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Mt. Cuba Center Voted Best Botanical Garden in North America!
Mt. Cuba Center, a public garden dedicated to native plants and ecological gardening, won the top spot in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for “Best Botanical Garden” in North America.
21 July 2020
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On Diversity and Equality
BGCI's Secretary General, Paul Smith, discusses how racism has no place at BGCI, in conservation, or in our community.
21 July 2020
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University of Ljubljana Botanic Garden celebrates its 210th anniversary
On 11 July 2020, the University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden celebrated its 210th anniversary.
21 July 2020
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Member Highlight
Ecological Stations at XiShuangbana Tropical Botanic Gardens
XiShuangbana’s research could be fundamental in helping to determine how to effectively use native forests as carbon sinks for the excess CO2 coming from climate change.
21 July 2020
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1954 New Tree Assessments on the IUCN Red List
On Thursday 9th July, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was updated to include an additional 1,954 tree species. This is the penultimate update to the IUCN Red in 2020 and brings the total of tree assessments on the IUCN Red List to 23,491 or 39% of tree diversity.
13 July 2020
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2020 Marsh Awards Call for Nominations
BGCI announces call for nominations for the 2020 Marsh Awards. Deadline for nominations extended to 20 July 2020.
07 July 2020
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