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New opportunity to fund projects to support Global Conservation Consortia conservation action

BGCI is pleased to announce a new partnership between BGCI-US and the United States National Arboretum that will support a new Global Conservation Consortia (GCC) Grant for conservation action undertaken by GCC Species Stewards for one or more priority threatened species. Projects must be completed by existing GCC Species Stewards, or by institutions that commit […]

Parashorea buchananii, a newly recorded species of Dipterocarpaceae from China

In early April 2023, a team led by Prof. Jian-Lu Li from the Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG) discovered a newly recorded species of Dipterocarpaceae from Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve of Yunnan, Southwest China. This species was identified as Parashorea buchananii (C.E.C.Fisch.) Symington by Prof. […]

Monitoring for Myrtle Wilt in Nothofagus cunninghamii populations, Tasmania

Nothofagus cunninghamii is an Australian endemic species and a dominant tree in the cool temperate rainforests of Victoria and Tasmania. Like many other species of Nothofagus, it is threatened by logging, fire and climate change, but in addition to these threats, N. cunninghamii is the only known naturally-infected host of the fungus Chalara australis which […]

Steering Committee Member joins from New Caledonia

We are delighted to welcome a new Steering Committee Member to the Global Conservation Consortium (GCC) for Nothofagus. Dr Fabian Carriconde is a Researcher in microbial and molecular ecology for Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC) and has a specific interest in soil microorganisms – Nothofagus interactions. He is committed to progress research and conservation of Nothofagus […]

Magnolias in Ecuador: improving ex situ plant conservation

The GCCM is excited to be part of a new project led by Chicago Botanic Garden and funded by Walder Foundation. The project, entitled ‘Improving ex situ plant conservation: scaling up zoo pedigree management approaches to critically rare plants in the Pacific’ will engage with communities and botanical gardens in six countries around the Pacific […]

Rhododendron wilhelminae conservation action

Bogor Botanic Garden are about to begin targeted survey work searching for Rhododendron wilhelminae, a critically endangered species endemic to Mt. Salak in West Java, Indonesia. The species is not present in any ex situ collections and is possibly extinct species as the last survey in 2018 failed to find any plants. The current project […]

IX World Magnolia Symposium, Honduras 2023

We are excited to share the first circular of the IX World Magnolia Symposium and Conservation Workshop to be held from May 29 to June 02, 2023, in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, HONDURAS. This symposium will be an opportunity to exchange recent progress, enhance the conservation and sustainable utilization of magnolias, and promote cooperative research and conservation worldwide. […]

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 […]