Section 5 References For IPA presentations at the Planta Europa IV Conference, 2004, please go to (www.nerium.net/<strong>plant</strong>aeuropa/ Submissions.htm or www.nerium.net/ <strong>plant</strong>aeuropa/OralPresentations.htm) Anna Asatryan: Important Plant Areas <strong>in</strong> Armenia: research for conservation. Vileta Atienza: Lichen data as a contribution to the identification of IPAs <strong>in</strong> the Valencian Community. Teresa Gil Gil: Important Plant Areas <strong>in</strong> Navarra Region. Eszther Illyes: An <strong>in</strong>troduction to the Pannonian habitats <strong>and</strong> flora <strong>and</strong> the IPA programme <strong>in</strong> Hungary. Pérez-Rovira P. et al: The micro-reserves network as a prelim<strong>in</strong>ary approach to IPA selection <strong>in</strong> the Valencian Community. Radford, E.: IPAs go global. Del Valle E. et al: Important <strong>areas</strong> for the Spanish endangered flora. For <strong>in</strong>formation on the South African National Biodiversity Institute – former hosts of SABONET (www.nbi.ac.za) For <strong>in</strong>formation on the ASEAN Regional Network for Biodiversity Conservation (www.arcbc.org) For <strong>in</strong>formation on the New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Plant Conservation Network (www.nzpcn.org.nz) For general <strong>in</strong>formation on IPA projects <strong>in</strong> different countries (www.<strong>plant</strong>life.org.uk) Evans, S., Marren, P. & Harper, M., 2002, Important Fungus Areas: a provisional assessment of the best sites for fungi <strong>in</strong> the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom. <strong>Plantlife</strong>,Association of British Fungus Groups, British Mycological Society. Özhatay, N., Byfield,A.,Atay, S., 2003, Türkiye’n<strong>in</strong> Önemli Bitki Alanlari (IPAs <strong>in</strong> Turkey).WWF Türkiye (Dogul Hayati Koruma Vakfi), Istanbul IPA projects <strong>in</strong> Europe <strong>and</strong> other parts of the world Central <strong>and</strong> <strong>eastern</strong> Europe As well as the projects detailed above there are develop<strong>in</strong>g IPA projects or <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> start<strong>in</strong>g IPA projects <strong>in</strong> several other countries. In Hungary, a project to identify IPAs is be<strong>in</strong>g developed by researchers at Eötvös Loránd University <strong>and</strong> the Regional Environmental Centre (REC). In Armenia, a project to collate <strong>and</strong> analyse exist<strong>in</strong>g data has been carried out at the Institute of Botany. Researchers <strong>in</strong> Ukra<strong>in</strong>e at the Institute of Botany, Kyiv, have made an assessment of <strong>plant</strong> conservation <strong>in</strong> protected <strong>areas</strong>. Individuals <strong>and</strong> organisations <strong>in</strong> Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia <strong>and</strong> Moldova have expressed their <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g IPA projects. Other parts of Europe Turkey was the first country anywhere <strong>in</strong> 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, <strong>and</strong> Flora <strong>and</strong> Fauna International <strong>and</strong> the results published by WWF Turkey. Researchers at the F<strong>in</strong>nish Environment Institute have begun work on projects to identify <strong>important</strong> fungi <strong>and</strong> <strong>plant</strong> <strong>areas</strong> <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>l<strong>and</strong>. In the UK the national IPA team, coord<strong>in</strong>ated by <strong>Plantlife</strong> International, <strong>in</strong>cludes specialists from a wide range of organisations <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the state agencies <strong>and</strong> the specialist societies. Projects to identify Important Fungus Areas <strong>and</strong> Important Stonewort Areas <strong>in</strong> the UK have already been completed. In Spa<strong>in</strong> several research projects <strong>in</strong>to IPAs <strong>in</strong> different regions have begun, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the Valencia <strong>and</strong> Navarra regions. In June 2003, the IUCN Centre of Mediterranean Cooperation, Planta Europa <strong>and</strong> <strong>Plantlife</strong> International coord<strong>in</strong>ated an IPA workshop with participants from Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Gibraltar, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco <strong>and</strong> Spa<strong>in</strong>. S<strong>in</strong>ce then, a national IPA workshop has been held <strong>in</strong> Morocco, where 53 prelim<strong>in</strong>ary IPAs were identified, <strong>and</strong> a proposal for a national IPA project has been developed <strong>in</strong> 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 <strong>and</strong> Zimbabwe). Subsequently, national IPA workshops were carried out <strong>in</strong> Mozambique <strong>and</strong> Namibia. Us<strong>in</strong>g exist<strong>in</strong>g data, 28 prelim<strong>in</strong>ary IPAs have been identified <strong>in</strong> Mozambique <strong>and</strong> 39 <strong>in</strong> Namibia. In South Africa, IPA team members are <strong>in</strong> the process of analys<strong>in</strong>g considerable amounts of exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>plant</strong> data <strong>in</strong> order to select IPAs. The ASEAN network <strong>in</strong> south east Asia has also begun the process of discuss<strong>in</strong>g IPA projects at a regional level with representatives from n<strong>in</strong>e countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, the Philipp<strong>in</strong>es, S<strong>in</strong>gapore,Thail<strong>and</strong>,Vietnam). The New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Plant Conservation Network is develop<strong>in</strong>g a strategy for implement<strong>in</strong>g IPAs <strong>and</strong> the other targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Stewart, N. F. 2004, Important Stonewort Areas, An assessment of the best <strong>areas</strong> for stoneworts <strong>in</strong> the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom. <strong>Plantlife</strong> International, Salisbury, U.K. 78
IPA Projects <strong>in</strong> other countries ANDREW BYFIELD ANNA ASATRYAN In Armenia (top) IPA data is currently be<strong>in</strong>g collated. In Turkey 122 IPAs have been identified such as the Savval Tepe or Eastern Black Sea Mounta<strong>in</strong>s IPA shown above. 79