National Progress towards Targets of the Global Strategy. For Plant Conservation

      Аннотация: The Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in the Hauge (April 2002) adopted the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC): a strategy that aims at halting the current and continuing loss of plant diversity, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. This strategy was also an innovative advance for the convention as it incorporated for the first time a framework of 16 targets for biodiversity conservation aimed at achieving measurable plant conservation outcomes by 2010. These targets are addressing the five themes of the GSPC: 1- understanding and documenting plant diversity (3 targets), 2-conserving plant diversity (7 targets), 3- using plant diversity sustainable (3 targets), 4- promoting education and awareness about plant diversity (one target), and 5- building capacity for the conservation of plant diversity (2 targets). Egypt has diverse habitats with micro-climates that host many plant species and communities. This book presents the substantial progress that has been made towards reaching the 16 GSPC targets in Egypt.

Ключевые слова: Ecology, Egypt, IUCN, Management, Plant conservation, protectorates