Plantas prioritarias para la conservación en el ámbito cantábrico:perspectivas para la Red Cantábrica de Conservación de Flora.

Abstract

A general framework to setting vascular plant conservation priorities in cantabrian area is present. According to present conservation requirements, it is necessary to define some objectives for plant conservation at different scales. Cantabrian area, as a biogeographical unit, can be used as a common scale for developing conservation actions. In this context, different priorities selection methods are avalaible, all useful and complementary to each other, although developed from different points of view. We review some of the main categorization systems commonly used to setting plant conservation priorities, and its application to diferent scales in Spain. Present situation at cantabrian scale is also reviewed, defining some proposals for developing common conservation actions for plant conservation in this territory.