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BGjournal

BGjournal is the worldwide journal of botanic garden conservation.

It covers a range of detailed content including in-depth features, congress reports, profiles of gardens and case studies of conservation work being carried out in gardens around the world.

Produced bi-annually this publication was formerly called BGCNews. There were 31 issues of BGCNews published twice yearly from 1987-2003. You can browse the BGCNews archives here.

• Browse the archive of BGjournal and its predecessor BGCNews.
• View a sample issue of BGjournal (PDF 841kB)
• BGjournal is issued to all BGCI Institution Members and Associate members (Journal Pack).

Latest Issues

July 2009 - The Challenge of Sustainability
 

Sustainable development is generally accepted to encompass environmental, social and economic sustainability. Botanic gardens have a role to play in supporting sustainable development as well as looking at their own  sustainability. Considerations of energy and water use are critical at a time of global climate change and financial sustainability is foremost in all our minds. This issue of BGJournal provides case studies of how botanic gardens are tackling various aspects of sustainability around the world. 

January 2009  -  Ecological restoration and the role of botanic gardens

Botanic gardens have long played a crucial role in documentation plant diversity and supporting efforts to protect it.  Now, in the face of accelerating climate change and loss of biodiversity, it is clear that repair and restoration of damaged plant communities is needed more than ever before.  With the unique combination of scientific and practical plant-based skills in botanic gardens, they are ideally placed to support a new surge in restoration scienc and management.

July 2008 - Botanic gardens and urban biodiversity

This issue of BGJournal looks at the issues surrounding plant conservation in urban areas.

Over half the world's people live in urban areas.  Increasingly cut off from the countryside how will their experiences of nature be shaped?  Urban green spaces provide an increasingly important opportunity for people to connect with the natural world.  Botanic gardens, generally located within cities, offer opportunities for people to enjoy and learn about a wide range of plant diversity and to benefit from the sense of well-being that botanic gardens provide.

 January 2008 - Conserving Forest Diversity

This issue of BGJournal explores how botanic gardens are conserveing these essential forest resources.

Deforestation is now recognised as the second leading contributor of carbon emissions worldwide, after the burning of fossil fuels. Conversely the protection of forests is increasingly seen as a major response in mitigating the impacts of climate change.Botanic gardens have a major role to play in conserving forest biodiversity.

BGCI is grateful to the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation for their support.

BGjournal Special 20th Anniversary Editions

2007 was BGCI's 20th Anniversary year. To commemorate the event BGCI, with the support of the Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation, published special editions of BGjournal and has made them available in full for free download from our website.

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