism for the Strategy, comprising:
liaison groups to be convened as necessary according to established
procedures; national focal points, as determined by Parties; the
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation; and the Secretariat,
including the Programme Officer supported by Botanic Gardens
Conservation International;
5.
Invites the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the
United Nations Environment Programme to support the Executive
Secretary in monitoring implementation of the Strategy, working in
collaboration with the Global Partnership for Plant
Conservation;
6.
Encourages Parties to nominate focal points for the
Strategy, or designate from among existing focal points, in order
to:
(a)
Promote and facilitate
implementation and monitoring of the Strategy at national level,
including the identification of national targets and their
integration in national biodiversity strategies and action plans
and sectoral and cross-sectoral plans programmes and
activities;
(b)
Promote the participation of
national stakeholders in the implementation and monitoring of the
Strategy at national level; and
(c)
Facilitate communication
between national stakeholders and the Secretariat and Global
Partnership for Plant Conservation;
7.
Requests the Executive Secretary, with the support of
members of the global partnership for plant conservation, to
elaborate proposals for a toolkit, including a checklist to assist
Parties in integrating the targets into their strategies, plans and
programmes, for review by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice prior to the ninth meeting of
the Conference of the Parties;
8.
Decides to integrate the targets of the Strategy into all
the thematic and relevant cross-cutting programmes of work of the
Convention and requests the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice to prepare proposals for the
respective programmes of work when they are due for review
according to the multi year programme of work of the Conference of
the Parties (decision VII/31). This process should be
consistent with decision VII/30. In particular, the following
targets should be integrated:
(a) Target 1
into the Global Taxonomy Initiative;
(b) Targets
4 and 5, 7 and 8 into the programme of work on protected
areas;
(c) Target
10 into work on invasive alien species;
(d) Targets
11, 12 and 13 in the work on sustainable use;
(e) Targets
9 and 13 into work on Article 8(j) and related
provisions;
(f) Target
14 into the programme for communication, education and public
awareness; and
(g) Targets
6, 9 and 12 into the thematic programmes for agricultural
biodiversity and forest biodiversity;
9.
Emphasizes that, in line with paragraphs 3, 4, 6 and 7 of
decision VI/9, the Strategy is to be implemented in a flexible way,
and with due regard to the need for capacity building in
identifying and achieving national targets, particularly in
developing countries, especially the least developed and small
island States among them, and countries with economies in
transition;
10.
Decides to integrate the targets of the Strategy into the
reporting framework for the third national reports; while
reflecting the fact that the targets are a flexible framework
within which national and/or regional targets may be developed, in
line with paragraphs 3 and 4 of decision VI/9;
11.
Welcomes the decisions of the Conference of the Parties and
Plants Committee of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) to consider how they can contribute
to the implementation of the Strategy, especially regarding target
11 ("No species of wild flora endangered by international
trade");
12.
Invites the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations to consider how the Global Plan of Action for the
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture contributes to the implementation of the
Strategy, in particular target 9 ("70 per cent of the
genetic diversity of crops and other major socio-economically
valuable plant species conserved, and associated indigenous and
local knowledge maintained").
