BGCI is the largest plant conservation network in the world, and we will coordinate, empower and mobilise our network to carry out plant conservation prioritisation, planning, action and monitoring, preventing plant species extinctions and promoting sustainability.

BGCI is the largest plant conservation network in the world, and we will coordinate, empower and mobilise our network to carry out plant conservation prioritisation, planning, action and monitoring, preventing plant species extinctions, and promoting sustainability. We do this through our technical networks.

The botanic garden community is stronger together, and greater than the sum of its parts in areas such as policy, advocacy, maintaining professional standards and cost-effectiveness, provided that it is effectively led, and its actions are co-ordinated. BGCI has a pivotal role to play in ensuring that this happens through our policy work, leadership, co-ordinating role with regional networks, membership and convening power.

Plant conservation, public engagement and botanic garden management capacity is spread unevenly and inequitably across the globe. Institutional capacity is particularly weak in many developing countries and biodiversity hotspots. BGCI plays a crucial role in sharing information, knowledge and skills between different parts of its network through its databases, training and technical support activities.

BGCI’s network of botanic gardens attracts hundreds of millions of visitors each year, and many gardens engage their visitors on sustainability issues such as reducing carbon, water, energy and waste. However, changing visitor behaviour related to sustainability is not a mainstream activity in the world’s botanic gardens despite the fact that gardens are ideally placed to influence attitudes and behaviours.

Here you can learn about BGCI's projects and case studies from around the world.