Important Plant Areas Protecting Threatened Plants

Watch the latest technical webinar, organised by Plantlife in partnership with the Reverse the Red movement. “Important Plant Areas protecting threatened plant species,” was presented by:
Chaired by: Ian Dunn, Plantlife
Iain Darbyshire, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Charlotte Couch, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Nicola Hutchinson, Plantlife

Speakers discussed the issue of plant blindness, the application of IPAs using IPA criteria, and an overview of IPA's role in the ‘assess, plan and act’ cycle with the following examples.
Assess: The use of Red Lists for the identification of the Important Plant Areas against IPA criteria, example from Africa.
Plan: The role of IPAs in planning for species recovery (reintroduction) an example from Guinea.
Act: How conservation activities within an IPA are supporting species recovery, an example from the UK.