The development and implementation of species recovery plans and programmes provide integrated conservation strategies for wild plants. These often involve a combination of in situ assessment of natural plant populations, monitoring of their status and the current or past causes of their decline, and the determination of future priorities, therefore enabling their recovery. Recovery measures include land protection, habitat management and/or restoration, ex situ cultivation and reintroduction and public education programmes.

Species recovery plans provide models for plant conservation and contribute to the implementation of the GSPC Target 3.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)  is currently developing a species recovery handbook aimed at restoration practitioners.  This handbook will develop a standard species recovery approach and methodology.

As a part of this work BGCI are compiling a literature review of species recovery plans and actions in Europe. In order to compile some case studies, it would be greatly appreciated if you could send Yvette.harvey-brown@bgci.org names of researchers or programmes working on species recovery plans and actions in your countries. More information.