New Project ‘ Conserving Magnolia virolinensis, a critically endangered tree from Santander Province, Colombia’ funded by GCC Grant
Conserving Magnolia virolinensis, a critically endangered tree from Santander Province, Colombia Colombia is the country with most Magnolia species in South America (40). Many of these species have very small populations with restricted distribution located mainly in the Andean forests, a Critically Endangered ecosystem due to the high pressure for land use change and urban […]
Request for Proposals: U.S. Research Opportunity for Studying Oak Culture Initiation
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) are now accepting proposals for a unique opportunity in a collaborative research study on the in vitro culture initiation in Quercus species. Five grants of up to $5000 will be awarded to study either shoot culture or somatic embryo culture initiation of […]
Ceratozamia Pollinator Studies
A team of scientists at Universidad Veracruzana – Jorge Gómez Díaz, César Carvajal Hernández and Merbin Tornero Conde – have been awarded funding for research on pollination in Ceratozamia (C. decumbens, C. delucana, and C. morettii). One of the team’s overarching goals is to assist in conservation of Ceratozamia of central Veracruz by amassing fundamental […]
