Networks for Plant Conservation

The importance of forming networks for conservation cannot be underestimated. Partnerships with local communities can support gardens with volunteers and funding. National networks of botanic gardens help gardens work together to share information and coordinate a united role in the country. Partnerships with bodies that have a complementary mission increase support for conservation initiatives. International networks such as BGCI help implement and monitor the International Agenda.

BGCI Regional Sites

Networking the Community and Gardens

Local Networks

National Networks

List of botanic garden networks

Asia

The Americas

Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) Founded in 1984, the CPC is a network of botanic gardens and arboreta with a mission to conserve and restore the rare native plants of the United States. It currently has 580 of America’s rarest native plants conserved in the national collection it coordinates.
The Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN)

Australasia

Report from the Third National Conference of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC)
Botanic Gardens - Australian Network for Plant Conservation meets in Hobart. Cultivating Conservation - A Conference Report

Africa

See BGCI regional site

Europe

The National Botanic Conservatories of France: Original Instruments for the Conservation of Biodiversity".
Botanic Gardens - BGCI wins new funding for Russian botanic gardens to support biodiversity conservation
PlantNetwork: the Plant Collections Network of Britain & Ireland

Regional Networks

Caribbean

Botanic Gardens - Network Proposal and Bye-laws for the Caribbean Botanic Gardens for Conservation (CBGC)

Europe

Botanic Gardens - Report on EuroGard 2000 - II European Botanic Gardens Congress
Action and policies - Resolutions from EuroGard III Congress
Plant conservation - The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of Europe’s overseas territories
Botanic Gardens - A Survey of Bern Convention Plant Taxa in European Botanic Gardens: initial findings and implications
Plant conservation - Establishment of a European Botanic Garden Programme for the Conservation of Rare and Endangered Plants of Europe - a discussion paper

International

An International Secretariat for the Rescue of Plants – a proposal

Regional Botanic Garden Networks

History of the African Botanic Gardens Network

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Communication for Development
The Communication Initiative (The CI) network is an interactive website for economic and social development and change. They initiate dialogue and debate, and provide a forum for development workers to support each other, supported by online resources.

PlantNetwork
PlantNetwork, is the Britain and Ireland network of botanic gardens, arboreta and other documented plant collections. Acitivites include promoting botanical collections in Britain and Ireland as a national resource for research, conservation and education.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Biodiversity and biodiversity information are essential to a sustainable future for society. GBIF is making recorded knowledge about biodiversity available to everyone using the Internet. Anyone with records of biodiversity can send data into GBIF to help build an online image of life on earth.

Indian Botanic Gardens Network
At present there may be over 150 botanic gardens in India. The size and activity of the gardens varies greatly. Many of the early botanic gardens in India, such as the Howrah Garden in Kolkata, were established for the purpose of introducing and acclimatizing economically important plants.