Global Strategy

Click on a target to read its terms and technical rationale. Links to the reports from the stakeholder consultations on individual targets are available through the Plants 2010 website, or here.

Global targets for 2010

    1. Understanding and documenting plant diversity:

    2. Conserving plant diversity:

    3. Using plant diversity sustainably:

    4. Promoting education and awareness about plant diversity:

    5. Building capacity for the conservation of plant diversity:

    These 16 targets provide a framework for policy formulation and a basis for monitoring. National targets developed within this framework may vary from country to country, according to national priorities and capacities, and taking into account differences in plant diversity.