Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
“the Strategy addresses the Plant Kingdom with focus on higher
plants, and other well-described groups such as Bryophytes and
Pteridophytes. The setting of measurable targets for this set
of taxa is more credible than for many lower plant groups.
This does not imply that these groups do not have important
ecological functions, nor that they are not threatened.
However, effective action will be best achieved by focusing, in an
initial phase at least, on achievable outcomes for known taxa.
Parties may choose on a national basis to include lower
taxa”
The decision does not define ‘lower plant groups’, but
traditionally (although not very accurately!) this would include
both lichenised and non-lichenised fungi. In the
UK
response to the Global Strategy, it was agreed that the UK
would include the conservation of fungi where appropriate.
JNCC has been nominated the UK Focal Point for the Global Strategy
for Plant Conservation. There is a UK implementation
website.