Open AccessHow to embed an international policy into the political context of the UK and Europe with reference to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
Author(s) -
RADFORD ELIZABETH A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01152.x
Subject(s) - convention on biological diversity , context (archaeology) , promotion (chess) , natura 2000 , european union , common agricultural policy , environmental resource management , diversity (politics) , environmental planning , agriculture , politics , biodiversity , biology , political science , ecology , business , economics , international trade , geography , paleontology , law
Plant Diversity Challenge is the UK framework for implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation ; it was developed by a network of nongovernmental and governmental organizations and recognized at government level by all the devolved administrations in the UK. The European Strategy for Plant Conservation is an equivalent framework in Europe, but has not achieved recognition as a contribution to biodiversity conservation and environmental protection within the European Union, despite similar support from botanical and conservation communities. Both frameworks have faced positive and negative challenges to their implementation, which reflect the range of interests and capacity of the organizations driving the delivery of their targets. Embedding these frameworks within the appropriate policy context at the country or regional level will require the ‘driving’ organizations and associated networks across the whole (plant) conservation community to unite and become more effective at policy level. This is required to ensure the development and promotion of better targeted evidence that responds to the needs of the wider biodiversity agenda, particularly in the realm of agriculture and forestry policy. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2011, 166 , 261–266.