SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
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Research Coordination
- Identify knowledge gaps in plant conservation and the sustainable use and promote best practices.
- Identify and adopt novel and cutting-edge methodologies and approaches in plant conservation.
- Harmonize and encourage the implementation of existing protocols and guidelines in plant conservation
- Identify the role and contribution of different stakeholders and the general public in plant conservation.
Capacity Building
- Develop an interactive platform containing data on past and on-going conservation actions implemented on threatened plant species and institutions dealing with plant conservation and concrete conservation actions on plant species.
- Connect stakeholders dealing with plant conservation from different backgrounds, not only from biological sciences but also from social and law sciences and practical conservationists.
- Identify and promote conservation in biodiversity-rich regions that still lack such activities through facilitating the involvement of conservationists from countries with lower capacity in the topic of the Action.
- Connect institutions and promote the shared use of larger equipment and infrastructure to implement conservation activities and achieve specific conservation goals.
- Involve Early Career Investigators (ECI) in all activities of the Action, with a special focus on STSMs.
- Favour the involvement of the under-represented gender by equally distributing all functions within the COST Action.
- Disseminate knowledge about the importance of plants and promote plant conservation among the general public.
