The convention's strategy for plant conservation has yet to deliver the first of its aims (a list of the world's plants).
With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region.
Researchers will work with the Egyptian Medicinal Plant Conservation Project in St Katherine's, Sinai, which is working to preserve the biodiversity of the region through co-operation with local Bedouin.
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And visitors are encouraged to participate: Pro Natura and Butterfly Conservation Switzerland have developed programmes to plant butterfly-friendly flowers at public schools and parks.
Coca-Cola pledged to conserve water and as a result avoided plant closures and tougher regulations on water conservation.
It also showed that 278 wild plant and animal species in Wiltshire are in need of conservation action.
That made it the most valuable charity auction to support conservation projects, which is important, because as DiCaprio mentioned in his opening speech, less than 2% of philanthropic dollars globally support conservation projects, despite the fact that 140, 000 animal and plant species are becoming extinct every year, which is 10, 000 times the historic extinction rate.
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Conservation is urgent not just to prevent the loss of 12, 000 plant species of which 40% are found nowhere else.
At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other botanic gardens around the world, our plant scientists and horticulturists are working towards effective, science-based conservation solutions to ensure that we leave a healthy and hopeful world to the next generation.
The campaign, which is part of a wider UK collaboration of conservation organisations, also encourages people to buy British fruit, support local producers and plant fruit trees in their gardens.
About 90% of its plant species exist nowhere else on the planet, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, and many of its bird, reptile and animal species -- including all the world's lemurs in the wild -- are endemic.
"The rhododendron ponticum plant is very deceptive, " said the park's head of agriculture and conservation, Rhys Owen.
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