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Investing in Nature - Africa

Conservation Programme for Botanic Gardens in Africa

BGCI is operating a conservation programme for African Botanic Gardens. Funded by the HSBC Investing in Nature partnership, the programme aims to assist botanic gardens in Africa to implement aspects of the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation.

Through its new programme for Africa, BGCI will be working with ABGN to strengthen conservation and education programmes in African botanic gardens, carry out a survey of threatened plants in cultivation in African botanic gardens and raise awareness of the importance of African botanic gardens through the establishment of the BGCI-Africa website. The website works towards making available resources and information that African botanic gardens require in order to develop and strengthen their own capacities.

As well as developing a BGCI-Africa website to publicise the work of botanic gardens across Africa, BGCI is also operating a small grants programme to support plant conservation projects. For further details of the Small Grants Programme, click here.

Investing in Nature is a US$50 million, five-year environmental partnership funded by HSBC, working with Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Earthwatch and WWF. For more information visit: www.hsbc.com/investinginnature