More about the Specialist Group

Identifying conservation priorities, giving recommendations for their survival, and reinforcing government and public efforts toward the conservation of plant diversity in China.

Specialist Group work

The CPSG is committed to threatened species assessment, conservation recommendations and related activities. Members of our group have made great contributions to the Red List reassessment of China plants.

Featured projects

• We submitted a book entitled Red data book of China medicinal plants (571 pp.) to the publisher, which will be published in early 2022.
  One hundred and fifty-five (155) main threatened and of conservation concern, medicinal species are included in the book. All species were formally assessed using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Morphology and biology, distribution and habitat, medicinal use, threats, conservation measures taken/needed, references, distribution map and photos are provided for each species.
   
• The book entitled Progress of implementation on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (2011–2020) in China was published. Qin Haining and Zhao Lina are the contributors to chapter 1 (Target 1: An online flora of all known plants) and chapter 2 (Target 2: An assessment of the conservation status of all known plants as far as possible, to guide conservation action), and 44 members of the China Plant Specialists Group were involved in this work. The aim of this book is to evaluate progress in the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), identify challenges and gaps, and provide suggestions for GSPC post-2020.