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22 Dec : Growing the Social Role - Partnerships in the Community

14 Dec : Lessons learnt from the uptake of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

25 Nov : European Red List of Vascular Plants published

14 Nov : BGCI publishes a 'Guide to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation'

10 Nov : BGCI signs Memorandum of Understanding with CBD Secretariat

10 Nov : Another leap towards the Barometer of Life

09 Nov : Communities in Nature: Growing the Social Role of Botanic Gardens

01 Nov : Towards a National Botanic Garden in Haiti

27 Oct : New research helps boost conservation of Mexican cloud forests

24 Oct : New support for BGCI's work in Africa

14 Oct : Make your own plant books - a world first for on-line publishing

07 Oct : Garlands for Glory

26 Sep : BGCI在井冈山启动珍稀濒危植物回归活动

23 Sep : 文香英受邀参加2011年中国植物园学术年会

19 Sep : Missouri Botanical Garden awards Greensfelder medal to Beth M. Rothschild

16 Sep : Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to return to Australia

16 Sep : A new National Botanical Garden for Haiti?

13 Sep : Survey of Japanese threatened plants in UK gardens

07 Sep : Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat

31 Aug : GBIF data network helps map plants used in Aboriginal medicine

30 Aug : One hundred important questions facing plant science research

25 Aug : BGCI BirdFair raffle winners announced

17 Aug : Winners announced in UN writing competition to save forests

16 Aug : GSPC Target 13 manual published by Red Latinoamericana de Botánica

15 Aug : International Botanical Congress gives strong support for the updated GSPC

29 Jul : What medicinal secrets are hidden in a pot of honey?

29 Jul : The end of the botany degree in the UK?

26 Jul : World Bank Approves US$13 million Project on REDD+ in the Congo Basin

26 Jul : New manual published by the Red Latinoamericana de Botanica

20 Jul : Miscanthus (Elephant Grass) in Bio-fuel Project

19 Jul : Imminent Publication: The Biology of Island Floras

19 Jul : Dates of BGCI 5th Global Botanic Gardens Congress in 2013

19 Jul : New Publication: Biodiversity and Poverty - Ten Frequently Asked Questions – Ten Policy Implications

18 Jul : Report from XI Symposium of the Ibero-Macaronesian Association of Botanic Gardens, June 2011

18 Jul : Tree Propagation Techniques for Threatened Tree Species?

13 Jul : Call for Research Proposals: Conservation of Forest Trees and Use of Forest Genetic Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

13 Jul : Botanic Gardens in Plant Conservation Radio Programme

12 Jul : New book: The Conscientious Gardener

04 Jul : Join the Photo Campaign for Endangered Species

04 Jul : Botanical Art Exhibition Crosses Atlantic

04 Jul : Young Gardeners Wanted for TV Series

29 Jun : Calendar for International Year of Forests

29 Jun : New Report on The State of Europe's Forests; Forest Treaty Promised

29 Jun : See the One-Tonne Carbon Tree

29 Jun : Financial Times Says Plant Science is 'Hot'

28 Jun : Birds and bats in your botanic garden?

28 Jun : Montane Wildflower Study Shows Changing Landscape

27 Jun : Seeds of Unity Workshop

22 Jun : Brownsea Island Holds Raffle to Cut Last Rhododendron

22 Jun : CBD Newsletter for Civil Society - "Square Brackets"

22 Jun : Lessons for REDD+ from the Clean Development Mechanism?

22 Jun : Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund for Developing Countries

22 Jun : CBD Invites Collaboration to Address Invasive Alien Species on Islands

22 Jun : A Quarter of Rhododendron Species Under Threat

22 Jun : IUCN Red List Update June 2011

08 Jun : Last chance to complete survey on management structures of botanic gardens

07 Jun : Fire at El Charco Del Ingenio Botanic Garden in Guanajuato, Mexico

07 Jun : New Botany Series on BBC TV features Director of Oxford Botanic Garden

06 Jun : Almost extinct palm blooms, after 29 years

06 Jun : New Guide on REDD-plus and Biodiversity by CBD Secretariat

06 Jun : New training resources for forestry practitioners, lecturers, trainers and students

01 Jun : New Website for Australian Seed Bank Partnership

01 Jun : Extinct Orchid Rediscovered in Mauritius

25 May : QR Codes for Horticulture and Botanic Gardens?

25 May : UN-REDD Newsletter Highlights Cross-Regional REDD+ Learning and Exchange

25 May : Conference Proceedings: Beauty of Sourcing with Respect 2011

25 May : New Biocultural Heritage Website Launched

25 May : Brazilian Forest Campaigner Killed

25 May : Botanic Garden Awarded Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show (UK)

24 May : Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Conference

18 May : Survey for development of MSc Sustainable Horticulture (UK)

17 May : Jewellery Designer Leanne Guthrie Partners With BGCI

16 May : Conference proceedings now available for BGCI's 7th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens

16 May : Bamboo Flowering at Pisa Botanic Gardens (Italy)

16 May : International Biodiversity Day (22 May 2011)

10 May : BGCI中国项目官员文香英女士赴贵州考察与交流

09 May : Biodiversity Awareness Increases Interntionally

09 May : EU Commission Adopts New Biodiversity Action Plan

09 May : United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative reports on REDD+

05 May : The Morton Arboretum launches ArbNet, a new online community of arboreta

04 May : Botanic Gardens Co-operate on Palm Exhibition

04 May : BGCI and CBD Secretariat sign new agreement

27 Apr : New plant laboratory opens at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens (UK)

27 Apr : Plants with Anti-Malarial Properties Under Threat

26 Apr : African Field Trip Report by BGCI General Secretary Sara Oldfield

26 Apr : Historic Italian Botanic Garden Subject of New Film

20 Apr : Playing the conservation tune: concert for sustainably produced instruments

20 Apr : Research to improve the management of botanic gardens; you can help

20 Apr : The Botanic Garden Design Competition Winners are ...

20 Apr : New publication: Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation

18 Apr : CBD Releases Report on REDD+ and Biodiversity Safeguards Workshop in Asia-Pacific

13 Apr : Fuelling the debate on Access and Benefit Sharing

13 Apr : Closure of the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)

12 Apr : Proceedings published for the First International Symposium of Shanghai Censham Botanical Garden

12 Apr : Winner of Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Option announced

12 Apr : Winner of Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Option announced

11 Apr : New International Declaration for Ecological Restoration by Botanic Gardens

23 Mar : Charity Poetry Competition: $10,000 prize

23 Mar : New Publication: Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals - Human Perceptions, Attitudes and Approaches to Management

23 Mar : Call for papers: XIII Annual Bioecon Conference on Resource Economics, Biodiversity Conservation and Development

23 Mar : Forest Magazine Features "Communicating Forest Values" and "Attending to Gender"

23 Mar : Forest Magazine Features "Communicating Forest Values" and "Attending to Gender" (copy)

23 Mar : New paper: Outstanding Issues on ABS under the Multilateral System

23 Mar : BGCI Responds to Introduction of Alien Species Paper

23 Mar : Expanded Reporting of Global Species Banking

16 Mar : New BGCI Report: Botanic Gardens, Endangered Trees and Reforestation in Africa

14 Mar : Updated study: CDM Carbon Sink Tree Plantations - A case study in Tanzania

14 Mar : New publication: 'Biodiversity and Livelihoods: REDD-plus'

14 Mar : Proceedings of Zoo's Conference Published: Botanic Gardens Included

07 Mar : Innovative art exhibition at The Morton Arboretum, Illinois, USA

02 Mar : New Zealand Earthquake, Christchurch Botanic Gardens News

02 Mar : Top ten finalists for Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Option announced

02 Mar : Sentinel Plant Network survey: Connecting collections and expertise

01 Mar : Conference announcement: Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC), July 2011

01 Mar : 植物保护全球伙伴会议通知

18 Feb : Global Trees Campaign Facebook page reaches 1,002 fans

16 Feb : Global Survey of Ex situ Zelkova Collections

11 Feb : Conserving North America’s Threatened Plants

08 Feb : Brazil's online database of plant species hits 94,141 taxa

08 Feb : Call for conference papers: Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Intensification of the Humid Highland Systems of sub-Saharan Africa (October 2011)

08 Feb : Proceedings of fifth European Botanic Gardens Congress (EuroGard V) published

07 Feb : Only 39 percent of North American endangered plant species are protected in collections

07 Feb : New publication: A REDD+ manual for botanic gardens

27 Jan : Request for Information: Parasitic Plants

27 Jan : New publication: Discovering New World Orchids

26 Jan : Online Survey for GSPC Toolkit (Global Strategy for Plant Conservation)

21 Jan : International Union for Conservation of Nature reviews 'The Big Plan' [for biodiversity]

21 Jan : Global Temperature for 2010, Second Warmest on Record

21 Jan : Call for papers: 2011 International Biodiversity Conference

19 Jan : Call for papers: European Association of Environmental & Resource Economists Conference 2011

14 Jan : Snowdrop weekends at Chelsea Physic Garden (London, UK) February 5/6 and 12/13 2011

14 Jan : Conference: From Crop to Cure (London, UK; 29 March 2011)

04 Jan : CBE for Services to Plant Conservation