important plant areas in central and eastern europe - Plantlife

Section 5
References
For IPA presentations at the Planta
Europa IV Conference, 2004, please go to
(www.nerium.net/plantaeuropa/
Submissions.htm or www.nerium.net/
plantaeuropa/OralPresentations.htm)
Anna Asatryan: Important Plant Areas in
Armenia: research for conservation.
Vileta Atienza: Lichen data as a contribution
to the identification of IPAs in the Valencian
Community.
Teresa Gil Gil: Important Plant Areas in
Navarra Region.
Eszther Illyes: An introduction to the
Pannonian habitats and flora and the IPA
programme in Hungary.
Pérez-Rovira P. et al: The micro-reserves
network as a preliminary approach to IPA
selection in the Valencian Community.
Radford, E.: IPAs go global.
Del Valle E. et al: Important areas for the
Spanish endangered flora.
For information on the South African
National Biodiversity Institute – former
hosts of SABONET (www.nbi.ac.za)
For information on the ASEAN Regional
Network for Biodiversity Conservation
(www.arcbc.org)
For information on the New Zealand
Plant Conservation Network
(www.nzpcn.org.nz)
For general information on IPA projects in
different countries (www.plantlife.org.uk)
Evans, S., Marren, P. & Harper, M., 2002,
Important Fungus Areas: a provisional
assessment of the best sites for fungi in the
United Kingdom. Plantlife,Association of
British Fungus Groups, British Mycological
Society.
Özhatay, N., Byfield,A.,Atay, S., 2003,
Türkiye’nin Önemli Bitki Alanlari (IPAs in
Turkey).WWF Türkiye (Dogul Hayati
Koruma Vakfi), Istanbul
IPA projects in Europe and other
parts of the world
Central and eastern Europe
As well as the projects detailed above there are developing IPA projects or interest in
starting IPA projects in several other countries. In Hungary, a project to identify IPAs is
being developed by researchers at Eötvös Loránd University and the Regional
Environmental Centre (REC). In Armenia, a project to collate and analyse existing data
has been carried out at the Institute of Botany. Researchers in Ukraine at the Institute of
Botany, Kyiv, have made an assessment of plant conservation in protected areas.
Individuals and organisations in Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia and Moldova have expressed
their interest in developing IPA projects.
Other parts of Europe
Turkey was the first country anywhere in the world to complete its IPA identification.
The project was carried out by the NGO Dogal Hayati Koruma Demegi (DHKD), the
Institute of Botany, the University of Istanbul, and Flora and Fauna International and the
results published by WWF Turkey. Researchers at the Finnish Environment Institute have
begun work on projects to identify important fungi and plant areas in Finland. In the UK
the national IPA team, coordinated by Plantlife International, includes specialists from a
wide range of organisations including the state agencies and the specialist societies.
Projects to identify Important Fungus Areas and Important Stonewort Areas in the UK
have already been completed. In Spain several research projects into IPAs in different
regions have begun, including the Valencia and Navarra regions.
In June 2003, the IUCN Centre of Mediterranean Cooperation, Planta Europa and
Plantlife International coordinated an IPA workshop with participants from Croatia,
Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gibraltar, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco and Spain. Since then, a
national IPA workshop has been held in Morocco, where 53 preliminary IPAs were
identified, and a proposal for a national IPA project has been developed in Lebanon.
Other parts of the world
In May 2004, SABONET, the Southern Africa Botanical Network, organised a regional
IPA workshop for seven countries (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Zambia and Zimbabwe). Subsequently, national IPA workshops were carried out in
Mozambique and Namibia. Using existing data, 28 preliminary IPAs have been identified
in Mozambique and 39 in Namibia. In South Africa, IPA team members are in the process
of analysing considerable amounts of existing plant data in order to select IPAs.
The ASEAN network in south east Asia has also begun the process of discussing IPA
projects at a regional level with representatives from nine countries (Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,Thailand,Vietnam).
The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network is developing a strategy for
implementing IPAs and the other targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
Stewart, N. F. 2004, Important Stonewort
Areas, An assessment of the best areas for
stoneworts in the United Kingdom. Plantlife
International, Salisbury, U.K.
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