Global & European Strategies for Plant Conservation
ESPC Target 2
A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known species
at national, regional and international level
TARGET 2. CONSERVATION STATUS AND RED LISTING.
Information: Assessing the conservation status of plants and fungi species is one of the first steps towards setting priorities for funding and action. IUCN Red list criteria have provided an internationally recognised tool for assessing conservation status, and a new on-line tool IUCN RapidList, has been developed to make preliminary assessments with minimal data. Much progress has been made on national Red Lists and Red Books in Europe (see national information below) and regional lists for bryophytes and macro-fungi, but there is an urgent need for a regional European Red List for vascular plants and for work on the other taxonomic groups, such as lichens and algae.
Targets: (for details of lead partners download pdf of ESPC)
GSPC target 2
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A preliminary assessment of the conservation status of all known plant species at national, regional and international levels |
ESPC 2.1 |
European Red Lists produced by 2014 (review of progress in 2011), vascular plants completed by 2010, Red Lists updated periodically for vascular plants and bryophytes, and at least a preliminary assessment produced for fungi, lichens and algae |
Actions to mitigate the effects of climate change: where possible species which are under a high degree of threat from the effects of climate change should be indicated in national and regional Red Lists. |
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European Projects/Databases/Organisations:
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Project/database |
On-line DB |
IUCN (Species Programme; Regional Office for Europe; Mediterranean Office) |
European Red List of Vascular Plants : A preliminary Red List for the Vascular Plants of Europe is being prepared by IUCN with funding from the European Commission) |
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |
Developing a consolidated list of European threatened species as a step towards a formal European Red List – currently holds information on 27 countries, 9,600 species with 15,500 country records |
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European Native Seed Collection Network (ENSCONET) |
ENSCONET holds information relevant to a European Red List and bases its collection priorities in the biogeographic regions of Europe on endemicity and current threat status |
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European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes (ECCB) |
Red Data Book of European Bryophytes (1995), sites also records available information on national Red Lists for bryophytes in Europe |
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European Mycological Association (and European Committee for Conservation of Fungi (EMA/ECCF) |
Provides information on mycology in following countries of continental Europe and the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean islands traditionally associated with continental Europe (including all of the Russian Federation as far east as the Urals, the Caucasus, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya) |
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European Topic Centre for Biodiversity |
On-line webpage with information on national and regional Red Lists for Europe |
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IUCN RapidList Tool |
On-line tool for preliminary conservation assessments (http://iucnsis.org/RapidList/org.iucn.rapidlist.RapidList/RapidList.html) |
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Link to case-studies/tool kits: (.pdf)
- Preliminary conservation assessments online: IUCN RapidList Tool
- Creating a Red List for European Macro-fungi
International Projects
National Projects