Our Work Globally
Plantlife speaks up for wild plants and fungi around the world. We campaign for global strategies which help to restore healthy, diverse and abundant habitats.
Our Work on the World Stage
Plantlife speaks up for wild plants and fungi nationally (in the UK) and internationally. We campaign for global strategies for nature, people and the climate to include the restoration and protection of native wild plant and fungi species and habitats – for a healthy, diverse, plant rich world.
To effectively conserve wild plants and fungi—and address the interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and societal wellbeing—we need a truly inclusive, whole-of-society approach. Our mission is to encourage, support, and inspire action at every level: from individuals and communities, to local and national organisations, and governments worldwide.
Plantlife is at the heart of a growing global network of scientists, policy makers, conservation organisations, local and indigenous communities, working to bridge the gap from knowledge to conservation action on the ground.
Our Areas of Work
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)
Plantlife has worked closely with other members of the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC) to establish a set of voluntary complementary Plant Conservation Actions related to plant conservation for the new GSPC.
Head of Global Rachel Hoffmann now sits on the executive committee of the GPPC, advocating for a whole of society approach to plant conservation.
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Important Plant Areas
Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are at the heart of our global action for wild plants and fungi. They are the key sites in the world for exceptional botanical richness, rare, threatened and socio-economically valuable plant species and rare and threatened habitats.
Plantlife developed the first IPA criteria in 2001, and these are now being applied in over 50 countries around the world.
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Fungi
As ‘the global voice for plants and fungi’ Plantlife is scaling up its work to deliver effective outcomes for fungi conservation, taking on the role as Secretariat of the Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation.
Working closely with members of the Global Fungal Conservation Network, the Strategy is the first of its kind for fungi. It has been developed to scale up and bring more attention to the conservation of fungi and to stimulate and guide research and action at local, national, region and global levels. It has been designed to harmonise with the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework so, through the delivery of its actions, Parties can meet their Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) obligations.
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Global Grasslands
At Plantlife, we are working with partners to gain recognition for grassland ecosystems not just in the UK, but around the world as nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.
Storing between 25-35% of the world’s terrestrial carbon, they are an underutilised resource. We work with several international organisations in calling on world governments to recognise their value on a global scale.
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