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African Botanic Gardens Network
Mission
The African Botanic Gardens Network promotes and supports the work of botanical gardens and associated institutions through education, conservation and sustainable use of plants for development, poverty alleviation and halting biodiversity loss.
Vision
African botanical gardens will be integral and valued partners in the conservation and sustainable use of Africa’s unique environmental, botanical and cultural heritage.
Established in November 2002 at the first African Botanic Garden Congress, held in Durban, the ABGN has developed:
Through the implementation of the Action Plan, the ABGN is addressing plant conservation in Africa in five areas:
Understanding and documenting plant diversity
Conserving plant diversity
Using plant diversity sustainably
Promoting education and awareness about plant diversity
Building capacity for the conservation of plant diversity
The ABGN also produces a Bulletin for its members containing news and article about African Botanic Gardens. If you would like to receive a free electronic copy of the Bulletin, please contact africa@bgci.org Past editions are available online here.
For further information on the background to the establishment of the ABGN, please click here.
