Plan

Planning orchid conservation with clear priorities
 

The "Plan" component focuses on transforming available knowldge into realistic and collaborative conservation strategies. For orchids, planning is especially important because the family is highly diverse, many species remain poorly known, and threats can vary greatly between regions, habitats, and taxonomic groups.

The In Situ Subgroup supports the development of conservation priorities for orchid species, habitats, and regions. This includes helping identify species at high risk, species with major data gaps, and species or sites where conservation action is both urgent and feasible. Planning also helps ensure that limited resources are directed where they can have the greatest conservation impact.

Our work may include contributing to species conservation strategies, supporting action-planning processes, advising on in situ conservation priorities, and helping connect field data, Red List assessments, local expertise, and conservation opportunities. We also encourage planning approaches that are inclusive, science-based, and developed with local experts, institutions, communities, and authorities.

By strengthening the link between assessment and action, the Plan component helps move orchid conservation from concern to coordinated response.