BGCI Technical Reviews

BGCI produces Technical Reviews of Botanic Gardens at the request of BGCI’s International Advisory Council. Currently five technical reviews have been published on:

  • Defining the botanic garden, and how to measure performance and success
  • The economic, social and environmental impacts of botanic gardens
  • The role of botanic gardens in urban greening and conserving urban biodiversity
  • The role of botanic gardens in practising and promoting environmental sustainability
  • The susceptibility of botanic gardens, and their responses, to natural and man-made disasters

Associated resources

  • BGCI Technical Review (2023) - Purpose and trends in exchange of plant material between botanic gardens

    Publication / English
    PDF

  • BGCI Revisión Técnica: Definición de un jardín botánico y cómo medir el funcionamiento y la gestión

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / Spanish
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review-Defining the botanic garden, and how to measure performance and success

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / English
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review-Defining the botanic garden, and how to measure performance and success-Chinese

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / Chinese
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review-The economic, social and environmental impacts of botanic gardens

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / English
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review: The role of botanic gardens in urban greening and conserving urban biodiversity

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / English
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review: The role of botanic gardens in practising and promoting environmental sustainability

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / English
    PDF

  • BGCI Technical Review-The susceptibility of botanic gardens, and their responses, to natural and man-made disasters

    Services for Botanic Gardens / Publication / English
    PDF

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