BGCI Announces the Global Biodiversity Standard at COP26 - mailchi.mp/bgci/bgci-anno
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#DYK? During the Middle Ages, yew wood was used to craft long bows and spears as the timber was both strong and elastic � This harvesting led to the exhaustion of yew forests which were once widespread across Britain 🌲
"Popularization of science, even if subtle, can generate awe and wonder, which in turn can result in a new generation of scientists and develop general interest in science by local communities or even political authorities"
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For Valentine's day check out the Plant Love Stories initiative! plantlovestories.com As explained in a letter to @plantspplplanet by the founders of the initiative, it is a strategy to move beyond the idea of "curing plant blindness" and rather grow plant love.
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Rosewoods are regarded as one of the most widely traded wildlife products. In collaboration with Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, the CITES community has an updated list of the around 300 species covered by the genus #CITESforForests
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Today is the last day to apply for the role of Tree Data Manager! #hiring #biodiversity
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The CITES team, & worked with a team of international Dalbergia taxonomists to write this checklist.
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Rosewoods are regarded as one of the most widely traded wildlife products. In collaboration with Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew, the CITES community has an updated list of the around 300 species covered by the genus #CITESforForests
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#DYK? Some baobabs are believed to be places where spirits dwell. In Madagascar, offerings of honey & rum have even been seen left at their bases! � However, slash & burn farming & over-grazing have led to 3 of Madagascar's 6 endemic baobab species at risk of going extinct.
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More threatened tree seedlings! 🌱🌱🌱
In the Maya Golden Landscape in Belize, is busy planting and caring for seedlings to help recover populations, alongside regular patrols to combat threats.
Find out more about our joint project here: bit.ly/3GL93x8
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Ya’axché monitors over 100 seedlings as part of Maya Mountain North Forest Reserve (MMNFR) reforestation efforts!
With the assistance of Round River Conservation Studies, Ya’axché’s team planted 108 Walking Lady (Vitex gaumeri) and 54 Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) seedlings.
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We're #hiring! And only a few more days to apply!
BGCI's office in the UK is seeking a Tree Data Manager to support, curate and manage BGCI’s tree conservation data.
Deadline to apply is February 14th 2022!
For more info and to apply: bgci.org/job/tree-data-
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Scientists break the code of the world’s largest floating botanical enigma using plants grown at Oxford Botanic Garden. Find out how and why giant Amazonian #waterlilies grow so big: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
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A look back at 2021: Cape Verdean dragon tree🌲This Critically Endangered tree suffers from livestock grazing and competition from invasive plant spp. partner in Cape Verde,Biflores propagated dragon trees for planting out across Brava Island!
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Our partner in Cape Verde, Biflores, has been busy propagating dragon trees!
Over 300 seedlings are in the nursery and will later be planted out to boost Brava Island's population of Critically Endangered Dracaena draco subsp. caboverdeana.
#TreeTuesday #ConservationOptimism
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The sister species of #Liquidambar styraciflua is L orientalis of Turkey and islands of the eastern Aegean. It is endangered. Here’s a spectacular illustration of the species by Sevil Mehd courtesy of Botanic Gardens Conservation International. #Altingiaceae #sweetgum
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#DYK? There are ~20 species of cinnamon in the Philippines & most are found nowhere else! Cinnamons are prized for their aromatic bark & leaves used for culinary & medicinal purposes 🌿 Bark stripping for medicinal use threatens the survival of wild species like the Cebu cinnamon
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GTC partner has been busy planting Diego's baobab and its associated species in northern Madagascar!
Read more about their amazing work to restore this Endangered tree and its habitat below:
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Towards recovery of Madagascar’s two most threatened baobab species.
In collaboration with @Fanamby, we have lanced Adansonia suarezenis conservation project in Andrafiamena Protected Area. @FaunaFloraInt @globaltrees
Find out more : madagasikara-voakajy.org/blog/towards-r
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Coming up next Wednesday 16th Feb...if you are interested in plant pathology in botanic gardens, don't miss the seminar by Brett Summerell.
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Very much looking forward to presenting this seminar. twitter.com/MarkBalendres/…
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As we head into a new year of threatened tree conservation, takes a look back at some of their biggest stories and achievements from across the world in 2021. Here’s to another exciting year for threatened tree conservation!
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Read how a training by �� & Tooro Botanical Garden �� transformed how we collect seed & pushed us to raise more indigenous species. Do donate as well! globalgiving.org/projects/agrof
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BGCI's office in the UK is seeking a Tree Data Manager to support, curate and manage BGCI’s tree conservation data.
Deadline to apply is February 14th 2022!
For more info and to apply: bgci.org/job/tree-data-
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Through their project supported by our GBGF, Jardim Botânico Araribá’s team successfully sowed 3 native Atlantic Rainforest orchid species, resulting in hundreds of seedlings for future reintroduction efforts to nature!
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Two more days until the first episode of ' new season of the #NatureInsight podcast!
They'll be talking to some of the world's foremost experts on understanding the relationship between different species, ecosystems, & the world we all share
LIVE 9 Feb!
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Can we change our understanding, perceptions and behavior to allow us all to thrive with nature?
We are back with Season 2 of #NatureInsight: Speed Dating with the Future, premiering on 9 February
Trailer available NOW
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We are back with Season 2 of #NatureInsight: Speed Dating with the Future, premiering on 9 February
Trailer available NOW link.chtbl.com/Trailer_Season
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NEW study finds 63 socio-economically important native trees in Asia (inc. Dalbergia & Dipterocarps) are at high risk from multiple threatening factors in the region
Read more: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111
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#DYK? The bark, leaves & twigs of the West Himalayan Yew have a range of traditional medicinal applications. The species is also used for commercial production of Taxol, a key anti-cancer drug. iucnredlist.org/species/39147/
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🌳 Discover the many benefits of trees and other green infrastructure via . 🌴🌱🌿��🌴
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#DYK The Congo basin contains the 2nd largest contiguous tropical rainforest after the Amazon 🌴 However 10% of endemic tree species in Central Africa are Critically Endangered, with no specific conservation actions in place for the majority of species identified as threatened
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In line with #StateofTrees Report, the NEW Red List of the Endemic and Subendemic Trees of Central Africa found that major threats to species survival are agriculture, livestock farming and logging, with climate change an emerging threat
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The Congo basin contains the 2nd largest contiguous tropical rainforest after the Amazon. However, here & across the globe tree species are threatened by a variety of human activities inc. agriculture, livestock farming, logging & climate change
Learn more zenodo.org/record/5645166
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BGCI's office in the UK is seeking a Tree Data Manager to support, curate and manage BGCI’s tree conservation data.
Deadline to apply is February 14th 2022!
For more info and to apply: bgci.org/job/tree-data-
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Gardens grow best when they grow collaboratively together kicks off a great session highlighting importance of international #garden collab w/ case study of #Mulanje Cedar - nat’l tree of #Malawi - part of #zeroextinction #PublicGardens2019
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Saving Argyll's Rainforest act-now.org.uk/argyllsrainfor
This is our metier! Minus the squirrels, no squirrels in Islay. Interesting study published by last week too, about managing regeneration of oak woodlands…
#globaltreeassessment
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📣 Today over 100 organisations in Europe and beyond call on the and 🇪🇺 to secure an ambitious EU regulation on deforestation-free products 🌳🌿🌎
Read the CSO statement 👉 brussels.wcs.org/Portals/184/EN
#Together4Forests #EUGreenDeal
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We're delighted to announce that , Secretary General of BGCI, will be speaking at the Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity Conference on the 23-24th February virtually!
All Speakers: bit.ly/32ZiHyw
Attendee Registration: bit.ly/3s9Ihtb
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Excited to announce that Botanic Gardens Conservation International and Terraformation are partnering to provide seed banks to support and accelerate global reforestation initiatives! @bgci @KirstyJaneShaw
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#DYK Bark from the Red Stinkwood tree is used to cure ailments from fever to malaria, stomach pain, and kidney disease. Its bark is used in the largest quantity of any tree species! Over harvesting has meant that despite a wide distribution, it is listed as VU on the
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When the world's largest plant conservation network partners with the planet's leading forest accelerator, things definitely start looking up.
We're proud to announce our partnership with to foster the forests of the future.
Full press release: refore.st/bgci
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“This will make a real difference to reforestation initiatives" - Head of Ecological Restoration and Tree Conservation at BGCI
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We just launched our new Botanic Garden Accreditation process! 🎉 Our BGCI Accreditation distinguishes botanic gardens from non-botanic gardens and recognises achievements in plant conservation. Learn all about our new system here:
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New report lists��224 #NewSpecies described from Greater Mekong in 2020 to demonstrate how rich - but also vulnerable⚠� - is the region's #biodiversity.
No surprise, it includes many #animal & #plant species from & !
🔗See: wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-w
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There may be 9200 more tree species in the world than we thought.
"It matters because unless things are named, it makes it difficult to conserve the species.�
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