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Mission statement

BGCI is an international organisation that exists to ensure the world-wide conservation of threatened plants, the continued existence of which are intrinsically linked to global issues including poverty, human well-being and climate change.

 BGCI represents over 700 members - mostly botanic gardens - in 118 countries. We aim to support and empower our members and the wider conservation community so that their knowledge and expertise can be applied to reversing the threat of extinction crisis facing one third of all plants.

To do this we support the development and implementation of global policy – specifically the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) - at a global, regional, national, and local level. We work in a catalytic way, through our secretariat in London and regional offices in Kenya, the USA, Singapore and China to deliver the objectives of the GSPC. In support of this objective we produce a range resources and publications, organise a number of regular international gatherings and develop a number of direct conservation programmes.  

Our vision is a world in which plant diversity is valued, secure and supporting all life.

To create this world our mission is:

 "To mobilise botanic gardens and engage partners in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the planet".