Description

This session will explore how to translate plant information (species, populations, habitats, threats…) into concrete plant conservation actions, or plant conservation planning.

Plant information at site level is often dispersed, unavailable, or out-of-date. In addition, translating existing wild plant information into decision-making is not a straightforward process. This session will gather examples from around the Mediterranean where the results of field survey studies or other plant data may successfully translate into site-based conservation actions.

The session will explore in more detail how mapping tools can provide managers with the means to transform plant data into useful formats

It will explore possible avenues for collaboration between scientists and decision-makers at site level, with a view to developing conservation policies and site-based actions involving local populations.

Stories and case studies of coordination between managers, scientists, and communities or local users will be presented, and different types of tools developed around the region will be explored.

Topics to address

Chair of the session

Marcos Valderrabano (IUCN Centre of Mediterranean Cooperation)

Keynote speakers

Keynote

Towards a process-based conservation strategy for Mediterranean plant diversity. John Thompson.

Short presentations

Introduction to terra lemnia Project. George Dimitropoulos

Humans, landscapes and plant diversity – first results from the Terra Lemnia project on Lemnos island (North Aegean, Greece). Maria Panitsa, Erwin Bergmeier, Stefan Meyer, Penelope Bebeli, Danae Sfakianou, Nicos Georgiadis, George Dimitropoulos.

Vegetal plant diversity on Lemnos Island (Greece) – status quo and implications for conservation efforts within the TerraLemnia-project. Stefan Meyer, Erwin Bergmeier, Maria Panitsa, Danae Sfakianou, Nicos Georgiadis, George Dimitropoulos.

Classifying the changes in vegetated Mediterranean coastland of South-eastern Europe using new approach of remote sensing analysis for modelling vegetated land change dynamics: A case study of Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. Kuenda Laze.

Conservation of Lebanese Coastal Plants: Mission Impossible? Mohammad S. Al-Zein, Hicham Elzein, Jean Stephan, Magda Bou Dagher-Kharrat, Carla Khater

Diachronic cartography within an Important Plant Area : case study of Mount Chenoua (Tipasa, Algeria). Methodological approach and preliminary results. Nassima Souyad, Roger Manière et Nassima Yahi.

Assessing the conservation status of Monocots in the Mediterranean region: reflections from a recent IUCN Red List evaluation. Errol Véla, David Allen, Violeta Barrios, Richard Lansdown, and Catherine.

Geospatial analysis to assess distribution patterns of the critically endangered species Euphorbia fontqueriana Greuter. Joana Cursach, Antoni Josep Far, Maurici Ruiz.

Implementing GIS tools to analyse geospatial distribution factors to the reproductive success of sexual deceptive orchids: Ophrys balearica P. Delforge as an example. Joshua Borràs, Joana Cursach.