BGCI News Archives

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14 Dec : BigPicnic Third Partner Meeting

13 Dec : 1st International Symposium held at Baekdudaegan National Arboretum (BDNA, South Korea)

13 Dec : BGCI raises £19,748 for island tree conservation!

12 Dec : LearnToEngage Multiplier Event

11 Dec : Call for papers: Fourth World Journal Special Issue on Indigenous Peoples, Medicinal Plants and Wild Foods

08 Dec : Contribute to the next issue of Roots

06 Dec : Call for abstracts is open - 10th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens

04 Dec : Botanic garden research - complete the survey now

28 Nov : BigPicnic BigNews - Exhibtions #2

27 Nov : The Big Give - Get your donations doubled this Christmas

20 Nov : Seed conservation in the Indian Ocean Islands

13 Nov : BGCI's first technical review now available in Chinese

02 Nov : 70th anniversary of the Arturo E. Ragonese Botanic Garden

02 Nov : Plants, People, Planet - a new journal

02 Nov : Fundraiser following hurricanes Irma and Maria

01 Nov : European ferns face extinction

27 Oct : Buy a book and support BGCI

26 Oct : Hosting the 11th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens 2022

13 Oct : Wanted!

09 Oct : Pha Tad Ke launches second phase fundraise drive

28 Sep : First BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme grants awarded

25 Sep : World’s botanic gardens contain a third of all known plant species, and help protect the most threatened

20 Sep : Newly published: Red List of U.S. Oaks

13 Sep : Plant species going into the red on the IUCN Red List

22 Aug : BigPicnic BigNews - Exhibtions

14 Aug : Atlanta Botanical Garden becomes a BGCI Patron Member

04 Aug : Reviving the African Botanic Garden Network - Have your say!

03 Aug : North American alpine action plan survey

17 Jul : Marsh Awards 2017 awarded to Amy Padolf and Kunle Olasupo

17 Jul : New BGCI / ArbNet partnership agreement signed

14 Jul : BGCI's first technical review is now available online

12 Jul : GSCC award winners announced

03 Jul : Thanks Geneva! A great Congress in every respect.

22 Jun : LearnToEngage deadline extended

14 Jun : First BGCI / ArbNet partnership agreement signed

09 Jun : Sharing Best Practice in Science Communication and Research and Evaluation

08 Jun : LearnToEngage Modules - Deadline Approaching!

31 May : BigPicnic 2nd Partner Meeting

30 May : School children in UK help to save Malawi's National tree

22 May : Shenzhen International Award in Plant Sciences - Call for Nominations

15 May : 6th Southeast Asia Botanic Garden Network Conference - Bringing together SEA’s botanic garden community

10 May : Center for Plant Conservation 2017 Annual Meeting

08 May : Peter Wyse Jackson awarded Distinguished Service Medal from the Garden Club of America

04 Apr : How many tree species are there in the world?

20 Mar : Emblematic alpine plants: Towards a better understanding of their fundamental climatic requirements

13 Mar : BGCI Member Gardens finalists for Best Botanical Garden in the U.S.

01 Mar : In situ and Ex situ Gap Analyses of Conservation Needs for U.S. Oak Species

01 Mar : International day of action on World Biodiversity Day for Let it Grow

28 Feb : Global Seed Conservation Challenge Awards now open!

27 Feb : New article published: "The role of botanic gardens in the twenty-first century"

21 Feb : Free online GIS course series by The Nature Conservancy

15 Feb : The Morton Arboretum announces the promotion of Murphy Westwood, PhD to Director, Global Tree Conservation Program

25 Jan : Let us know about how you have Let it Grow

23 Jan : What defines a botanic garden?

17 Jan : BGCI Appoints Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Network Coordinator

10 Jan : Jennifer Cruse-Sanders named State Botanical Garden of Georgia director

06 Jan : Communities in Nature Webinars #5: Creative Evaluation Made Easy with Nicky Boyd

06 Jan : bgen Training Day - Journeys into Interpretation. 1st Februaury, 2017

05 Jan : ThreatSearch

03 Jan : Training opportunities at RBG, Kew