What responsibilities do Cooperating organizations have?
As a Cooperator, your organization agrees to support and implement the Plant Conservation Alliance’s National Framework. Many of the objectives outlined in the Framework are already part of you organization’s strategic plan, philosophy or mission statement. Providing a national framework serves to align these individual groups into a larger, more powerful coalition with similar goals and focuses. In order to perpetuate the conservation of native plants, organizations and individuals must be dedicated to a two-fold approach: on-the-ground conservation/restoration projects and ongoing education about their efforts. Both are necessary for preserving the Earth’s biodiversity. Without one or the other, our efforts would soon fail. As a Cooperator with the Plant Conservation Alliance, you will be responsible for conveying the critical need for native plant conservation, as well as what’s being done to stem the tide of extinction of our natural heritage, to people within your organizations, p