This study focuses on projected estimates of biodiversity change for the 21st century. Results were used for the third Global Biodiversity Outlook.
Asia countries have accomplished a great deal in understanding and documenting plant diversity. This edition of the Asian Plant Conservation Report presents readers with progress and successful cases of plant conservation in Asia. The first section introduces the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Subsequent sections provide basic information on features of plant diversity in Asia.
Compiled by botanists and conservationists in the region and beyond, the first Asian Plant Conservation Report examines recent conservation progress in Asia and offers suggestions on how to achieve plant conservation targets under the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) framework. The report was launched at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan.
