BGCI supports the prioritisation of conservation actions that are needed for the world’s most threatened plant species through carrying out Red Listing and ex situ surveys with partners all over the world.

BGCI supports botanic gardens to conserve trees, using their extensive knowledge and experience by managing a tree conservation fund and projects with partners around the world that carry out practical conservation actions for the world’s most threatened plant species.

BGCI manages the Global Seed Conservation Challenge to get seeds of the world’s most threatened plant species into ex situ seed bank collections to act as insurance against extinction in the wild.

BGCI supports botanic gardens and other plant conservation institutes to improve ecological restoration practices through the development of practical resources and the management of the Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens in order to share knowledge, experiences and good practices.

BGCI supports the conservation of exceptional plant species, that cannot be conserved in seed banks. These require living collections, tissue culture, or cryopreservation to conserve them. We help to identify them for prioritisation, promote their conservation via the Exceptional Plant Conservation Network (EPCN).

BGCI manages the International Plant Sentinel Network, in which botanic gardens are able to monitor the spread of pests and diseases on plants from around the world that are found in the environmental condition of their gardens, acting as an early warning signal for potentially.