On 11 July 2020, the University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden celebrated its 210th anniversary.

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.

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.

BGCI announces call for nominations for the 2020 Marsh Awards. Deadline for nominations extended to 20 July 2020.

BGCI highlights Branch Out, a podcast by BGCI Patron Member the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Sydney.

The Morton Arboretum and BGCI hosted a very productive kick-off meeting for the U.S. Region of the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak (GCCO), a coordinated and collaborative network working to prevent the extinction of the world’s oak species.