It is estimated that up to 100,000 plants, representing more than one third of all the world's plant species, are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild. BGCI brings together the botanic gardens to work for plant conservation through science, education and horticulture. http://www.bgci.org Wed, 16 May 2012 15:19:00 +0100 Brooklyn Botanic Garden's new Visitor Center is not only very attractive, it’s also ecologically sustainable and aspires to earn a LEED Gold rating. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0947/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0947/ Wed, 16 May 2012 14:32:00 +0100 Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Competition http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0946/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0946/ Fri, 11 May 2012 03:44:00 +0100 2012年 5月7日，“国家一级保护植物珙桐回归启动仪式” 在八大公山国家级自然保护区举行,BGCI中国项目负责人文香英女士、湖北民族学院领导、八大公山国家级自然保护区管理局领导等30余人出席启动仪式并共植珙桐约500株。 http://www.bgci.org/china/news/0944/ http://www.bgci.org/china/news/0944/ BGCI Tue, 08 May 2012 15:35:00 +0100 The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation was discussed at the 16th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 16) in Montreal last week. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0943/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0943/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:09:00 +0100 Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are running a five-week course in botanic garden education (16 April to 18 May 2012). http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0936/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0936/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:16:00 +0100 BGCI in collaboration with the three Chinese CSPC focal points, has carried out a review of progress in implementing the CSPC, with a special focus on Targets 7 and 8 and inter-related targets. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0940/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0940/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:20:00 +0100 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), have announced plans to develop the World Flora http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0938/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0938/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:46:00 +0100 The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a key partner in a major new three year conservation programme in Iraq. Working in partnership with Iraqi NGO Nature Iraq (NI) and BirdLife International, the project will focus on the mountainous region of Kurdistan. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0937/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0937/ Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:24:00 +0100 The website for BGCI’s 8th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens is now live. Visit the website to find everything you need for registering and participating in this exciting congress. http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0934/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0934/ Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:53:00 +0100 The conference will be held Wednesday/Thursday 18-19 July 2012 in SiBG, Mikolow, Upper Silesia, Poland Registration deadline: end of April 2012 http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0933/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0933/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:37:00 +0000 The final meeting of the 4D4Life (Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life) project will be held at the University of Reading, UK, from 26-30 March 2012. The meeting will include a 2-day public symposium: Taxonomy and the Catalogue of Life: Ecosystem of services http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0932/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0932/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:18:00 +0000 A new collaborative project between BGCI and the Botanical Garden of Ghent University, Belgium is aiming to develop a protocol for the genetic management of ex situ plant collections for conservation and restoration. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0931/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0931/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:17:00 +0000 BGCI has recently held two plant conservation workshops for participants from East and Southern Africa. The workshops, hosted by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) focused on the political and practical implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0929/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0929/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:57:00 +0000 Join us for the 8th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens from 12-16, November, this year in Mexico. The focus of the congress will be on education and the GSPC and we want to hear how your garden is contributing to all 16 targets. Deadline for submitting abstracts is 30th April. http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0928/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0928/ Enabling Botanic Gardens Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:50:00 +0000 Unique online access to data on more than 3,000 botanical institutions worldwide is now available through BGCI's new advanced GardenSearch function, demonstrating the collective conservation and research resources available within the global botanic garden community. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0926/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0926/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:41:00 +0000 To celebrate the 15th National Environment Day, 4 February, 2012, Al Ain Zoo is organizing a 2km community walk, educational trips for visitors, desert clean-ups and much more as part of a nationwide initiative- http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0925/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0925/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000 Director Paul Blanchflower provides an update on the progress that has been made in the clean-up operation following the cyclone at Auroville Botanical Garden. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0924/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0924/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000 Did you know many natural materials and foods come from the rainforest – including rubber, chocolate, bananas, coffee and vanilla? Want to learn more? Then the new book, Plant Life, is the publication for you and your children! http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0922/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0922/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0000 Construction has begun on the largest seedbank in the southern hemisphere. PlantBank, located at the Australian Botanic Garden, can hold up to 200 million living seeds in what has been referred to as an insurance policy against the extinction of plant species. http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0920/ http://www.bgci.org/resources/news/0920/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:22:00 +0000 The deadline for submitting applications to the ‘Communities in Nature: Growing the Social Role of Botanic Gardens’ project has now been extended to Monday 16th January at 12.00. As several gardens are in the process of developing their application forms, we have decided to move the deadline. http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0919/ http://www.bgci.org/education/news/0919/