World Forum on Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2019 GSPC)
In the opening ceremony, Mr. David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of Convention on Biological Diversity delivered an address to the forum. The welcome speeches were made from Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Chairman of GPPC & President of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Dr. Paul Smith, Secretary General of BGCI, Ms. SUN Ming, Deputy Director of Bureau of Science & Technology for Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Mr. LI Chunliang, Deputy Director of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
The forum included 14 plenary presentations, 5 parallel sessions and 2 side-events.
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Title of plenary presentations |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
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Progress in implementing GSPC: a global perspective |
Paul Smith |
BGCI |
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Updating GSPC for the period 2021-2030 |
Peter Wyse Jackson |
Missouri Botanical Garden / GPPC |
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Implementation of the GSPC by China |
REN Hai |
South China Botanical Garden, CAS |
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Maximising the contribution of species conservation science to the post-2020 global biodiversity framework |
Philip McGowan |
Newcastle University / IUCN Species Survival task Force Post-2020 Targets Biodiversity Task Force |
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Implementing the GSPC in France, in its overseas territories and reinforcing capacities in francophone countries |
Maïté Delmas |
National Museum for Natural History, France |
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Sustainability, livelihoods and health: global implementation of best practices for wild harvesting and trade in plants towards the achievement of CBD’s Objective II and GSPC Target 12 |
Anastasiya Timoshyna |
TRAFFIC |
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Implementation of the GSPC by South Africa |
Domitilla Claudia Raimondo |
South African National Biodiversity Institute |
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Bending the curve of plant diversity loss |
Thomas Brooks |
IUCN |
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Prioritising the conservation of coastal plant species |
Hugh W. Pritchard |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
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Protection of Endangered Plants Participated by Community—Case Study of Protection of Traditional and Medicinal Endangered Plants in Yunnan |
XIAO Jin |
SEE Foundation |
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Conservation of orchids in New Guinea: challenges and opportunities |
André Schuiteman |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
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The progress and perspective of conservation of wild plant species with extremely small populations in China |
SUN Weibang |
Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS |
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Alliance of botanical gardens in Belt and Road countries |
CHEN Jin |
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS |
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The system and policy of natural forest protection and restoration |
JIN Min |
National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China |
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China Wild Plant Conservation Management and Chinese Strategy for Plant Conservation |
LIU Dewang |
National Forestry and Grassland Administration, China |
Parallel Sessions
Session 1. Review and prospects for the GSPC post-2020
Session 2. Progress on the achievement of China's strategy for plant conservation and discussion on China's draft strategy for 2021-2030
Session 3. IUCN Red List: assessment and application
Session 4. In-situ / ex-situ conservation
Session 5. Sustainable use and management
Side-events
Dialogue in Chinese on new version of GSPC and the Report of Implementation Progress on GSPC (2011-2020) in China (Open to all, language: Chinese)
Cryobiotechnology for Conservation (C4C)
During the meeting, delegates shared progress in implementing plant conservation strategies, reviewed the status on GSPC progress worldwide, and discussed the GSPC framework for the post-2020 period. After discussion, Declaration from the World Forum on Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, China was formed and delivered to CBD Secretariat. The Chinese and English versions of the Declaration were published in Biodiversity Science volume 27, issue 10 (DOI: 10.17520/biods.2019357).
The participants congratulated China for the excellent progress that has been achieved in implementing the GSPC in China. The forum also recognized the outstanding leadership being offered by China in hosting this forum and for the upcoming CBD COP 15 in 2020 and they expressed the hope that the Chinese government, and other parties, as well as the CBD Secretariat, would continue to play a leadership role in relation to a future post-2020 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
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