More about the Specialist Group
The IUCN SSC Galapagos Plant Specialist (GPSG) aims to contribute to research and conservation planning in the Galapagos and restore threatened and endangered plant populations within protected and populated areas.
IUCN COMMISSION GROUP
IUCN SSC Galapagos Plant Specialist Group
Group leadership
Dr Alan TYE
Specialist Group work
We expect to have draft reassessments for at least 10 vascular plants and at least 50 lichens submitted to the IUCN Red List Unit, and to have increased the effort directed to threatened plant conservation by the Charles Darwin Research Station and the Galapagos National Park Directorate.
GPSG on the IUCN Red List
Re-evaluation of endemic vascular plants and conduct Red Listing of all ca. 200 endemic species of lichenised fungi.
Annual Report
Learn about GPSG’s work and results in 2024 and 2025.
Previous reports:
GPSG Annual Report 2023
GPSG Annual Report 2022
GPSG Annual Report 2021
GPSG Annual Report 2020
GPSG Annual Report 2019
GPSG Annual Report 2018
GPSG Annual Report 2016-2017
Seedlings of Galvezia leucantha, target species for restoration in cultivation ex situ before planting out in the wild. Credit: Patricia Jaramillo.
Leco Lec Site. Credit: Manzanillo Rachel
Opuntia Echios. Credit: IUCN SSC Galapagos Plant Specialist (GPSG).
