The Micheli Guide to Fungal Conservation

Introduction

Fungi need protection just as much as animals and plants. If your country signed up to the Rio Convention [CBD] then your government has promised to deliver that protection. The Micheli Guide to Fungal Conservation tells you how well your government is living up to that promise.

Countries which have signed up to the CBD produce national action plans and reports saying in their own words what they are doing to protect nature. The Micheli Guide uses a few simple objective criteria to evaluate those documents from the point of view of fungi. The aim is to applaud governments which are achieving excellence in fungal conservation, and encourage improvement in those which are not. One mark is awarded for each criterion satisfied. Scores are given out of ten as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good); 8 (good); 7 (quite good); 6 (better than adequate); 5 (adequate); 4 (nearly adequate); 3 (poor); 2 (deficient); 1 (seriously deficient); zero (totally deficient).

Summary of findings

No action plans or reports were evaluated as excellent, very good, good, quite good, better than adequate, or even adequate. Out of 324 action plans and reports examined, 43% (140) were totally deficient, 36% (116) were seriously deficient, 15% (50) were deficient, 4% (12) were poor, and 2% (6) were nearly adequate. This is compelling evidence that the Rio Convention is failing to protect Fungi, even though they constitute one of the biggest kingdoms of life. During evaluation, a similar neglect of chromistans, protists and prokaryotes was impossible to miss. The picture is bleak.

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Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Denmark [Greenland], Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

View by score

Excellent, Very good, Good, Quite good, Better than adequate, Adequate, Nearly adequate, Poor, Deficient, Seriously deficient, Totally deficient.

How the guide works

The criteria

Are fungi mentioned in a conservation context? Mention purely as an exploitable resource and mention of fungicides etc. does not count.

Are fungi clearly, consistently and explicitly recognized as different from animals, micro-organisms and plants, and are lichens recognized as fungi?

Is the need for fungal conservation recognized?

Is the existence of specifically fungal habitats recognized?

Is the knowledge gap for fungi recognized?

Is the breadth of fungal diversity properly recognized?

Is strategic consideration explicitly given to fungal conservation (example indicators: separate texts devoted to fungal conservation; lists of important fungus areas / fungal biodiversity hotspots; deficiencies in legal protection for fungi identified and plans present to rectify those deficiencies; threats to fungi identified; fungal red lists mentioned)?

Are principal fungal habitats and roles taken into account (decomposers, dung fungi, endobionts, freshwater fungi, fungi on man-made products, fungi on naturally occurring inanimate substrata, lichen-forming fungi, marine fungi, mycorrhizal fungi, parasitic fungi)?

Are there plans to address the knowledge gap problem?

To be applied only when all other criteria are satisfied. Does the document show excellence in its coverage of fungal conservation?


Documents which are excellent need to contain: at least one separate section explicitly devoted to fungi, including a detailed review of their diversity within the country; a list of important fungus areas / fungal biodiversity hotspots; a review of the country's legal protection for fungi (including plans to rectify any deficiencies); consideration of all of the following fungal habitats / roles present in the country: decomposers, dung fungi, endobionts, freshwater fungi, fungi on man-made products (agents of biodegradation and biodeterioration), fungi on naturally occurring inanimate substrata (peat, rock, soil etc.), lichen-forming fungi, marine fungi, mycorrhizal fungi, parasitic fungi (agents of animal diseases, fungicolous fungi, plant pathogens); plans to rectify the knowledge gap for fungi, including raising awareness through, for example, inclusion in education programmes.

In the tables below, each country is awarded an overall performance score with some weighting given to the assessment of its most recently published CBD document. To date no document examined has satisfied more than four criteria. There have thus been no action plans or reports which can even be considered as Adequate. Marks for individual documents are displayed to the left of each entry.

Pier Antonio Micheli
This guide to fungal conservation is named in honour of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), an Italian who was one of the earliest scientists to study fungi, and discovered that fungi produce spores.

About the guide. Countries which have signed up to the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity [CBD] prepare national biodiversity action plans and reports. Most countries have published several. There are already more than one thousand, and they are openly available on the Internet [CBD National Action Plans and Reports]. Fungi form a major part of the biodiversity of every country of the world. The action plans and reports therefore need to be checked to make sure that fungi are getting proper recognition as part of each nation’s biodiversity, and that the conservation needs of fungi are being taken addressed. You can help. To date, only a few of the action plans and reports have been evaluated. Please download an evaluation form and contribute an assessment. To help make the evaluation, you can also download an example of a completed form.

Commentary

This rating system is a blunt tool. It makes no effort, for example, to evaluate coverage of chromistan and protozoan fungal analogues, nor does it evaluate any proposed actions for fungi: it simply notes whether or not they exist. The review is, nevertheless, very revealing. Of 324 documents evaluated, only the six which were rated Nearly adequate could be described as doing anything positive at all for conservation of fungi in their countries and, in every one of them, there was enormous room for improvement. Over one hundred and ten reports (about 36% of all evaluated) mentioned fungi but did not clearly recognize them as belonging in a separate biological kingdom. One hundred and forty reports (about 43% of all evaluated) failed to mention fungi at all.

From a fungal perspective, there is clearly an enormous need for countries to "clean up their act" in respect of fungal conservation. It is, for example, deeply depressing that a country such as Australia, which takes pride in its efforts to protect its biodiversity, can issue a twenty-year biodiversity conservation strategy where the only mention of fungi is in the caption of a single illustration. The situation is not, however, totally hopeless. Although no document was evaluated as adequate, the review shows that some countries are producing action plans and reports which could, with a little more effort, achieve the basic level necessary for fungal conservation. Reports from six countries were evaluated as Nearly adequate - the best among those reviewed to date, and another twelve reports were merely Poor. The countries responsible for all of the other action plans and reports reviewed were Deficient, Seriously deficient or Totally deficient.

This review is ongoing, and constructive contributions are welcome. There are many action plans and reports available from the CBD website which still need evaluation. Members of the ISFC are encouraged to visit the CBD website, and study the action plans and reports of their own and other countries. In the cases of action plans and reports which do not mention fungi, or where coverage is poor, Members may wish to encourage and help those responsible for the documents to introduce or improve the mycological aspects. To do that, it is necessary to establish a dialogue. A good place to start is the National CBD Focal Point Contact for the country. The CBD website includes a list of names, addresses and e-mail addresses of those national focal point contacts.

Suggestions for improving the rating system used here would be appreciated, as would evaluations of other national action plans and reports from a fungal perspective using the same criteria. Please send any such suggestions or evaluations to Dr D.W. Minter [e-mail: d.minter<at>cabi.org], who maintains this web page. As new action plans and reports are submitted, they will be reviewed and added to this website. Monitoring the ratings for individual countries could be used to show whether or not change (and hopefully improvement) is occurring in coverage of the fungi.


List of action plans and reports arranged by country

Albania
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 31 March 2011. Received by CBD. 1 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times, but status not clear (mentioned once in context of flora), lichen-forming fungi (mentioned 1 time, but treated as separate from fungi); no evidence of separate planning.

Algeria
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Elaboration de la Stratégie Nationale pour la Conservation et l'Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Algérienne et Plan d'Action National de l'Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 February 2005. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

1/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National (Algérie). Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 4 June 2005. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique au Niveau National. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 20 April 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 7 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

Angola
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2012. Language. English. Date on report. 31 May 2006. Received by CBD. 13 Novmber 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Framework Report on Angola's Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 22 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. 5th National Report on Biodiversity in Angola 2007-2012. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 29 February 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2025. Language. English. Date on report. 6 February. Received by CBD. 2 October 2020. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 6. 6th National Report on Biodiversity in Angola and the Achievement of the Aichi Goals 2011-2020. Language. English. Date on report. March 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Antigua and Barbuda
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2010. Received by CBD. 6 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as micro-organisms.

Argentina
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 20 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen-forming fungi mentioned five times.

Australia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Australia's Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010-2030. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 26 January 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, only as caption of one illustration.

Austria
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 1. First Austrian National Report on the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 1997. Received by CBD. 24 September 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times plus mushroom (mentioned once); treated separately from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned twice) not integrated with fungi.

2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 21 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times, plus mycete (mentioned 3 times); fungi generally but not consistently distinguished from plants, lichens (mentioned 9 times) listed as plants. Knowledge gap for fungi acknowledged and some plans in place to resolve problem.

Azerbaijan
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Country Study on Biodiversity of Azerbaijan Republic. Fourth National Report to Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 24 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 12 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once), plus truffle (mentioned once), plus mycete (mentioned twice, once as "myxomycetes"); clearly and consistently distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned once, as "lower plants".

Bahamas
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report of the Bahamas to the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. June 2011. Received by CBD. 11 August 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned one time, as a disease threat to agricultural ecosystems.

Bahrain
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. The Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. Arabic. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 17 March 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Bangladesh
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 20 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus truffle (mentioned once). Fungi mentioned 4 times (once in title of bibliographic citation), listed as plants; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi, listed as plants.

Belarus
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy on conservation and sustainable utilization of biological diversity for 2011-2020. Language. English. Date on report. 11 November 2010. Received by CBD. 6 January 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned. Separate status of mushrooms (2 mentions) not explicit and lichens (1 mention) treated as "lower plants".

Belgium
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Belgium to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 5 October 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned (including lichens) mentioned 18 times; treated as plants; some recognition of knowledge gap, but no plans to address the problem.

Belize
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2010. Received by CBD. 10 August 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Benin
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique au Bénin. Language. French. Date on report. Avril 1998. Received by CBD. 24 April 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Deuxième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 10 Juillet 2001. Received by CBD. 28 September 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 2002. Received by CBD. 24 April 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned 15 times with some consideration of their conservation.

0/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National du Bénin sur la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 10 Fevrier 2006. Received by CBD. 26 July 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National du Bénin sur la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Juillet 2009. Received by CBD. 20 August 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 24 times and consistently recognized as different from other biological kingdoms.

1/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique au Bénin. Language. French. Date on report. Janvier 2014. Received by CBD. 23 May 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, but more than once merely as an exploitable resource rather than as organisms to be conserved.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la Biodiversité 2011-2020. Language. French. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 25 February 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times and recognized as different from other biological kingdoms.

Bhutan
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 3. Biodiversity Action Plan 2009. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 4 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (all in the context of the Cordyceps medicinal caterpillar fungus), and treated as plants; mushrooms mentioned 9 times; lichens mentioned once.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
3/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. The Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Action Plan for Biodiversity and Landscape's Protection (NBSAP BiH 2008-2015). Language. English. Date on report. January 2008. Received by CBD. 15 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 37 times plus lichen (mentioned 13 times), mushroom (mentioned 3 times), mycete (mentioned 3 times), truffle (mentioned once); lichen-forming species recognized as fungi and well-integrated; fungi recognized as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants; clearly taken into account in planning; some recognition of different fungal categories present, but incomplete.

2/10

National Report 4. Fourth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. 2010 Biodiversity Targets Assessments. Language. English. Date on report. April 2010. Received by CBD. 16 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once), plus mycete (mentioned once), plus lichen (mentioned once); fungi clearly distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

Botswana
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. National Report on Measures Taken to Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 5 April 2021. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times. Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

0/10

National Report 2. Botswana Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 16 May 2001. Received by CBD. 9 April 2021. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 3. Botswana Third National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2005. Received by CBD. 14 May 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times. Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants. The knowledge gap for fungi is recognized but there are no plans to address the problem.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Language. English. Date on report. February 2007. Received by CBD. 14 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus truffle (mentioned once). Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants; some recognition of knowledge gap.

1/10

National Report 4. Botswana Fourth National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 19 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

0/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 5 May 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times, but only as an exploitable resource; some recognition of the knowledge gap for fungi, but no plans.

Brazil
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English, Portuguese. Date on report. October 2010. Received by CBD. 9 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times; fungi generally recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but included in a "flora"; lichen-forming fungi not mentioned.

Brunei
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 11 August 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, and recognized as distinct, but not consistently; some recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

Bulgaria
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report 2005-2008. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 15 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 18 times, plus mushroom (mentioned twice); fungi not consistently distinguished from plants, lichens (mentioned 3 times) listed as plants. Fungi explicitly included in national red listing. Need to improve informational resources about fungi acknowledged.

Burkina Faso
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Rapport Intérimaire du Burkina Faso sur la Diversité Biologique à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action du Burkina Faso en Matière de diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 1999. Received by CBD. 13 August 1998 [sic]. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 5 July 2001. Received by CBD. 5 July 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Convention sur la Biodiversité Biologique: Troisième Rapport National à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. November 2006. Received by CBD. 25 January 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Quatrième Report National. Language. French. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 16 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, plus mycete (mentioned once, as part of title in bibliographic list); sometimes treated as micro-organisms, sometimes as plants.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Plan d'Action National 2011-2015 du Burkina Faso pour la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2011. Received by CBD. 1 January 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National du Burkina Faso à la Conférence des Parties à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. July 2014. Received by CBD. 7 August 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned sixteen times, once as a separate biological kingdom, and once in a list of plants, usually as a resource to be exploited.

Burundi
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Rapport de Pays à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. July 2000. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Actions en Matière de la Diversité Biologique SNPA-DB. Language. French. Date on report. July 2000. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned 29 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but equally often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

0/10

National Report 2. Deuxième Rapport de Pays à la Conférence des Parties.. Language. French. Date on report. 14 May 2001. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport du Burundi dans le Cadre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2007. Received by CBD. 17 January 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, mostly as a food resource, and treated as plants.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport du Burundi à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 27 March 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, and treated as plants.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2 (1). Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action sur la Biodiversité 2013-2020. Language. French. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 23 February 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 26 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2 (2). Plan Stratégique de Développement et de Renforcement des Capacités dans le Domaine de la Biodiversité 2013-2020. Language. French. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 23 February 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 12 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

2/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport du Burundi à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 14 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned eighteen times, treated as plants, but their importance as mycorrhizal symbionts recognized, with rudimentary aspirations to attach a value to such services in addition to their worth as a food resource.

Cameroon
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Convention on Biological Diversity. National Report 1997. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. 20 February 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times; not clearly distinguished from other biological kingdoms.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity Status Strategy and Action Plan [part 1] [see also part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5]. Language. English. Date on report. 31 December 1999. Received by CBD. 12 May 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned eleven times; not clearly distinguished from other biological kingdoms.

0/10

National Report 2. CBD Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. undated. Received by CBD. 26 May 2002. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 31 December 2005. Received by CBD. 7 February 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

3/10

National Report 4. Cameroon Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 11 March 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 94 times; recognized as distinct from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized and some consideration given to addressing problem.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Version II. Language. English. Date on report. December 2012. Received by CBD. 31 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned eight times; mostly treated as an exploitable resource or a problem; at one point in the text, fungi and mushrooms are treated under the heading "insects".

3/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National du Cameroun à la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 31 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned 72 times; recognized as distinct from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized and some consideration given to addressing problem.

Central African Republic
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique en République Centrafricaine. Language. French. Date on report. January 2000. Received by CBD. 17 October 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as causal agent of a plant disease.

0/10

National Report 2. Premier Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [sic]. Language. French. Date on report. September 2000. Received by CBD. 17 October 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. 3ème Rapport national à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 2006. Received by CBD. 30 December 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, all in the context of exploitable resources.

1/10

National Report 5. 5ème Rapport National Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 27 April 2017. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as 'lichen') and treated as plants.

0/10

National Report 6. 6ème Rapport National de la République Centrafricaine sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. September 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an exploitable resource.

Chad
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Rapport Interimaire sur la Mise en Oeuvre au Niveau National de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. 3ème Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. February 2006. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. October 2009. Received by CBD. 8 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mycete (mentioned once), sometimes confused with plants; lichens mentioned twice, listed separately from fungi, sometimes confused with plants. Some recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique. 2ème Édition. Language. French. Date on report. January 2016. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times; not distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized but no plans to deal with it.

1/10

National Report 6. Sixième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique de la République du Tchad. Language. French. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Colombia
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional ante el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 15 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (in the context of agents of biological control), lichen (mentioned once, in title of bibliographic citation).

Comoros
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Rapport Intérimaire sur l’Élaboration d’une Stratégie Nationale et d’un Plan d’Action en Matière de Diversité Biologique en République Fédérale Islamique des Comores. Language. French. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 21 April 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on Report. Undated. Received by CBD. 2 August 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 2000. Received by CBD. 3 December 2003. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times, but confused with plants.

0/10

National Report 3. 3è Rapport National. Language. French. Date on Report. Undated. Received by CBD. 22 August 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on Report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 30 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as 'mycorhizes').

0/10

National Report 5. 5è Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on Report. June 2014. Received by CBD. 13 June 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action actualisés pour la Diversité Biologique_V2. Language. French. Date on report. June 2016. Received by CBD. 16 September 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Congo
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 15 May 2001. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Elaboration et Harmonisation du Plan d’Action en Matière de Diversité Biologique. Secteur: Agriculture. Language. French. Date on report. December 2001. Received by CBD. 12 October 2000 [sic]. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. 23 February 2006. Received by CBD. 24 February 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. August 2009. Received by CBD. 9 September 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, described as having received less attention.

0/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 7 April 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an exploitable resource.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie National et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique (revisé). Language. French. Date on report. August 2015. Received by CBD. 18 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 15 times, all only as an exploitable resource.

Cook Islands
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Cook Islands 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 8 April 2011. Received by CBD. 14 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice (as component of plant kingdom).

Côte d'Ivoire
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
0/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. 16 November 2005. Received by CBD. 6 January 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale de Conservation et d’Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique de la Côte d’Ivoire. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 6 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned 6 times but treated as plants.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichen-forming species) mentioned four times, two times as an exploitable resource, and confused with plants.

2/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 26 March 2014. Notes. Fungi (including lichen-forming species) mentioned nine times, and recognized as an independent biological kingdom.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la Diversité Biologique Nationale 2016-2020. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 15 February 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 46 times but without clear recognition that they are distinct from plants. Some recognition of knowledge gap with training of specialists proposed as a solution.

3/10

National Report 6. 6ème Rapport sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned 22 times and clearly distinguished from animals and plants; some recognition of principal fungal habitats and roles.

Croatia
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
3/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy and Action Plan for the Protection of Biological and Landscape Diversity of the Republic of Croatia. Language. English. Date on report. 28 November 2008. Received by CBD. 16 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times and clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (reference to red lists and legal protection; some planning for sustainable use of fungi).

Cyprus
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 7 September 2010. Notes. Mushrooms (mentioned twice); lichens (mentioned 3 times) listed under flora. Some recognition of knowledge gap.

Czech Republic
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of the Czech Republic to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2009. Received by CBD. 7 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times; mostly treated as plants; some minimal recognition of threats and need for protection, but no plans to deal with them.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Rapport Intermédiaire sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention Relative à la Biodiversité en République Démocratique du Congo. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 20 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times but treated as plants; moulds considered different from fungi. No recognition of knowledge gap for fungi. Habitat destruction identified as main threat to terrestrial fungi, but no explicit strategic consideration for fungal conservation.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. April 1999. Received by CBD. 16 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 3. Stratégie et Plan d'Action Nationaux de la Biodiversité (2016-2020). Language. French. Date on report. October 2016. Received by CBD. 14 November 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times. No recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

Denmark
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Fourth Country Report to CBD, Denmark. Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 12 February 2010. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 21 times; generally recognized as distinct, but sometimes listed as plants; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (some recognition of threats); some fungal habitats recognized; some recognition of the knowledge gap.

Denmark [Greenland]
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity of Greenland. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 12 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

Djibouti
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Rapport National a la conférence des parties à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. April 1999. Received by CBD. 19 April 1999. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 1 August 2001. Received by CBD. 31 July 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie et Programme d'Action National de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 30 May 2002. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 20 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique de la République de Djibouti. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 5. 5ème Rapport. Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. 30 April 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times (all as lichen-forming species).

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Programme d'Action Nationaux pour la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 21 May 2017. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Dominican Republic
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional de Biodiversidad. República Dominicana. Language. Spanish. Date on report. February 2010. Received by CBD. 17 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times; listed as plants; lichens mentioned 7 times, listed separately from fungi, also as plants.

Ecuador
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 2. Segundo Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 17 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi.

1/10

National Report 3. Tercer Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 17 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice (once as disease agents); lichens mentioned twice, separately from fungi, as plants.

1/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 31 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times (once with an unsubstantiated claim that their levels of endemism are lower in the Galapagos Islands, once in the context of animal disease), confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 7 times, listed as plants, separately from fungi.

Egypt
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 9 March 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once in the title of a bibliographic citation; lichens mentioned three times; lichens treated as plants.

3/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Egypt: National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation. Language. English. Date on report. January 1998. Received by CBD. 31 July 1998. Notes. Fungi, including lichens, mentioned, and recognized (but not consistently) as belonging in a separate biological kingdom. Some very basic acknowledgement of a knowledge gap.

1/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 December 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; lichens not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. [Third National Report on Convention on Biological Diversity (Egypt)]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2005. Received by CBD. 12 October 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. [Egypt. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2008. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

El Salvador
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe al Convenio Sobre Diversidad Biológica El Salvador. Language. Spanish. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 March 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen mentioned twice; separate status of fungi not explicit (animal and plant diversity each got their own whole section); lichens treated separately from fungi and as part of plant kingdom.

Equatorial Guinea
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Estrategia Nacional y Plan de Acción para la Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 16 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Eritrea
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. National Report on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 1; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 2; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 3; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 4. Language. English. Date on report. August 2000. Received by CBD. 3 November 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an undesirable causal agent of plant disease.

0/10

National Report 2. Eritrea: Biodiversity Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. March 2003. Received by CBD. 1 May 2003. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2006. Received by CBD. 1 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 4. The 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Of only two mentions of the word "fungus", one was in a context which showed clearly that they were regarded as separate from micro-organisms and plants, the other was in the context of obtaining more information about diseases of Sorghum, suggesting the reason was more to do with pest control than protecting organisms providing checks and balances.

0/10

National Report 5. The 5th National Report on the Implementation of the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. August 2014. Received by CBD. 16 August 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned five times, only as "rust" and only as an undesirable plant disease.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea (2014-2020). Language. English. Date on report. November 2015. Received by CBD. 17 November 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but only as an undesirable causal agent of plant disease.

Estonia
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. IV National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Estonia. Language. English. Date on report. 2008. Received by CBD. 5 December 2008. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 20 times and recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms, plants and from each other; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (fungal and lichen red lists mentioned).

Eswatini
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Progress Report on the Swaziland Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: Summary of the Status and Progress as at December 1997. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Swaziland National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. April 2001 ["final draft"]. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi only mentioned as a problem.

0/10

National Report 2. Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 12 July 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Swaziland. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 25 July 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Swaziland's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 15 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. Swaziland's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 24 September 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Swaziland's Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. 2016. Received by CBD. 31 January 2017. Notes. Fungi only mentioned as a problem.

Ethiopia
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 26 November 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned and recognized as different from plants, but mostly (though not entirely) treated as an exploitable resource.

2/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 20 December 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times (twice as lichens); distinguished from plants; some minimal recognition of the knowledge gap and lack of resources to cover fungi properly; fungi mostly considered as an exploitable resource.

2/10

National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 6 October 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times (twice as lichens); distinguished from plants; some minimal recognition of the knowledge gap and lack of resources to cover fungi properly; fungi mostly considered as an exploitable resource.

2/10

National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ethiopia's 4th Country Report. Language. English. Date on report. November 2009. Received by CBD. 1 September 2009 [sic]. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; distinguished from plants.

2/10

National Report 5. Ethiopia's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. 4 June 2014. Notes. The words "mushroom" and "mushrooms" occur only to describe an exploitable resource.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Ethiopia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 14 June 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, very briefly.

European Union
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of the European Community to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 15 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; no evidence of awareness that they might be different from animals or plants; no consideration of red lists, threats or fungal habitats; no acknowledgement of knowledge gap.

Fiji
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fiji's Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 31 May 2010. Received by CBD. 8 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; treated as plants.

Finland
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
2/10

National Report 1. National Action Plan for Biodiversity in Finland, 1997-2005. Language. English. Date on report. 29 December 1997. Received by CBD. 29 December 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times; clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 3 times.

4/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Finland. Language. English. Date on report. 24 June 2009. Received by CBD. 24 June 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 90 times; consistently distinguished from plants (although included in the country’s contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens consistently recognized as fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (frequent mention of red lists and some other tools); some fungal habitats recognized; knowledge gap acknowledged and some plans in place to deal with the problem.

France
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy 2011-2020. Languages. English, French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 20 May 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but separate status of fungi not explicit.

Gabon
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Rapport National Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 7 April 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; confused with plants.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Action sur la Diversité Biologique du Gabon. Language. French. Date on report. November 1999. Received by CBD. 8 October 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, purely as an exploitable resource.

0/10

National Report 2. Second Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [1]; Second Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [2]. Language. French. Date on report. 23 January 2004. Received by CBD. 5 April 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but only as an exploitable resource.

1/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 19 November 2019. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times, not consistently distinguished from plants.

1/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. 2 October 2014. Received by CBD. 19 November 2019. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as lichens), not distinguished from plants.

0/10

National Report 6. Sixième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. 18 November 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Gambia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. The Gambia National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 1. National Report on the Implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. October 2006. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. Fifth (5th) National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

4/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2020). Language. English. Date on report. March 2015. Received by CBD. 28 January 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times; distinguished from animals and plants; some consideration of fungal conservation; some recognition of knowledge gap.

Georgia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
2/10

National Report 2. Second National Report of Georgia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (mentioned once); lichens mentioned once, listed separately from fungi; fungi and lichens distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants. Assistance from the European Mycological Association and European Council for Conservation of Fungi acknowledged.

1/10

National Report 3. Third National Report of Georgia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times (twice in the context of quarantine or disease control), listed as "lower plants"; lichens mentioned three times, listed separately from fungi, also as "lower plants". Knowledge gap acknowledged for lichens. Cybertruffle website cited.

1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Georgia. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, plus mushroom (mentioned twice), listed as plants; lichens mentioned twice, listed separately from fungi, also as plants.

Germany
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 30 March 2010. Received by CBD. 30 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times; distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants (but also listed in context of flora). Knowledge gap acknowledged for fungi.

Ghana
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy for Ghana. Language. English. Date on report. 2002. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; distinguished from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 2. Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 7 November 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Republic of Ghana. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 3 October 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. CBD Fifth National Report - Ghana (English version). Language. English. Date on report. 30 December 2015. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. November 2016. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; distinguished from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 6. Draft. Ghana"s Sixth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. December 2018. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Greece
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. 7 April 2008. Received by CBD. 8 April 2008. Notes. Lichens mentioned once; no indication of any understanding of their status.

Guinea
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plans d’Action sur la Diversité Biologique [1]; Stratégie Nationale et Plans d’Action sur la Diversité Biologique [2]. Language. French. Date on report. January 2002. Received by CBD. 19 April 2002. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times; distinguished from animals and plants, but not consistently.

0/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. August 2006. Received by CBD. 1 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique en Guinée. Language. French. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 30 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 18 times; consistently recognized as distinct from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 9 September 2014. Received by CBD. 9 September 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once as "mycoses".

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale sur la Biodiversité Biologique pour la Mise en Oeuvre en Guinée du Plan Strategique 2011-2020 et des Objectifs d'Aichi. Language. French. Date on report. July 2016. Received by CBD. 20 August 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times; distinguished from animals and plants.

Guinea Bissau
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 14 May 2001. Received by CBD. 16 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 6 April 2008. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 30 November 2009. Received by CBD. 5 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 11 July 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy and National Action Plan for the Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2015. Received by CBD. 30 May 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Guyana
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

National Report 2. Guyana's Second National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 1999-2003. Received by CBD. 19 May 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 3. Guyana's Third National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2004-2006. Received by CBD. 19 May 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but separate status of fungi not explicit.

2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 22 December 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times, plus lichen (mentioned once); lichen-forming species recognized as fungi; fungi recognized as separate from animals micro-organisms and and plants.

Hungary
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Hungary. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 8 June 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, and clearly and consistently distinguished from animals and plants, but also treated as distinct from each other.

Iceland
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 2. Second National Report of Iceland to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 March 2003. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Iraq
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Iraqi Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 27 July 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Ireland
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 14 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 21 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once); generally distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 17 times; also generally distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but listed separately from fungi. A lichen red list in preparation for Ireland is mentioned.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Actions for Biodiversity 2011-2016. Ireland's National Biodiversity Plan. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 17 January 2012. Notes. Fungi and lichens each mentioned once, distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but listed separately from each other; a lichen red list in preparation for Ireland mentioned.

Islamic Republic of Iran
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. October 2010. Received by CBD. 14 June 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned; fungicides mentioned once.

Israel
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Israel’s National Biodiversity Plan. Language. English, Hebrew. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 31 March 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Italy
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. La Strategia Nazionale per la Biodiversità. Language. Italian. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 22 December 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, plus lichen (mentioned 3 times); lichen-forming species listed separately from fungi, and both included in "flora".

Jamaica
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report for Jamaica. 2003-2004. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 17 May 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Kazakhstan
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. The Fourth National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English, Russian. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 8 July 2010. Notes. Mushrooms mentioned 4 times, treated as plants; lichens (mentioned 4 times), also treated as plants; 16 fungi (13 of them lichen-forming) included in plant red list.

Kenya
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
2/10

National Report 1. Draft First National Report to the Conference Of Parties (COP). Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 20 March 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; knowledge gap recognized and taxonomist expertise and field inventories were suggested as solution; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. A Summary of The Kenya National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. March 2000. Received by CBD. 26 May 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Second National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 2 August 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 3. Third National Report to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Implementation of the Convention. Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 9 March 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; no information about fungal diversity and habitats; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; knowledge gap not recognized.

0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 19 August 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

3/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Conference Of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 28 October 2015. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 42 times, but confused with plants; principal fungal habitats and roles were very briefly covered; but no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; knowledge gap recognized but no plan to address it.

1/10

National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2020. Received by CBD. 2020. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Kuwait
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. The National Biodiversity Strategy for the State of Kuwait. Language. Arabic, English. Date on report. 1998. Received by CBD. 6 June 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. [Fourth National Biodiversity Report for the State of Kuwait]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 9 August 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Laos
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010. Language. English. Date on report. 2004. Received by CBD. 17 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned very generally four times (twice as fungi, twice as mushrooms), and confused with plants.

0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 11 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan Extra. NBSAP Assessment: an assessment of the Lao PDR's National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 25 September 2012. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Latvia
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 24 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once); clearly and consistently distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 5 times, as plants.

Lesotho
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. Biological Diversity in Lesotho. Convention on Biological Diversity. First Country Report to the COP. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Lesotho Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 27 October 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Lesotho Fourth National Report on Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 4 January 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Liberia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Liberia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (part 1), Liberia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (part 2). Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 16 December 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Liberia's Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. January 2007. Received by CBD. 14 November 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 4. Liberia's Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 9 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

0/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report of Liberia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. April 2014. Received by CBD. 1 May 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Republic of Liberia National Biodiversity Stratagy and Action Plan - II 2017-2025. Language. English. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 6 March 2017. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Libya
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 30 August 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times (including two references to desert truffles); no recognition that they constitute a separate biological kingdom. Knowledge gap not acknowledged.

Liechtenstein
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 10 March 2010. Notes. Mushrooms mentioned 3 times; some evidence that they are considered separate from plants; some evidence that there is interest in their protection.

Lithuania
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
3/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of the Republic of Lithuania to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 23 October 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 95 times, and consistently treated as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens mentioned and consistently treated as fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red listing for fungi mentioned, and some awareness of threats).

Luxembourg
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National de la Convention de la Diversité Biologique du Grand Duché de Luxembourg. Language. French. Date on report. November 2009. Received by CBD. 9 December 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Madagascar
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie nationale pour la gestion durable de la biodiversité (part 1), Stratégie nationale pour la gestion durable de la biodiversité (part 2). Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 December 2002. Notes. Fungi (including lichen forming fungi) mentioned 3 times but mostly as exploitable resources; principal fungal habitats and roles not taken into account; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; no recognition of knowledge gap.

Malawi
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
2/10

National Report 1. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. January 1998. Received by CBD. 26 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; distinguished from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 2. Malawi Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 25 May 2001. Received by CBD. 29 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

3/10

National Report 3. Malawi Third Country Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 4 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized.

3/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. October 2006. Received by CBD. 8 January 2008. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized.

1/10

National Report 4. Fourth Country Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. 30 June 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Mushrooms (mentioned 7 times), principally as an exploitable resource.

0/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2014. Received by CBD. 29 July 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2 2015-2025. Language. English. Date on report. May 2015. Received by CBD. 1 September 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times, but only as an exploitable resource.

Maldives
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 27 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice.

Mali
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions pour la Diversité Biologique, Mali. Language. French. Date on report. October 2014. Received by CBD. 13 January 2015. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Malta
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 2 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned once, listed as "lower plants".

Mauritania
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. Premier Rapport National de Mauritanie pour la Convention sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. August 1999. Received by CBD. 27 November 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie et Plan d'Action National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 1999. Received by CBD. 15 April 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Mauritanie. 3e Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 14 April 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport CBD - Version Finale. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 2 October 2013. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action National de la Biodiversité 2011-2020. Language. French. Absent. Received by CBD. 13 November 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Mauritius
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (in context of biological control).

Micronesia
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Federated States of Micronesia Fourth National Report. Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 22 June 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Moldova
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 16 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (as "mushrooms"), largely in the context of harvesting, and treated as plants; lichens mentioned once, and treated as plants.

Monaco
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 29 October 2009. Received by CBD. 30 October 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Montenegro
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Montenegro to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 25 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times plus mushroom (mentioned 3 times) plus mycete (mentioned 5 times); fungi generally clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, although lichens (mentioned 4 times) sometimes listed with bryophytes. Important fungal areas mentioned. Legislation relating to fungal conservation mentioned.

Mozambique
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 14 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as plants.

0/10

National Report 6. 6th National Report on the Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity in Mozambique. Language. English. Date on report. 2019. Received by CBD. 2019. Notes. The word "lichens" occurred once in the context of symptoms of dying mangroves.

Namibia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Namibia's Draft Fourth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 15 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichens mentioned 12 times; sometimes treated as plants, treated alongside insects, arachnids, amphibians and reptiles.

0/10

National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. December 2018. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Nepal
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Nepal Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 12 April 2012. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; lichens mentioned 11 times; in every case treated as plants; conservation and documentation of lichens listed as one target, but no evidence of any activity to achieve that target.

Netherlands
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity. Fourth National Report of the Netherlands. Language. English. Date on report. April 2010. Received by CBD. 14 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times (but only "macrofungi"), and listed as plants; lichens mentioned 3 times, separately from fungi, and also listed as plants.

New Zealand
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. New Zealand's Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Reporting Period May 2005 - March 2009. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (several times in the context of introduced diseases); not consistently treated as separate from plants; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi; treated as plants.

Nicaragua
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional al Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. 30 June 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Niger
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 3. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique, 2ème édition. Language. French. Date on report. September 2014. Received by CBD. 19 January 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Nigeria
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 10 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (mentioned once); treated as plants; lichens mentioned once, treated separately from fungi, also as plants.

1/10

National Report 5. Nigeria. Fifth National Biodiversity Report. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 30 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times (twice as an exploitable resource); not distinguished from animals and plants.

North Macedonia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Four National Report of the Implementation of CBD in Republic of Macedonia (2006-2008). Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; lichen mentioned once, separately from fungi; both listed separately from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

Norway
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 24 April 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 11 times. Fungi mentioned, but only in the context of forest tree disease or (as "mushrooms") in the context of sustainable harvesting; lichens mentioned in the context of pollution monitoring.

Oman
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. First National Report. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 12 February 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as lichens); treated as plants.

1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 2010. Received by CBD. 26 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; treated as plants.

Palau
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 February 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Panama
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional de Panamá ante el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times; lichens mentioned 3 times; both listed as plants.

Papua New Guinea
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Papua New Guinea's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 21 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as plants.

Poland
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. The National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 June 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned; usually distinguished as separate, but sometimes treated as plants; some minimal consideration of threats; some awareness of the knowledge gap, and some minimal evidence of plans to address the problem.

Portugal
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 29 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (once); lichen-forming fungi mentioned once, described as plants.

Qatar
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. State of Qatar. Language. English. Date on report. October 2004. Received by CBD. 18 May 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned 6 times, and treated as distinct from animals and plants. No recognition of fungal habitats; no strategy specific for fungi; no acknowledgement of knowledge gap.

1/10

National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 April 2007. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 1 time; treated as plants.

1/10

National Report 4. [Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Biodiversity Treaty]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 17 August 2010. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 1 time.

Romania
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 17 July 2009. Received by CBD. 5 October 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 5 times, but treated as plants.

Russia
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. [Fourth National Report. Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Russian Federation]. Language. Russian. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 9 November 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned in total 28 times; listed separately from animals, plants and from each other.

Rwanda
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Republic of Rwanda National Biodiversity Stratagy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2016. Received by CBD. 6 February 2017. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

St Lucia
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. St Lucia's Fourth Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 26 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as fungicide).

St Vincent and the Grenadines
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. The Fourth National Biodiversity Report of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. March 2010. Received by CBD. 17 April 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Saudi Arabia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
4/10

National Report 1. First Saudi Arabian National Report on the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 9 February 2004. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned in total 24 times; listed separately from animals, plants and from each other; acknowledgement that some fungi (desert truffles) need protection.

0/10

National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 21 December 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Saudi Arabia. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 19 June 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 1], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 2], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 3], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 4], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 5], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 6], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 7], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 8], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 9], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 10]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted on CBD website. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Senegal
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale & Plan National d'Actions pour la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. August 2015. Received by CBD. 28 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Serbia
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
2/10

National Report 1. First National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times plus mycete (mentioned once), and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 4 times) recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but not listed with fungi.

2/10

National Report 2. Second National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

2/10

National Report 3. Third National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

3/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 1 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times, plus mushroom (once), plus mycete (once), clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 7 times) listed closely to fungi. Some consideration given to legal aspects of fungal conservation. Some evidence of strategic planning for fungal conservation. [Top of page]

4/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the Period 2011-2018. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 16 March 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times plus mycete (mentioned once), clearly recognized as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants, and lichens (mentioned 8 times) explicitly recognized as fungi; mushrooms (mentioned 4 times) considered as part of policy on foraging; truffles (mentioned once) considered as part of forest resources; some attention given to separate fungal categories; some attention given to dealing with knowledge gaps in fungi; fungi present on logo. [Top of page]

Seychelles
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 3. Third National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 5 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (Verticillium also mentioned, as agent of disease), separately from animals and plants; lichens mentioned once, as plants.

Sierra Leone
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 6. 6th National Report for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 14 February 2020. Received by CBD. 14 February 2020. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times (once, as "lichen", as a citation in an air pollution study, and once as "mushroom", as an exploitable resource; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Singapore
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 1 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times; lichen mentioned once. Fungi distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and (but not consistently) plants.

Slovakia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. The Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Slovak Republic. Language. English. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 September 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 26 times, but treated as plants; some acknowledgement of knowledge gap, but not plans to address it.

Slovenia
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity 4th National Report on implementation. Republic of Slovenia. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 7 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times plus mycete (mentioned once), with some indication of being taken into account in plans, but status not clear (mentioned more than once as part of plant kingdom, and once as microbial life).

Solomon Islands
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 19 April 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. Government of Solomon Islands Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 25 July 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Somalia
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2015. Received by CBD. 12 October 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

South Africa
Overall performance 3/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 5. South Africa's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 6 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; distinguished from animals and plants.

South Sudan
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Republic of South Sudan National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2018-2027). Language. English. Date on report. 2018. Received by CBD. 17 December 2019. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Spain
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 3. Plan Estratégico del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad 2011-2017. Language. Spanish. Date on report. 30 September 2011. Received by CBD. 30 January 2012. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Sri Lanka
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. First National Report on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Sudan
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

National Report 1. First National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2000. Received by CBD. 23 February 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 2. Sudan. Second Report to CBD. Part 1 and Sudan. Second Report to CBD. Part 2. Language. English. Date on report. October 2003. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Third National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2006. Received by CBD. 21 March 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Sudan's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 4 August 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times (twice as undesirable agents of disease).

3/10

National Report 5. Sudan's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 26 March 2014. Notes. Fungi are mentioned frequently and consistently recognized as different from animals and plants. Some fungal habitats and roles are mentioned, including mycorrhizas and plant parasites. Yeasts are recognized as fungi and their value is acknowledged. Lichen-forming species are mentioned. Phrases like "animals and plants" and "flora and fauna" occur, but not at sufficient levels to suggest that fungi are being overlooked.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020. Language. English. Date on report. June 2015. Received by CBD. 10 August 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 10 times (three times as causing problems, six times as an exploitable resource); not distinguished from animals and plants.

Suriname
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2012-2016. Language. English. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 13 March 2013. Notes. Fungi twice and treated as different from animals and plants. View full Micheli Guide evaluation.

Sweden
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
3/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2 April 2009. Received by CBD. 8 April 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens collectively mentioned 28 times. Fungi consistently treated as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens treated separately from fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red lists mentioned, with some plans to address threats); some consideration of fungal habitats.

Switzerland
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
2/10

National Report 4. Switzerland's Fourth National Report under the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 19 times, plus mushroom (3 times), treated as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 16 times) treated as distinct from fungi, micro-organisms and plants. Existence of red lists for some fungi and for lichen-forming fungi provides some evidence of strategic consideration.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Swiss Biodiversity Strategy. Language. English. Date on report. 25 April 2012. Received by CBD. 2 May 2012. Notes. Fungi and lichens collectively mentioned 12 times; fungi treated as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens treated as distinct from fungi, micro-organisms and plants; existence of red lists for some fungi and for lichen-forming fungi provides some evidence of strategic consideration.

Tanzania
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report on Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 6 March 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. August 2001. Received by CBD. 12 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, plus mushroom (3 times); status of fungi confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichen-forming fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 6 May 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

Togo
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d'Action National pour la Biodiversité du Togo 2011-2020. Language. French. Date on report. August 2014. Received by CBD. 4 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

1/10

National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National Sur la Diversité Biologique du Togo 2009-2014. Language. French. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 30 July 2014. Notes. Some effort to take into account scientific publications on fungi, but fungi treated as plants rather than as a biological kingdom in their own right.

Tonga
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth Report. Review of Tonga National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 28 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times (once as undesirable disease, once as fungicide); treated as plants.

Trinidad and Tobago
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Trinidad and Tobago to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 15 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (part of title of work in bibliographic reference about amphibian disease).

Turkey
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. UN Convention on Biological Diversity Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 30 June 2009. Received by CBD. 28 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen-forming fungi mentioned three times, described as plants.

Uganda
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. 11 May 2009. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned five times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

1/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

0/10

National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity for Uganda. Language. English. Date on report. July 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

United Arab Emirates
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. [Fourth National Report on Biodiversity in the UAE]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted on CBD website. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Ukraine
Overall performance 1/10 [Seriously deficient]
1/10

National Report 1. National Report of Ukraine on Conservation of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. 4 July 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times plus mushroom (mentioned twice) plus mycete (mentioned twice, in context of myxomycetes); sometimes treated separately, sometimes treated as plants, and sometimes as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 6 times) treated as plants and not integrated with fungi.

1/10

National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 25 April 2007. Received by CBD. 26 April 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as micro-organisms.

1/10

National Report 4. [Convention of Biological Diversity. Fourth National Report of Ukraine]. Language. Russian. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 9 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 4 times, listed separately from fungi, confused with plants.

United Kingdom
Overall performance 3/10 [Poor]
1/10

National Report 1. The United Kingdom National Report on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 16 January 1998. Notes. This is the first national report for the UK. Fungi mentioned 4 times; sometimes treated as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 7 times) treated as "lower plants" and not integrated with fungi.

2/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity: the UK Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. January 1994. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. This is the first national report for the UK. Fungi mentioned 18 times plus mushroom (mentioned once); generally treated as distinct from plants, but sometimes treated as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 14 times) not integrated with fungi; fungi (including lichen-forming species) clearly taken into account in planning; some recognition of different fungal categories present, but incomplete. [Top of page]

4/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: United Kingdom. Language. English. Date on report. 18 May 2009. Received by CBD. 20 May 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 94 times, and generally recognized as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red listing and threats mentioned); some fungal habitats mentioned; knowledge gap acknowledged, and some discussion of resources for dealing with the problem.

Uruguay
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional al Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Venezuela
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. Estrategia Nacional para la Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica de la República Boliveriana de Venezuela. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 1 April 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned. [Top of page]

0/10

National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional Convenio de Diversidad Biológica de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Language. Spanish. Date on report. February 2011. Received by CBD. 8 April 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Yemen
Overall performance 0/10 [Totally deficient]
0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Republic of Yemen. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. January 2005. Received by CBD. 1 March 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 1. Yemen. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. October 2004. Received by CBD. 10 January 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 4. 4th National Report. Assessing Progress towards the 2010 Target - the 4th National CBD Report. Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 19 August 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

Zambia
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
1/10

National Report 4. Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 17 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as plants.

2/10

National Report 5. Fifth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. June 2015. Received by CBD. 13 July 2015. Notes. The only mention of fungi shows a seriously inadequate understanding of their biology.

Zimbabwe
Overall performance 2/10 [Deficient]
4/10

Strategy & Action Plan 1. Zimbabwe Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Status of Biodiversity, Unmet Needs, Strategies and Actions. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned 41 times; distinguished from animals and plants; some recognition of fungal habitats; some recognition of knowledge gap.

0/10

National Report 1. "Interim" Report on Zimbabwe's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) Project: May-December 1997. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. September 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

1/10

National Report 4. Zimbabwe's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2010. Received by CBD. 16 December 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned; mushrooms mentioned 3 times, but treated as plants.

0/10

Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2014. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

0/10

National Report 5. Zimbabwe's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

2/10

National Report 6. Zimbabwe's Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized, but no plans to deal with it.

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List of action plans and reports arranged by evaluation

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Excellent

Description of category. Action plans and reports which not only have a 'yes' for the first nine criteria, but also have some additional aspects singling them out as examples of best practice. [Top of page]

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Very good

Description of category. Action plans and reports which cover the basic fungal dimensions of biodiversity adequately (i.e. a 'yes' for each of the first five criteria) AND satisfy four of the subsequent criteria. [Top of page]

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Good

Description of category. Action plans and reports which cover the basic fungal dimensions of biodiversity adequately (i.e. a 'yes' for each of the first five criteria) AND satisfy three of the subsequent criteria. [Top of page]

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Quite good

Description of category. Action plans and reports which cover the basic fungal dimensions of biodiversity adequately (i.e. a 'yes' for each of the first five criteria) AND satisfy two of the subsequent criteria. Comment. [Top of page]

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Better than adequate

Description of category. Action plans and reports which cover the basic fungal dimensions of biodiversity adequately (i.e. a 'yes' for each of the first five criteria) AND satisfy one of the subsequent criteria. Comment. [Top of page]

No action plans or reports were evaluated as Adequate

Description of category. Action plans and reports which cover the basic fungal dimensions of biodiversity adequately (i.e. a 'yes' for each of the first five criteria). [Top of page]

Six action plans and reports were evaluated as Nearly adequate

Description of category. Action plans and reports which mention fungi, recognize that they are distinct, and satisfy two of the following criteria (recognize the knowledge gap for fungi; take into account habitats which are specifically fungal in character; or give some strategic consideration to fungal conservation). [Top of page]

4/10

Finland. National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Finland. Language. English. Date on report. 24 June 2009. Received by CBD. 24 June 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 90 times; consistently distinguished from plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens consistently recognized as fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (frequent mention of red lists and some other tools); some fungal habitats recognized; knowledge gap acknowledged and some plans in place to deal with the problem.

4/10

Gambia. Strategy & Action Plan 2. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2015-2020). Language. English. Date on report. March 2015. Received by CBD. 28 January 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times; distinguished from animals and plants; some consideration of fungal conservation; some recognition of knowledge gap.

4/10

Saudi Arabia. National Report 1. First Saudi Arabian National Report on the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 9 February 2004. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned in total 24 times; listed separately from animals, plants and from each other; acknowledgement that some fungi (desert truffles) need protection.

4/10

Serbia. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the Period 2011-2018. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 16 March 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times plus mycete (mentioned once), clearly recognized as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants, and lichens (mentioned 8 times) explicitly recognized as fungi; mushrooms (mentioned 4 times) considered as part of policy on foraging; truffles (mentioned once) considered as part of forest resources; some attention given to separate fungal categories; some attention given to dealing with knowledge gaps in fungi; fungi present on logo.

4/10

United Kingdom. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: United Kingdom. Language. English. Date on report. 18 May 2009. Received by CBD. 20 May 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 94 times, and generally recognized as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red listing and threats mentioned); some fungal habitats mentioned; knowledge gap acknowledged, and some discussion of resources for dealing with the problem.

4/10

Zimbabwe. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Zimbabwe Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Status of Biodiversity, Unmet Needs, Strategies and Actions. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned 41 times; distinguished from animals and plants; some recognition of fungal habitats; some recognition of knowledge gap.

Twelve action plans and reports were evaluated as Poor

Description of category. Action plans and reports which mention fungi, recognize that they are distinct, and either recognize and plan to address the knowledge gap for fungi, or take into account habitats which are specifically fungal in character, or give some strategic consideration to fungal conservation. [Top of page]

3/10

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Strategy & Action Plan 1. The Strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Action Plan for Biodiversity and Landscape's Protection (NBSAP BiH 2008-2015). Language. English. Date on report. January 2008. Received by CBD. 15 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 37 times plus lichen (mentioned 13 times), mushroom (mentioned 3 times), mycete (mentioned 3 times), truffle (mentioned once); lichen-forming species recognized as fungi and well-integrated; fungi recognized as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants; clearly taken into account in planning; some recognition of different fungal categories present, but incomplete.

3/10

Cameroon. National Report 4. Cameroon Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 11 March 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 94 times; recognized as distinct from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized and some consideration given to addressing problem.

3/10

Cameroon. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National du Cameroun à la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 31 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned 72 times; recognized as distinct from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized and some consideration given to addressing problem.

3/10

Côte d'Ivoire. National Report 6. 6ème Rapport sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned 22 times and clearly distinguished from animals and plants; some recognition of principal fungal habitats and roles.

3/10

Croatia. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy and Action Plan for the Protection of Biological and Landscape Diversity of the Republic of Croatia. Language. English. Date on report. 28 November 2008. Received by CBD. 16 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times and clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (reference to red lists and legal protection; some planning for sustainable use of fungi).

3/10

Egypt. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Egypt: National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation. Language. English. Date on report. January 1998. Received by CBD. 31 July 1998. Notes. Fungi, including lichens, mentioned, and recognized (but not consistently) as belonging in a separate biological kingdom. Some very basic acknowledgement of a knowledge gap.

3/10

Kenya. National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Conference Of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 28 October 2015. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 42 times, but confused with plants; principal fungal habitats and roles were very briefly covered; but no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; knowledge gap recognized but no plan to address it.

3/10

Lithuania. National Report 4. Fourth National Report of the Republic of Lithuania to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 23 October 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 95 times, and consistently treated as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens mentioned and consistently treated as fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red listing for fungi mentioned, and some awareness of threats).

3/10

Malawi. National Report 3. Malawi Third Country Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 4 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized.

3/10

Malawi. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. October 2006. Received by CBD. 8 January 2008. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized.

3/10

Serbia. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 1 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times, plus mushroom (once), plus mycete (once), clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 7 times) listed closely to fungi. Some consideration given to legal aspects of fungal conservation. Some evidence of strategic planning for fungal conservation.

3/10

Sudan. National Report 5. Sudan's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 26 March 2014. Notes. Fungi are mentioned frequently and consistently recognized as different from animals and plants. Some fungal habitats and roles are mentioned, including mycorrhizas and plant parasites. Yeasts are recognized as fungi and their value is acknowledged. Lichen-forming species are mentioned. Phrases like "animals and plants" and "flora and fauna"” occur, but not at sufficient levels to suggest that fungi are being overlooked.

3/10

Sweden. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2 April 2009. Received by CBD. 8 April 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens collectively mentioned 28 times. Fungi consistently treated as distinct from animals and plants (although included in the country's contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation); lichens treated separately from fungi; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (red lists mentioned, with some plans to address threats); some consideration of fungal habitats.

Fifty action plans and reports (about 15% of all documents examined) were evaluated as Deficient

Description of category. Deficient action plans and reports which usually mention fungi and recognize that they are distinct, but then totally fail to deal with them. Comment. [Top of page]

2/10

Austria. National Report 4. Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 21 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times, plus mycete (mentioned 3 times); fungi generally but not consistently distinguished from plants, lichens (mentioned 9 times) listed as plants. Knowledge gap for fungi acknowledged and some plans in place to resolve problem.

2/10

Austria. National Report 1. First Austrian National Report on the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 1997. Received by CBD. 24 September 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times plus mushroom (mentioned once); treated separately from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned twice) not integrated with fungi.

2/10

Azerbaijan. National Report 4. Country Study on Biodiversity of Azerbaijan Republic. Fourth National Report to Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 24 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 12 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once), plus truffle (mentioned once), plus mycete (mentioned twice, once as "myxomycetes"); clearly and consistently distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned once, as "lower plants".

2/10

Benin. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 2002. Received by CBD. 24 April 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned 15 times with some consideration of their conservation.

2/10

Benin. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National du Bénin sur la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Juillet 2009. Received by CBD. 20 August 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 24 times and consistently recognized as different from other biological kingdoms.

2/10

Benin. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la Biodiversité 2011-2020. Language. French. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 25 February 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times and recognized as different from other biological kingdoms.

2/10

Bosnia and Herzegovina. National Report 4. Fourth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. 2010 Biodiversity Targets Assessments. Language. English. Date on report. April 2010. Received by CBD. 16 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once), plus mycete (mentioned once), plus lichen (mentioned once); fungi clearly distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

2/10

Botswana. National Report 3. Botswana Third National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2005. Received by CBD. 14 May 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times. Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants. The knowledge gap for fungi is recognized but there are no plans to address the problem.

2/10

Botswana. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Language. English. Date on report. February 2007. Received by CBD. 14 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus truffle (mentioned once). Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants; some recognition of knowledge gap.

2/10

Brazil. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English, Portuguese. Date on report. October 2010. Received by CBD. 9 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 13 times; fungi generally recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but included in a "flora"; lichen-forming fungi not mentioned.

2/10

Bulgaria. National Report 4. Fourth National Report 2005-2008. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 15 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 18 times, plus mushroom (mentioned twice); fungi not consistently distinguished from plants, lichens (mentioned 3 times) listed as plants. Fungi explicitly included in national red listing. Need to improve informational resources about fungi acknowledged.

2/10

Burundi. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport du Burundi à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 14 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned eighteen times, treated as plants, but their importance as mycorrhizal symbionts recognized, with rudimentary aspirations to attach a value to such services in addition to their worth as a food resource.

2/10

Côte d'Ivoire. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 26 March 2014. Notes. Fungi (including lichen-forming species) mentioned nine times, and recognized as an independent biological kingdom.

2/10

Côte d'Ivoire. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la Diversité Biologique Nationale 2016-2020. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 15 February 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 46 times but without clear recognition that they are distinct from plants. Some recognition of knowledge gap with training of specialists proposed as a solution.

2/10

Denmark. National Report 4. Fourth Country Report to CBD, Denmark. Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 12 February 2010. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 21 times; generally recognized as distinct, but sometimes listed as plants; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (some recognition of threats); some fungal habitats recognized; some recognition of the knowledge gap.

2/10

Eritrea. National Report 4. The 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Of only two mentions of the word "fungus", one was in a context which showed clearly that they were regarded as separate from micro-organisms and plants, the other was in the context of obtaining more information about diseases of Sorghum, suggesting the reason was more to do with pest control than protecting organisms providing checks and balances.

2/10

Estonia. National Report 4. IV National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Estonia. Language. English. Date on report. 2008. Received by CBD. 5 December 2008. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 20 times and recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms, plants and from each other; some strategic consideration of fungal conservation (fungal and lichen red lists mentioned).

2/10

Ethiopia. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 20 December 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times (twice as lichens); distinguished from plants; some minimal recognition of the knowledge gap and lack of resources to cover fungi properly; fungi mostly considered as an exploitable resource.

2/10

Ethiopia. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 26 November 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned and recognized as different from plants, but mostly (though not entirely) treated as an exploitable resource.

2/10

Ethiopia. National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Absent. Received by CBD. 6 October 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times (twice as lichens); distinguished from plants; some minimal recognition of the knowledge gap and lack of resources to cover fungi properly; fungi mostly considered as an exploitable resource.

2/10

Ethiopia. National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ethiopia's 4th Country Report. Language. English. Date on report. November 2009. Received by CBD. 1 September 2009 [sic]. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; distinguished from plants.

2/10

Ethiopia. National Report 5. Ethiopia's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. 4 June 2014. Notes. The words "mushroom" and "mushrooms" occur only to describe an exploitable resource.

2/10

Finland. National Report 1. National Action Plan for Biodiversity in Finland, 1997-2005. Language. English. Date on report. 29 December 1997. Received by CBD. 29 December 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times; clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 3 times.

2/10

Georgia. National Report 2. Second National Report of Georgia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (mentioned once); lichens mentioned once, listed separately from fungi; fungi and lichens distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants. Assistance from the European Mycological Association and European Council for Conservation of Fungi acknowledged.

2/10

Germany. National Report 4. Fourth National Report under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 30 March 2010. Received by CBD. 30 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times; distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants (but also listed in context of flora). Knowledge gap acknowledged for fungi.

2/10

Ghana. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy for Ghana. Language. English. Date on report. 2002. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; distinguished from animals and plants.

2/10

Ghana. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. November 2016. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; distinguished from animals and plants.

2/10

Guinea. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique en Guinée. Language. French. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 30 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 18 times; consistently recognized as distinct from animals and plants.

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Guinea. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale sur la Biodiversité Biologique pour la Mise en Oeuvre en Guinée du Plan Strategique 2011-2020 et des Objectifs d'Aichi. Language. French. Date on report. July 2016. Received by CBD. 20 August 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times; distinguished from animals and plants.

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Guyana. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 22 December 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times, plus lichen (mentioned once); lichen-forming species recognized as fungi; fungi recognized as separate from animals micro-organisms and and plants.

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Ireland. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Actions for Biodiversity 2011-2016. Ireland's National Biodiversity Plan. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 17 January 2012. Notes. Fungi and lichens each mentioned once, distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but listed separately from each other; a lichen red list in preparation for Ireland mentioned.

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Ireland. National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 14 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 21 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once); generally distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 17 times; also generally distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but listed separately from fungi. A lichen red list in preparation for Ireland is mentioned.

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Kenya. National Report 1. Draft First National Report to the Conference Of Parties (COP). Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 20 March 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; knowledge gap recognized and taxonomist expertise and field inventories were suggested as solution; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation.

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Latvia. National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 24 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, plus mushroom (mentioned once); clearly and consistently distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 5 times, as plants.

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Liberia. National Report 4. Liberia’s Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 9 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

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Malawi. National Report 1. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. January 1998. Received by CBD. 26 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; distinguished from animals and plants.

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Montenegro. National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Montenegro to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 25 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times plus mushroom (mentioned 3 times) plus mycete (mentioned 5 times); fungi generally clearly distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants, although lichens (mentioned 4 times) sometimes listed with bryophytes. Important fungal areas mentioned. Legislation relating to fungal conservation mentioned.

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Poland. Strategy & Action Plan 2. The National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 June 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned; usually distinguished as separate, but sometimes treated as plants; some minimal consideration of threats; some awareness of the knowledge gap, and some minimal evidence of plans to address the problem.

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Qatar. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. State of Qatar. Language. English. Date on report. October 2004. Received by CBD. 18 May 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned 6 times, and treated as distinct from animals and plants. No recognition of fungal habitats; no strategy specific for fungi; no acknowledgement of knowledge gap.

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Russia. National Report 4. [Fourth National Report. Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Russian Federation]. Language. Russian. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 9 November 2009. Notes. Fungi and lichens mentioned in total 28 times; listed separately from animals, plants and from each other.

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Serbia. National Report 1. First National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times plus mycete (mentioned once), and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 4 times) recognized as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants, but not listed with fungi.

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Serbia. National Report 2. Second National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

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Serbia. National Report 3. Third National Report of the Republic of Serbia to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 30 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, and distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

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South Africa. National Report 5. South Africa's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 6 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; distinguished from animals and plants.

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Suriname. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP) 2012-2016. Language. English. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 13 March 2013. Notes. Fungi twice and treated as different from animals and plants. View full Micheli Guide evaluation.

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Switzerland. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Swiss Biodiversity Strategy. Language. English. Date on report. 25 April 2012. Received by CBD. 2 May 2012. Notes. Fungi and lichens collectively mentioned 12 times; fungi treated as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens treated as distinct from fungi, micro-organisms and plants; existence of red lists for some fungi and for lichen-forming fungi provides some evidence of strategic consideration.

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Switzerland. National Report 4. Switzerland's Fourth National Report under the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 19 times, plus mushroom (3 times), treated as distinct from animals, micro-organisms and plants; lichens (mentioned 16 times) treated as distinct from fungi, micro-organisms and plants. Existence of red lists for some fungi and for lichen-forming fungi provides some evidence of strategic consideration.

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Tanzania. National Report 5. Fifth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 6 May 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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United Kingdom. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity: the UK Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. January 1994. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. This is the first national report for the UK. Fungi mentioned 18 times plus mushroom (mentioned once); generally treated as distinct from plants, but sometimes treated as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 14 times) not integrated with fungi; fungi (including lichen-forming species) clearly taken into account in planning; some recognition of different fungal categories present, but incomplete.

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Zambia. National Report 5. Fifth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. June 2015. Received by CBD. 13 July 2015. Notes. The only mention of fungi shows a seriously inadequate understanding of their biology.

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Zimbabwe. National Report 6. Zimbabwe's Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized, but no plans to deal with it.

One hundred and sixteen action plans and reports (about 35% of all documents examined) were evaluated as Seriously deficient

Description of category. Seriously deficient action plans and reports which mention fungi, but fail to recognize that they are distinct from other biological kingdoms and give no consideration to their particular conservation needs. [Top of page]

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Albania. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 31 March 2011. Received by CBD. 1 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times, but status not clear (mentioned once in context of flora), lichen-forming fungi (mentioned 1 time, but treated as separate from fungi); no evidence of separate planning.

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Algeria. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique au Niveau National. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 20 April 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 7 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

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Algeria. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National (Algérie). Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 4 June 2005. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

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Algeria. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Algérienne et Plan d'Action National de l'Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 February 2005. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, but treated as plants; no evidence of separate planning; no recognition of knowledge gap.

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Antigua and Barbuda. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2010. Received by CBD. 6 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as micro-organisms.

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Argentina. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 20 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen-forming fungi mentioned five times.

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Australia. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Australia's Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010-2030. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 26 January 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, only as caption of one illustration.

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Bangladesh. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 20 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 8 times, plus truffle (mentioned once). Fungi mentioned 4 times (once in title of bibliographic citation), listed as plants; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi, listed as plants.

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Belarus. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy on conservation and sustainable utilization of biological diversity for 2011-2020. Language. English. Date on report. 11 November 2010. Received by CBD. 6 January 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned. Separate status of mushrooms (2 mentions) not explicit and lichens (1 mention) treated as "lower plants".

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Belgium. National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Belgium to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 5 October 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 18 times; treated as plants; some recognition of knowledge gap, but no plans to address the problem.

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Benin. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique au Bénin. Language. French. Date on report. Janvier 2014. Received by CBD. 23 May 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, but more than once merely as an exploitable resource rather than as organisms to be conserved.

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Bhutan. Strategy & Action Plan 3. Biodiversity Action Plan 2009. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 4 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (all in the context of the Cordyceps medicinal caterpillar fungus), and treated as plants; mushrooms mentioned 9 times; lichens mentioned once.

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Botswana. National Report 1. National Report on Measures Taken to Implement the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 5 April 2021. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times. Fungi generally distinguished as separate from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

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Botswana. National Report 4. Botswana Fourth National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 19 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

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Brunei. National Report 4. 4th National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 11 August 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, and recognized as distinct, but not consistently; some recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

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Burkina Faso. National Report 1. Rapport Intérimaire du Burkina Faso sur la Diversité Biologique à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

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Burkina Faso. National Report 4. Convention sur la Diversitйé Biologique. Quatrième Report National. Language. French. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 16 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, plus mycete (mentioned once, as part of title in bibliographic list); sometimes treated as micro-organisms, sometimes as plants.

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Burkina Faso. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National du Burkina Faso à la Conférence des Parties à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. July 2014. Received by CBD. 7 August 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned sixteen times, once as a separate biological kingdom, and once in a list of plants, usually as a resource to be exploited.

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Burundi. National Report 1. Rapport de Pays à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. July 2000. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

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Burundi. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Actions en Matière de la Diversité Biologique SNPA-DB. Language. French. Date on report. July 2000. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi mentioned 29 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but equally often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

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Burundi. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport du Burundi dans le Cadre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2007. Received by CBD. 17 January 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, mostly as a food resource, and treated as plants.

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Burundi. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport du Burundi à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 27 March 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, and treated as plants.

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Burundi. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action sur la Biodiversité 2013-2020. Language. French. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 23 February 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 26 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

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Burundi. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Plan Stratégique de Développement et de Renforcement des Capacités dans le Domaine de la Biodiversité 2013-2020. Language. French. Date on report. February 2013. Received by CBD. 23 February 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 12 times, but treated as plants; some awareness that mycorrhizal fungi are important, but often regarded as a food resource, with no consideration of conservation needs.

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Cameroon. National Report 1. Convention on Biological Diversity. National Report 1997. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. 20 February 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times; not clearly distinguished from other biological kingdoms.

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Cameroon. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Biodiversity Status Strategy and Action Plan [part 1] [see also part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5]. Language. English. Date on report. 31 December 1999. Received by CBD. 12 May 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned eleven times; not clearly distinguished from other biological kingdoms.

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Cameroon. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Version II. Language. English. Date on report. December 2012. Received by CBD. 31 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned eight times; mostly treated as an exploitable resource or a problem; at one point in the text, fungi and mushrooms are treated under the heading "insects".

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Central African Republic. National Report 5. 5ème Rapport National Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 27 April 2017. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as 'lichen') and treated as plants.

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Chad. National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. October 2009. Received by CBD. 8 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mycete (mentioned once), sometimes confused with plants; lichens mentioned twice, listed separately from fungi, sometimes confused with plants. Some recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

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Chad. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique. 2ème Édition. Language. French. Date on report. January 2016. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned seven times; not distinguished from animals and plants; knowledge gap recognized but no plans to deal with it.

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Chad. National Report 6. Sixième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique de la République du Tchad. Language. French. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Comoros. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 2000. Received by CBD. 3 December 2003. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times, but confused with plants.

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Comoros. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on Report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 30 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as 'mycorhizes').

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Congo. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. August 2009. Received by CBD. 9 September 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, described as having received less attention.

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Cook Islands. National Report 4. Cook Islands 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 8 April 2011. Received by CBD. 14 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice (as component of plant kingdom).

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Côte d'Ivoire. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale de Conservation et d’Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique de la Côte d’Ivoire. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 6 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned 6 times but treated as plants.

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Côte d'Ivoire. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Convention de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichen-forming species) mentioned four times, two times as an exploitable resource, and confused with plants.

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Cyprus. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 7 September 2010. Notes. Mushrooms (mentioned twice); lichens (mentioned 3 times) listed under flora. Some recognition of knowledge gap.

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Czech Republic. National Report 4 (1). Fourth National Report of the Czech Republic to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2009. Received by CBD. 7 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times; mostly treated as plants; some minimal recognition of threats and need for protection, but no plans to deal with them.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. National Report 1. Rapport Intermédiaire sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention Relative à la Biodiversité en République Démocratique du Congo. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 20 January 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times but treated as plants; moulds considered different from fungi. No recognition of knowledge gap for fungi. Habitat destruction identified as main threat to terrestrial fungi, but no explicit strategic consideration for fungal conservation.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. Strategy & Action Plan 3. Stratégie et Plan d'Action Nationaux de la Biodiversité (2016-2020). Language. French. Date on report. October 2016. Received by CBD. 14 November 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times. No recognition of knowledge gap for fungi.

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Denmark [Greenland]. National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity of Greenland. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 12 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

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Djibouti. National Report 5. 5ème Rapport. Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. 30 April 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned six times (all as lichen-forming species).

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Dominican Republic. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional de Biodiversidad. República Dominicana. Language. Spanish. Date on report. February 2010. Received by CBD. 17 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times; listed as plants; lichens mentioned 7 times, listed separately from fungi, also as plants.

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Ecuador. National Report 2. Segundo Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biolуgica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 17 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi.

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Ecuador. National Report 3. Tercer Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 17 February 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice (once as disease agents); lichens mentioned twice, separately from fungi, as plants.

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Ecuador. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional para el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 31 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times (once with an unsubstantiated claim that their levels of endemism are lower in the Galapagos Islands, once in the context of animal disease), confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 7 times, listed as plants, separately from fungi.

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Egypt. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 December 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; lichens not mentioned.

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Egypt. National Report 1. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 9 March 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once in the title of a bibliographic citation; lichens mentioned three times; lichens treated as plants.

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El Salvador. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe al Convenio Sobre Diversidad Biológica El Salvador. Language. Spanish. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 March 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen mentioned twice; separate status of fungi not explicit (animal and plant diversity each got their own whole section); lichens treated separately from fungi and as part of plant kingdom.

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Equatorial Guinea. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Estrategia Nacional y Plan de Acción para la Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 16 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 2 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Ethiopia. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Ethiopia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 14 June 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, very briefly.

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European Union. National Report 4. Fourth National Report of the European Community to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2009. Received by CBD. 15 May 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; no evidence of awareness that they might be different from animals or plants; no consideration of red lists, threats or fungal habitats; no acknowledgement of knowledge gap.

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Fiji. National Report 4. Fiji's Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 31 May 2010. Received by CBD. 8 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; treated as plants.

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France. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy 2011-2020. Languages. English, French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 20 May 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but separate status of fungi not explicit.

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Gabon. National Report 1. Rapport National Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. MArch 1998. Received by CBD. 7 April 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; confused with plants.

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Gabon. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 19 November 2019. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times, not consistently distinguished from plants.

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Gabon. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. 2 October 2014. Received by CBD. 19 November 2019. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as lichens), not distinguished from plants.

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Gambia. Strategy & Action Plan 1. The Gambia National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Georgia. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Georgia. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, plus mushroom (mentioned twice), listed as plants; lichens mentioned twice, listed separately from fungi, also as plants.

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Georgia. National Report 3. Third National Report of Georgia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 6 May 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 5 times (twice in the context of quarantine or disease control), listed as "lower plants"; lichens mentioned three times, listed separately from fungi, also as "lower plants". Knowledge gap acknowledged for lichens. Cybertruffle website cited.

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Greece. National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. 7 April 2008. Received by CBD. 8 April 2008. Notes. Lichens mentioned once; no indication of any understanding of their status.

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Guinea. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plans d’Action sur la Diversité Biologique [1]; Stratégie Nationale et Plans d’Action sur la Diversité Biologique [2]. Language. French. Date on report. January 2002. Received by CBD. 19 April 2002. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times; distinguished from animals and plants, but not consistently.

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Guyana. National Report 3. Guyana's Third National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2004-2006. Received by CBD. 19 May 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but separate status of fungi not explicit.

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Hungary. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Hungary. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 8 June 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 6 times, and clearly and consistently distinguished from animals and plants, but also treated as distinct from each other.

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Italy. Strategy & Action Plan 1. La Strategia Nazionale per la Biodiversità. Language. Italian. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 22 December 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, plus lichen (mentioned 3 times); lichen-forming species listed separately from fungi, and both included in "flora".

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Kazakhstan. National Report 4. The Fourth National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English, Russian. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 8 July 2010. Notes. Mushrooms mentioned 4 times, treated as plants; lichens (mentioned 4 times), also treated as plants; 16 fungi (13 of them lichen-forming) included in plant red list.

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Kenya. National Report 3. Third National Report to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Implementation of the Convention. Language. English. Date on report. December 2005. Received by CBD. 9 March 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; no information about fungal diversity and habitats; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; knowledge gap not recognized.

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Kenya. National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2020. Received by CBD. 2020. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Laos. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010. Language. English. Date on report. 2004. Received by CBD. 17 January 2006. Notes. Fungi mentioned very generally four times (twice as fungi, twice as mushrooms), and confused with plants.

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Lesotho. National Report 4. Lesotho Fourth National Report on Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 4 January 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Libya. National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 30 August 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times (including two references to desert truffles); no recognition that they constitute a separate biological kingdom. Knowledge gap not acknowledged.

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Liechtenstein. National Report 4. 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 10 March 2010. Notes. Mushrooms mentioned 3 times; some evidence that they are considered separate from plants; some evidence that there is interest in their protection.

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Madagascar. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie nationale pour la gestion durable de la biodiversité (part 1), Stratégie nationale pour la gestion durable de la biodiversité (part 2). Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 1 December 2002. Notes. Fungi (including lichen forming fungi) mentioned 3 times but mostly as exploitable resources; principal fungal habitats and roles not taken into account; no strategic consideration for fungal conservation; no recognition of knowledge gap.

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Malawi. National Report 4. Fourth Country Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. 30 June 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Mushrooms (mentioned 7 times), principally as an exploitable resource.

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Maldives. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 27 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice.

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Malta. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 2 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned once, listed as "lower plants".

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Mauritania. National Report 1. Premier Rapport National de Mauritanie pour la Convention sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. August 1999. Received by CBD. 27 November 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned once.

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Moldova. National Report 4. Fourth National Report on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 16 June 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (as "mushrooms"), largely in the context of harvesting, and treated as plants; lichens mentioned once, and treated as plants.

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Mozambique. National Report 4. 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 14 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as plants.

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Namibia. National Report 4. Namibia's Draft Fourth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 15 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichens mentioned 12 times; sometimes treated as plants, treated alongside insects, arachnids, amphibians and reptiles.

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Nepal. National Report 4. Nepal Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 12 April 2012. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; lichens mentioned 11 times; in every case treated as plants; conservation and documentation of lichens listed as one target, but no evidence of any activity to achieve that target.

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Netherlands. National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity. Fourth National Report of the Netherlands. Language. English. Date on report. April 2010. Received by CBD. 14 April 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times (but only "macrofungi"), and listed as plants; lichens mentioned 3 times, separately from fungi, and also listed as plants.

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New Zealand. National Report 4. New Zealand's Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Reporting Period May 2005 - March 2009. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 11 times (several times in the context of introduced diseases); not consistently treated as separate from plants; lichens mentioned once, separately from fungi; treated as plants.

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Niger. Strategy & Action Plan 3. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique, 2ème édition. Language. French. Date on report. September 2014. Received by CBD. 19 January 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Nigeria. National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 10 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (mentioned once); treated as plants; lichens mentioned once, treated separately from fungi, also as plants.

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Nigeria. National Report 5. Nigeria. Fifth National Biodiversity Report. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 30 March 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times (twice as an exploitable resource); not distinguished from animals and plants.

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North Macedonia. National Report 4. Four National Report of the Implementation of CBD in Republic of Macedonia (2006-2008). Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice; lichen mentioned once, separately from fungi; both listed separately from animals, micro-organisms and plants.

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Norway. National Report 4. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 24 April 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 11 times. Fungi mentioned, but only in the context of forest tree disease or (as "mushrooms") in the context of sustainable harvesting; lichens mentioned in the context of pollution monitoring.

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Oman. National Report 1. First National Report. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 12 February 1998. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as lichens); treated as plants.

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Oman. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. June 2010. Received by CBD. 26 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times; treated as plants.

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Panama. National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional de Panamá ante el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times; lichens mentioned 3 times; both listed as plants.

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Papua New Guinea. National Report 4. Papua New Guinea's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 21 July 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as plants.

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Portugal. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 29 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, plus mushroom (once); lichen-forming fungi mentioned once, described as plants.

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Qatar. National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 26 April 2007. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 1 time; treated as plants.

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Qatar. National Report 4. [Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Biodiversity Treaty]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 17 August 2010. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 1 time.

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Romania. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 17 July 2009. Received by CBD. 5 October 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 5 times, but treated as plants.

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Senegal. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale & Plan National d'Actions pour la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. August 2015. Received by CBD. 28 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Seychelles. National Report 3. Third National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 5 March 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (Verticillium also mentioned, as agent of disease), separately from animals and plants; lichens mentioned once, as plants.

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Sierra Leone. National Report 6. 6th National Report for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 14 February 2020. Received by CBD. 14 February 2020. Notes. Fungi mentioned two times (once, as "lichen", as a citation in an air pollution study, and once as "mushroom", as an exploitable resource; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Singapore. National Report 4. 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 1 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times; lichen mentioned once. Fungi distinguished from animals, micro-organisms and (but not consistently) plants.

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Slovakia. National Report 4. The Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Slovak Republic. Language. English. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 September 2009. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) mentioned 26 times, but treated as plants; some acknowledgement of knowledge gap, but not plans to address it.

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Slovenia. National Report 4. Convention on Biological Diversity 4th National Report on implementation. Republic of Slovenia. Language. English. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 7 April 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned 9 times plus mycete (mentioned once), with some indication of being taken into account in plans, but status not clear (mentioned more than once as part of plant kingdom, and once as microbial life).

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Sudan. National Report 4. Sudan's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 4 August 2009. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times (two mentions as undesirable agents of disease).

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Sudan. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020. Language. English. Date on report. June 2015. Received by CBD. 10 August 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 10 times (three times as causing problems, six times as an exploitable resource); not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Tanzania. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. August 2001. Received by CBD. 12 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, plus mushroom (3 times); status of fungi confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichen-forming fungi not mentioned.

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Togo. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d'Action National pour la Biodiversité du Togo 2011-2020. Language. French. Date on report. August 2014. Received by CBD. 4 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 14 times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Togo. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National Sur la Diversité Biologique du Togo 2009-2014. Language. French. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 30 July 2014. Notes. Some effort to take into account scientific publications on fungi, but fungi treated as plants rather than as a biological kingdom in their own right.

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Tonga. National Report 4. Fourth Report. Review of Tonga National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 28 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 4 times (once as undesirable disease, once as fungicide); treated as plants.

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Turkey. National Report 4. UN Convention on Biological Diversity Fourth National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 30 June 2009. Received by CBD. 28 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; lichen-forming fungi mentioned three times, described as plants.

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Uganda. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. 11 May 2009. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned five times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Uganda. National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times; not distinguished from animals and plants.

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Ukraine. National Report 1. National Report of Ukraine on Conservation of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. 4 July 1997. Notes. Fungi mentioned 17 times plus mushroom (mentioned twice) plus mycete (mentioned twice, in context of myxomycetes); sometimes treated separately, sometimes treated as plants, and sometimes as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 6 times) treated as plants and not integrated with fungi.

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Ukraine. National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 25 April 2007. Received by CBD. 26 April 2007. Notes. Fungi mentioned once; treated as micro-organisms.

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Ukraine. National Report 4. [Convention of Biological Diversity. Fourth National Report of Ukraine]. Language. Russian. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. 9 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned 7 times, confused with micro-organisms and plants; lichens mentioned 4 times, listed separately from fungi, confused with plants.

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United Kingdom. National Report 1. The United Kingdom National Report on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 16 January 1998. Notes. This is the first national report for the UK. Fungi mentioned 4 times; sometimes treated as micro-organisms; lichens (mentioned 7 times) treated as "lower plants" and not integrated with fungi.

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Zambia. National Report 4. Fourth National Report. Language. Spanish. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 17 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as plants.

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Zimbabwe. National Report 4. Zimbabwe's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2010. Received by CBD. 16 December 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned; mushrooms mentioned 3 times, but treated as plants.

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Algeria. National Report 1. Elaboration de la Stratégie Nationale pour la Conservation et l’Utilisation Durable de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Angola. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2012. Language. English. Date on report. 31 May 2006. Received by CBD. 13 Novmber 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Angola. National Report 4. Framework Report on Angola's Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 22 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Angola. National Report 5. 5th National Report on Biodiversity in Angola 2007-2012. Language. English. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 29 February 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Angola. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2019-2025. Language. English. Date on report. 6 February. Received by CBD. 2 October 2020. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Angola. National Report 6. 6th National Report on Biodiversity in Angola and the Achievement of the Aichi Goals 2011-2020. Language. English. Date on report. March 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Bahamas. National Report 4. Fourth National Biodiversity Report of the Bahamas to the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. June 2011. Received by CBD. 11 August 2011. Notes. Fungi mentioned one time, as a disease threat to agricultural ecosystems.

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Bahrain. National Report 4. The Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. Arabic. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 17 March 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Belize. National Report 4. 4th National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2010. Received by CBD. 10 August 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Benin. National Report 1. Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique au Bénin. Language. French. Date on report. Avril 1998. Received by CBD. 24 April 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Benin. National Report 2. Deuxième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 10 Juillet 2001. Received by CBD. 28 September 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Benin. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National du Bénin sur la Convention des Nations Unies sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 10 Fevrier 2006. Received by CBD. 26 July 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Botswana. National Report 2. Botswana Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 16 May 2001. Received by CBD. 9 April 2021. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Botswana. National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2015. Received by CBD. 5 May 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 3 times, but only as an exploitable resource; some recognition of the knowledge gap for fungi, but no plans.

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Burkina Faso. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action du Burkina Faso en Matière de diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. December 1999. Received by CBD. 13 August 1998 [sic]. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Burkina Faso. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 5 July 2001. Received by CBD. 5 July 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Burkina Faso. National Report 3. Convention sur la Biodiversité Biologique: Troisième Rapport National à la Conférence des Parties. Language. French. Date on report. November 2006. Received by CBD. 25 January 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Burkina Faso. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Plan d'Action National 2011-2015 du Burkina Faso pour la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2011. Received by CBD. 1 January 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Burundi. National Report 2. Deuxième Rapport de Pays à la Conférence des Parties.. Language. French. Date on report. 14 May 2001. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Cameroon. National Report 2. CBD Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. undated. Received by CBD. 26 May 2002. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Cameroon. National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 31 December 2005. Received by CBD. 7 February 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Central African Republic. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale pour la Conservation de la Diversité Biologique en République Centrafricaine. Language. French. Date on report. January 2000. Received by CBD. 17 October 2000. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, as causal agent of a plant disease.

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Central African Republic. National Report 2. Premier Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [sic]. Language. French. Date on report. September 2000. Received by CBD. 17 October 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Central African Republic. National Report 3. 3ème Rapport national à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 2006. Received by CBD. 30 December 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Central African Republic. National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 7 May 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned three times, all in the context of exploitable resources.

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Central African Republic. National Report 6. 6ème Rapport National de la République Centrafricaine sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. September 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an exploitable resource.

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Chad. National Report 1. Rapport Interimaire sur la Mise en Oeuvre au Niveau National de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Chad. National Report 3. 3ème Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. February 2006. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Colombia. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional ante el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 15 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (in the context of agents of biological control), lichen (mentioned once, in title of bibliographic citation).

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Comoros. National Report 1. Rapport Intérimaire sur l’Élaboration d’une Stratégie Nationale et d’un Plan d’Action en Matière de Diversité Biologique en République Fédérale Islamique des Comores. Language. French. Date on report. March 1998. Received by CBD. 21 April 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Comoros. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on Report. Undated. Received by CBD. 2 August 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Comoros. National Report 3. 3è Rapport National. Language. French. Date on Report. Undated. Received by CBD. 22 August 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Comoros. National Report 5. 5è Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on Report. June 2014. Received by CBD. 13 June 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Comoros. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d’Action actualisés pour la Diversité Biologique_V2. Language. French. Date on report. June 2016. Received by CBD. 16 September 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Congo. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 15 May 2001. Received by CBD. 15 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Congo. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Elaboration et Harmonisation du Plan d’Action en Matière de Diversité Biologique. Secteur: Agriculture. Language. French. Date on report. December 2001. Received by CBD. 12 October 2000 [sic]. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Congo. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. 23 February 2006. Received by CBD. 24 February 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Congo. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. March 2014. Received by CBD. 7 April 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an exploitable resource.

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Congo. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie National et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique (revisé). Language. French. Date on report. August 2015. Received by CBD. 18 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 15 times, all only as an exploitable resource.

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Congo. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie National et Plan d'Actions sur la Diversité Biologique (revisé). Language. French. Date on report. August 2015. Received by CBD. 18 September 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned 15 times, all only as an exploitable resource.

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Côte d'Ivoire. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. 16 November 2005. Received by CBD. 6 January 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. April 1999. Received by CBD. 16 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. National Report 1. Rapport National a la conférence des parties à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. April 1999. Received by CBD. 19 April 1999. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 1 August 2001. Received by CBD. 31 July 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie et Programme d'Action National de la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 30 May 2002. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. National Report 3. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 20 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. National Report 4. 4ème Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique de la République de Djibouti. Language. French. Date on report. March 2009. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Djibouti. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Programme d'Action Nationaux pour la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 21 May 2017. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Egypt. National Report 4. [Egypt. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2008. Received by CBD. 30 March 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Egypt. National Report 3. Third National Report on Convention on Biological Diversity (Egypt). Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2005. Received by CBD. 12 October 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eritrea. National Report 1. National Report on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eritrea. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 1; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 2; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 3; National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea. Part 4. Language. English. Date on report. August 2000. Received by CBD. 3 November 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, but only as an undesirable causal agent of plant disease.

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Eritrea. National Report 2. Eritrea: Biodiversity Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. March 2003. Received by CBD. 1 May 2003. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eritrea. National Report 3. Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2006. Received by CBD. 1 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eritrea. National Report 5. The 5th National Report on the Implementation of the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. August 2014. Received by CBD. 16 August 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned five times, only as "rust" and only as an undesirable plant disease.

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Eritrea. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Eritrea (2014-2020). Language. English. Date on report. November 2015. Received by CBD. 17 November 2015. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but only as an undesirable causal agent of plant disease.

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Eswatini. National Report 1. Progress Report on the Swaziland Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan: Summary of the Status and Progress as at December 1997. Language. English. Date on report. December 1997. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eswatini. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Swaziland National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. April 2001 ["final draft"]. Received by CBD. 31 December 1997. Notes. Fungi only mentioned as a problem.

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Eswatini. National Report 2. Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 12 July 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eswatini. National Report 3. Swaziland. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 25 July 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eswatini. National Report 4. Swaziland's Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 15 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eswatini. National Report 5. Swaziland's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 24 September 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Eswatini. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Swaziland's Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. 2016. Received by CBD. 31 January 2017. Notes. Fungi only mentioned as a problem.

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Gabon. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Action sur la Diversité Biologique du Gabon. Language. French. Date on report. November 1999. Received by CBD. 8 October 2004. Notes. Fungi mentioned once, purely as an exploitable resource.

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Gabon. National Report 2. Second Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [1]; Second Rapport National sur la Diversité Biologique [2]. Language. French. Date on report. 23 January 2004. Received by CBD. 5 April 2005. Notes. Fungi mentioned twice, but only as an exploitable resource.

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Gabon. National Report 6. Sixième Rapport National sur la Biodiversité. Language. French. Date on report. 18 November 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Gambia. National Report 1. National Report on the Implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Gambia. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Gambia. National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. October 2006. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Gambia. National Report 5. Fifth (5th) National Report to the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. May 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Ghana. National Report 2. Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 7 November 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Ghana. National Report 3. Republic of Ghana. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 3 October 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Ghana. National Report 4. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Ghana. National Report 5. CBD Fifth National Report - Ghana (English version). Language. English. Date on report. 30 December 2015. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Ghana. National Report 6. Draft. Ghana"s Sixth Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. December 2018. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. August 2006. Received by CBD. 1 November 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea. National Report 5. Cinquième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 9 September 2014. Received by CBD. 9 September 2014. Notes. Fungi mentioned once as "mycoses".

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Guinea Bissau. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 14 May 2001. Received by CBD. 16 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea Bissau. National Report 3. Troisième Rapport National sur la Mise en Oeuvre de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. 6 April 2008. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea Bissau. National Report 4. Untitled. Language. French. Date on report. 30 November 2009. Received by CBD. 5 January 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea Bissau. National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. 11 July 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guinea Bissau. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Strategy and National Action Plan for the Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2015. Received by CBD. 30 May 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Guyana. National Report 2. Guyana's Second National Report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 1999-2003. Received by CBD. 19 May 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Iceland. National Report 2. Second National Report of Iceland to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 March 2003. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Iraq. National Report 4. Iraqi Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2010. Received by CBD. 27 July 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Islamic Republic of Iran. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. October 2010. Received by CBD. 14 June 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned; fungicides mentioned once.

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Israel. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Israel’s National Biodiversity Plan. Language. English, Hebrew. Date on report. January 2010. Received by CBD. 31 March 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Jamaica. National Report 3. Third National Report for Jamaica. 2003-2004. Language. English. Date on report. December 2009. Received by CBD. 17 May 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Kenya. Strategy & Action Plan 1. A Summary of The Kenya National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. March 2000. Received by CBD. 26 May 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Kenya. National Report 2. Second National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 2 August 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Kenya. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 19 August 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Kuwait. National Report 4. [Fourth National Biodiversity Report for the State of Kuwait]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 9 August 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Kuwait. Strategy & Action Plan 1. The National Biodiversity Strategy for the State of Kuwait. Language. Arabic, English. Date on report. 1998. Received by CBD. 6 June 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Laos. Strategy & Action Plan Extra. NBSAP Assessment: an assessment of the Lao PDR's National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action Plan to 2010. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 25 September 2012. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Laos. National Report 4. Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. September 2010. Received by CBD. 11 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Lesotho. National Report 1. Biological Diversity in Lesotho. Convention on Biological Diversity. First Country Report to the COP. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 5 January 1998. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Lesotho. National Report 3. Lesotho Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None noted. Received by CBD. 27 October 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Liberia. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Liberia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (part 1), Liberia's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (part 2). Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 16 December 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Liberia. National Report 3. Liberia's Third National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. January 2007. Received by CBD. 14 November 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Liberia. National Report 5. Fifth National Report of Liberia to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. April 2014. Received by CBD. 1 May 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Liberia. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Republic of Liberia National Biodiversity Stratagy and Action Plan - II 2017-2025. Language. English. Date on report. March 2017. Received by CBD. 6 March 2017. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Luxembourg. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National de la Convention de la Diversité Biologique du Grand Duché de Luxembourg. Language. French. Date on report. November 2009. Received by CBD. 9 December 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Malawi. National Report 2. Malawi Second National Report. Language. English. Date on report. 25 May 2001. Received by CBD. 29 May 2001. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Malawi. National Report 5. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. July 2014. Received by CBD. 29 July 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Malawi. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2 2015-2025. Language. English. Date on report. May 2015. Received by CBD. 1 September 2016. Notes. Fungi mentioned four times, but only as an exploitable resource.

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Mali. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie Nationale et Plan d'Actions pour la Diversité Biologique, Mali. Language. French. Date on report. October 2014. Received by CBD. 13 January 2015. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mauritania. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Stratégie et Plan d'Action National sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 1999. Received by CBD. 15 April 2000. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mauritania. National Report 3. Mauritanie. 3e Rapport National. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 14 April 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mauritania. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport CBD - Version Finale. Language. French. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 2 October 2013. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mauritania. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Stratégie et Plan d’Action National de la Biodiversité 2011-2020. Language. French. Absent. Received by CBD. 13 November 2014. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mauritius. National Report 4. Fourth National Report on the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (in context of biological control).

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Micronesia. National Report 4. Federated States of Micronesia Fourth National Report. Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 22 June 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Monaco. National Report 4. Quatrième Rapport National de la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique. Language. French. Date on report. 29 October 2009. Received by CBD. 30 October 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Mozambique. National Report 6. 6th National Report on the Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity in Mozambique. Language. English. Date on report. 2019. Received by CBD. 2019. Notes. The word "lichens" occurred once in the context of symptoms of dying mangroves.

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Namibia. National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. December 2018. Received by CBD. December 2018. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Nicaragua. National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional al Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. 30 June 2010. Received by CBD. 3 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Palau. National Report 3. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 10 February 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Rwanda. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Republic of Rwanda National Biodiversity Stratagy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2016. Received by CBD. 6 February 2017. Notes. Fungi (including lichens) not mentioned.

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St Lucia. National Report 4. St Lucia's Fourth Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2009. Received by CBD. 26 June 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (as fungicide).

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St Vincent and the Grenadines. National Report 4. The Fourth National Biodiversity Report of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the UNCBD. Language. English. Date on report. March 2010. Received by CBD. 17 April 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Saudi Arabia. National Report 4. [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 1], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 2], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 3], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 4], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 5], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 6], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 7], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 8], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 9], [Saudi Arabia. Fourth National Report. Part 10]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted on CBD website. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Saudi Arabia. National Report 3. Saudi Arabia. Third National Report. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 19 June 2007. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Saudi Arabia. National Report 2. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 21 December 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Solomon Islands. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. June 2009. Received by CBD. 19 April 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Solomon Islands. National Report 4. Government of Solomon Islands Fourth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2011. Received by CBD. 25 July 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Somalia. Strategy & Action Plan 1. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. December 2015. Received by CBD. 12 October 2016. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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South Sudan. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Republic of South Sudan National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2018-2027). Language. English. Date on report. 2018. Received by CBD. 17 December 2019. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Spain. Strategy & Action Plan 3. Plan Estratégico del Patrimonio Natural y la Biodiversidad 2011-2017. Language. Spanish. Date on report. 30 September 2011. Received by CBD. 30 January 2012. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Sri Lanka. National Report 1. First National Report on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Convention of Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 30 December 1997. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Sudan. National Report 2. Sudan. Second Report to CBD. Part 1 and Sudan. Second Report to CBD. Part 2. Language. English. Date on report. October 2003. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Sudan. National Report 3. Third National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2006. Received by CBD. 21 March 2006. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Sudan. National Report 1. First National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. 2000. Received by CBD. 23 February 2004. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Tanzania. National Report 4. Fourth National Report on Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 6 March 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Trinidad and Tobago. National Report 4. Fourth National Report of Trinidad and Tobago to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. None found. Received by CBD. 15 October 2010. Notes. Fungi mentioned once (part of title of work in bibliographic reference about amphibian disease).

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Uganda. National Report 6. Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity for Uganda. Language. English. Date on report. July 2019. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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United Arab Emirates. National Report 4. [Fourth National Report on Biodiversity in the UAE]. Language. Arabic. Date on report. 2010. Received by CBD. Not noted on CBD website. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Uruguay. National Report 4. IV Informe Nacional al Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 13 September 2010. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Venezuela. National Report 4. Cuarto Informe Nacional Convenio de Diversidad Biológica de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Language. Spanish. Date on report. February 2011. Received by CBD. 8 April 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Venezuela. Strategy & Action Plan 2. Estrategia Nacional para la Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica de la República Boliveriana de Venezuela. Language. Spanish. Date on report. August 2010. Received by CBD. 1 April 2011. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Yemen. National Report 4. 4th National Report. Assessing Progress towards the 2010 Target - the 4th National CBD Report. Language. English. Date on report. July 2009. Received by CBD. 19 August 2009. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Yemen. Strategy & Action Plan 1. Republic of Yemen. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Language. English. Date on report. January 2005. Received by CBD. 1 March 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Yemen. National Report 1. Yemen. First National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Language. English. Date on report. October 2004. Received by CBD. 10 January 2005. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Zimbabwe. National Report 1. "Interim" Report on Zimbabwe's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) Project: May-December 1997. Language. English. Date on report. 1997. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Zimbabwe. National Report 3. Untitled. Language. English. Date on report. September 2005. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Zimbabwe. Strategy & Action Plan 2. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2014. Language. English. Date on report. 2014. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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Zimbabwe. National Report 5. Zimbabwe's Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biodiversity. Language. English. Date on report. Undated. Received by CBD. Not noted. Notes. Fungi not mentioned.

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