Conservation strategies are an important way of acheiving consensus between stakeholders and communicating priorities for conservation action. Two key strategy documents outline priorities for the conservation of fungi in Scotland and the UK:

Both of these documents have their origins in the 'Convention on Biological Diversity' (CBD), one result from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and have been developed from the 'Global Strategy for Plant Conservation' and the UK's 'Plant Diversity Challenge: the UK's response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation'

• In delivering the targets outlined in these strategies, Scottish oranisations are taking a lead in fungus conservation in the UK and will contribute significant progress to meeting the targets of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy and the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

1. Understanding and documenting fungal diversity
2. Conserving fungal diversity
3. Using fungal diversity sustainably
4. Promoting education and awareness about fungal diversity
5. Building capacity for the conservation of fungal diversity