Addressing target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in Western Australia

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) was adopted in 2002 at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to address the global decline in plant diversity. Sixteen outcome-oriented targets were to be achieved by 2010. One of these targets (Target 8 of the GSPC) embraced ex situ collections and the link to their use in recovery and restoration. The target called for at least 60 per cent of threatened plant species to be in ex situ collections, preferably in the country of origin, and at least 10 per cent included in recovery and restoration programs.