Plantlife International

Plantlife is the organisation that is speaking up for the nation's wild plants. We work hard to protect wild plants on the ground and to build understanding of the vital role they play in everyone's lives. Wild plants are essential to life - they clean our air and water, provide food and shelter for our insects, birds and animals and are critical in the fight against climate change.

Whilst preserving wild plants in botanical gardens or in seed banks is an important last resort, it is no substitute for their wild and natural existence as an integral part of the countryside. Plantlife carries out practical conservation work across Britain, manages nature reserves, influences policy and legislation, runs events and activities that help people discover wild plants and works with others to promote the conservation of wild plants for the benefit of all.

Wild plants have been marginalised and taken for granted for too long. Please help us by supporting our work.

International
Plantlife has a dynamic international team working to safeguard wild plants and their habitats. We are one of the key organisations that developed the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, which was endorsed by governments across the world, including the British Government, at The Hague in 2002. The strategy underpins all our activities. We are Lead Partner of Target 5 and head the global effort to identify the world's most important sites for wild plants.

Plantlife International's Plants & Livelihoods Programme promotes the sustainable use of medicinal wild plants across the Himalayas, east Africa and south-east Europe and Plantlife also hosts the secretariat for Planta Europa, the pan-European network of over 60 organisations working for plant conservation.

HRH The Prince of Wales is our Patron.

To find out more please visit our website at www.plantlife.org.uk.

Registered Charity No. 1059559.