Comprehensive Information on Threatened Plants

In order for conservation to be effective, it is essential to have reliable information from which to make decisions. Some of BGCI's current activities towards this goal are presented here.

In order to improve our understanding of which plants are under threat, BGCI is supporting Red Listing on both a species and regional basis.

Our database of botanic garden plant collections (PlantSearch) provides a direct link to global, regional and national lists of threatened species and we are working to further develop the utility of this database, including developing our image library of threatened plants.

Our publications and newsletters provide a valued source of information for the botanic garden and wider plant conservation communities.

We are working with the Singapore Botanic garden to establish a resource centre for gingers and we are developing a web-based information service on the impacts of climate change on plant diversity.

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BGCI's Global Survey of Threatened Magnoliaceae in Cultivation

BGCI is very interested in finding out which Magnoliaceae are currently in cultivation. If your botanic garden's collection includes any of the species listed in the recent Red List of Magnoliaceae as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) then we would like to hear from you.

Red List of the Magnoliaceae

The Red List of the Magnoliaceae, published jointly by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), through the Global Trees Campaign (GTC), identifies 131 wild magnolias as being in danger of extinction, from a global total of 245 species.