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Our work > Preventing plant extinctions > China
ChinaChina is a key region for BGCI's conservation work and we have a regional office there, based at South China Botanic Garden.
BGCI’s work in China supports The China Strategy for Plant Conservation (CSPC), a national response to the GSPC that we helped to develop. Working with botanic gardens and other partners we are undertaking an ambitious project to save a range of endangered tree species from extinction and restore native habitats. Species include Magnolias including such as Magnolia odoratissima, M. angustioblonga, M. ingrata, M. aromatica, M. hebecarpa, M. coriacea, M. phanerophlebia and M. longipedunculata. Our surveys found just 11 mature M. longipedunculata individuals in the wild and none in cultivation. Partnering with more than five botanic gardens and research institutes we have undertaken propagation of these species . We've also been talking to local and national authorities and communities to identify potential for reintroduction and conservation measures in situ. We are also working with rare Dipteronia dyeriana, Bretschneidera sinensis and critically endangered maple tree species Acer yangbiense and A.leipoense. In Yunnan, we are supporting community conservation at Zi-ben-shan - a once mega-diverse mountain region that has been hugely degraded by logging, large-scale medicinal and ornamental plant collection, mining and agricultural cropping. We are facilitating the documentation of the woody flora of the area and planning for the development of a provincial forest park. Visit our China regional site for more on our China ProgrammeWe really need your help to continue with this work
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