Important Plant Areas of the South and Mediterranean region : Priority sites for Conservation
Environmental Monitoring and Governance, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Catullo, G.
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Radford, E.A.
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de Montmollin, B.
2011
Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are internationally significant sites for plant diversity – or more simply the best sites for plants. Identified at national level, using internationally standardised criteria, they provide a framework for implementing target 5 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).