News Published: 12 December 2024

Join BGCI’s Next Webinar!

Title: Introduction to the New Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: Complimentary Voluntary Actions
Date: Thursday, 30th January 2025
Time: 12:00 PM GMT

Plants are the foundation of life on Earth, yet thousands of species face the threat of extinction.

In recognition of the need to conserve plant diversity, governments around the world adopted the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) in 2002, and botanic gardens are now leading efforts to implement this Strategy. The GSPC’s 16 outcome-oriented targets were the first ever internationally agreed targets for biodiversity conservation and the GSPC has been recognised as an innovative model approach to achieving the CBD targets. Following the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework, a new set of Complimentary Actions for the period 2021 -2030 and were adopted at the next Conference of the Parties to the CBD (COP16) in Cali, Colombia in October 2024.

This webinar will:
🌿 Review the successes of the GSPC so far.
🌿 Explain the new phase of the GSPC and introduce the newly adopted Voluntary Complimentary Actions.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with global plant conservation enthusiasts and gain insight into the next phase of the GSPC.