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BGCI’s
Annual Member’s
Review 2019
POLICY & ADVOCACY • CONNECTING PEOPLE
SHARING KNOWLEDGE • SAVING PLANTS
Message from BGCI’s Secretary General
Dear BGCI member, As always, 2019 has been a busy year for connecting people.
Although we had no BGCI global congresses in 2019, BGCI held
As I write this in mid-January 2020, or attended more than 50 meetings during the year (pages 8-
I am cautiously optimistic that in 2019 10). These included the 7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens
the world finally woke up to the twin Network Conference, held in Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden,
issues of climate change and loss of Thailand and the 1st South American Botanic Gardens
biodiversity. On New Year’s Day here Network Workshop, held at the Universidad del Tolima y
in the United Kingdom, nearly all of Jardín Botánico Alexander von Humboldt, in Ibagué, Colombia.
the national newspapers ran the Both of these meetings instilled a sense of common cause, and
headline ‘We have a decade to save the value of working together, the results of which can be seen
the planet’. True, they were quoting Prince William but these in the reports from BGCI’s regional offices, networks and
issues are now so mainstream that they made the front pages. consortia (pages 12-14).
So what has changed? Extinction rebellion, people taking to the
streets, Greta Thunberg, ‘A list’ celebrities and other high profile BGCI’s work sharing knowledge within and outside our
public figures, corporates and banks, a proliferation of natural community of botanic gardens was given a big boost in 2019
disasters, and the media taking up the cause have all with the launch of BGCI’s new website (page 16), and all of
contributed. Perhaps, also, in our small way, those of us who the updating and development of our webpages and
work in botanic gardens have played a role too. resources that entails. In addition, a huge amount of work
went into improving our databases (see page 15) and
At the global policy level (page 7), BGCI has continued to put a developing new resources for botanic gardens. New
considerable amount of time and effort into working with the publications include the BigPicnic policy briefs for food
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC) to security; guidelines on Metacollections and coordinating
draft the next iteration of the Global Strategy for Plant conservation collections to safeguard plant diversity; and
Conservation, which aims to fit into the broader post-2020 the European Red List of Trees (pages 16-17).
biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD). Thank you to all who have contributed to this
work, and congratulations to our partners in China who will
host the CBD Conference of the Parties in Kunming in
October, and who have shown the world the way by already
publishing a hugely ambitious Chinese Strategy for Plant
Conservation (2021-2030).
BGCI is about conservation action as well as conservation
policy of course, and, I’m delighted to say that, at the 2019
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Leaders’ Meeting, our
very own Malin Rivers was awarded the Harry Messel Award
for Conservation Leadership in recognition of her
outstanding leadership of the Global Tree Assessment (page
8, and below).
As part of our work as an advocate for botanic gardens, and
at the request of BGCI’s International Advisory Council (IAC), in
2019 we produced a technical review on The role of botanic
gardens in urban greening and conserving urban
biodiversity. This study includes 35 case studies of the work
of botanic gardens in contributing to urban forestry and
resilient landscapes; supporting and advancing urban
agriculture, and supporting urban biodiversity (see page 8).
Another important topic on the IAC agenda was the role of
botanic gardens in promoting sustainability amongst visitors in
energy, water, food, recycling and responsible consumption.
BGCI will launch a sustainability campaign in 2020, so expect to
hear more on this important topic. Harold Porter National Botanic Garden (P. Smith)
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In 2019, BGCI training courses were attended by 775 people This was the final year of BGCI’s BigPicnic project, which
from 331 institutions in 67 countries (pages 18-21). Topics reached a staggering 800,000 people (page 27). A major finding
included: red-listing and conservation prioritisation; ex situ of the project was the importance of cultural heritage and its
collections management; conservation horticulture; ecological relationship to the way that we view food, a hitherto under-
restoration; tree conservation; public engagement evaluation appreciated factor in policy-making.
and research; co-creation and team-based inquiry, and how to
run a science café. 2019 also saw the launch of BGCI’s Last but not least, BGCI supports botanic gardens through
Advanced Conservation Practitioner accreditation, with 13 providing funding for plant conservation, public engagement
botanic gardens gaining recognition for their efforts through and other important activities. In 2019, we disbursed funds
the accreditation (page 22). New resources developed this totalling USD 2,089,750 to botanic gardens and other
year include the plant identification app, PlantSnap, institutions. While the vast majority of this funding came from
LearnToEngage modules on interpretation, working with BGCI-led projects, 2019 also saw the launch of a brand new
diverse audiences, science communication and research service for BGCI members – the Global Botanic Garden
and evaluation; and BGCI’s Access and Benefit-Sharing Fund (GBGF). BGCI received 72 applications to the GBGF
Learning Package, developed with the support of the Darwin from 64 institutions from 39 countries, and gave out 17
Initiative (see page 23). grants totalling USD33,013 in 2019. Eight grants were
provided through unrestricted funding of the GBGF, four
Central to our mission is working with you, our members and through BGCI/Minnesota Landscape Arboretum grants,
other partners, to save plants (pages 24-27). This has been an and five through the BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme.
outstanding year for the Global Tree Assessment, with 8,282 I would like to acknowledge those partners’ generous
tree assessments published on the IUCN Red List of contributions, and encourage other institutions to contribute
Threatened Species, four times the number published in 2018 (details on page 28).
and 93% of all IUCN global tree assessments published in 2019.
At the action end of conservation, the Global Trees Campaign I hope that this gives you a sense of what we have been doing
celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019, and has grown this year, and I hope that you feel that this represents a good
significantly since the early days, with 87 threatened tree return on your investment in BGCI. For my own part, I would
species in 27 countries the focus of conservation efforts in like to acknowledge the BGCI team, who are not only
2019. More than 375,000 seedlings of threatened tree extremely committed but are also a joy to work with. Of
species were raised for conservation and restoration course, we cannot do what we do without your support, and
programmes in 2019. Our work restoring more complex we are very appreciative that you continue to support us
species assemblages also continues to grow with the through your membership fees and through partnership.
Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens now
numbering 43 institutions on 5 continents. Similarly, the As always, we would love to hear from you.
International Plant Sentinel Network has grown to include
55 member organisations tracking pests and diseases or Dr Paul Smith
carrying out research. BGCI Secretary General
Longdongqilin, South China Botanical Garden
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Contents
BGCI STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06
POLICY AND ADVOCACY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PLANT CONSERVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07
BGCI’S INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07
BGCI’S TECHNICAL REVIEW ON URBAN GREENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08
2019 IUCN SPECIES SURVIVAL COMMISSION AWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08
THE MARSH AWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08
CONNECTING PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09
MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09
BigPicnic Final Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09
Neotropical Conservation Consortium for Magnolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09
7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Network Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09
National Geographic Society: A World of Plants Symposium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
International Plant Sentinel Network Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
World Forum on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
South American Botanic Gardens Network Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Other Meetings Attended or Supported by BGCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
REGIONAL BGCI OFFICES AND NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN NETWORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Southeast Asia Botanic Garden Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
African Botanic Gardens Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
BGCI-US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
European Consortium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
BGCI China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
GLOBAL CONSERVATION CONSORTIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Global Conservation Consortium for Acer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Global Conservation Consortium for Rhododendron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Global Conservation Consortium for Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Global Conservation Consortium for Magnolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
SHARING KNOWLEDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
DATA SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
PUBLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
TRAINING COURSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
SAVING PLANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
GLOBAL TREE ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
. GLOBAL SEED CONSERVATION CHALLENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
GLOBAL TREES CAMPAIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ALLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
INTERNATIONAL PLANT SENTINEL NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
BIGPICNIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
LEARNTOENGAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
FUNDING AND CAPACITY BUILDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
BGCI'S GLOBAL BOTANIC GARDEN FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
INSTITUTIONS SUPPORTED BY BGCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
TRAINING PROVIDED BY BGCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
BGCI MEMBERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
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BGCI disbursed funds totaling USD 2,089,750 to botanic gardens and other institutions
in 2019. This figure is nearly ten times more than what we receive in membership fees.
CONNECTING PEOPLE
Central
and South Asia
North
America > 50 America
meetings held or
supported by BGCI
in more than
25 24 BGCI trained775 people
countries
types of
training courses from 331 institutions
Africa
from 67 countries Oceania
Europe
SHARING
KNOWLEDGE
BGjournal
BGCI.org New website launched Roots
Review
931
BGCI produced a
Technical Review on the
role of botanic gardens
19
BGCI Accredited
new Twitter
followers
in urban greening and
conserving urban biodiversity
Two editions of
BGjournal and
13 Botanic Gardens
two issues of Roots BGCI Accredited Advanced
were published Conservation Practitioners
SAVING PLANTS
Conservation
action for
87
> 375,000 The Global
Botanic Garden
threatened tree
species in
seedlings of threatened tree species raised for conservation
and restoration programmes in 2019
Fund launched
and provided 26
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC DD
17 countries
grants totaling
8,282 USD 33,013
tree assessments published on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
(four times what we published in 2018)
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BGCI Staff
Suzanne Sharrock – Joachim Gratzfeld – Meirion Jones – Brian Lainoff –
Paul Smith – Martha Love –
Director of Director of Regional Head of Information Head of Membership
Secretary General Head of Finance
Global Programmes Programmes Management Strategy and Services
Kirsty Shaw –
Helen Miller – Katherine O'Donnell – Malin Rivers – Noelia Alvarez – Alex Hudson –
Head of Ecological
Head of Education Head of Seed Conservation Head of Conservation Plant Conservation Conservation
Restoration and Tree
and Vocational Training and Plant Health Prioritisation Project Manager Project Manager
Conservation
Gail Bromley – Liz Smith –
Megan Barstow – Emily Beech – Yvette Harvey-Brown – Vivien Isaac –
Biodiversity Membership &
Conservation Officer Conservation Officer Conservation Officer Accounts Officer
Education Officer Administration Officer
Kate Marfleet – Dan Crowley – Ryan Hills – Xiangying Wen – Abby Meyer –
Katharine Davies –
Seed Conservation and Plant Global Conservation Global Tree Assessment Executive Director Executive Director
Tree Red List Coordinator
Health Network Coordinator Consortia Coordinator Conservation Assistant BGCI China BGCI-US
BGCI would like to acknowledge the following people
for their support in 2019
Murphy Westwood – Jean Linsky –
Igor A. Smirnov –
Director of Southeast Asia Liliana Derewnicka – Former Education Coordinator
Director
Global Tree Conservation Botanic Gardens (SEABG) Simon Barber – BGCI Volunteer
BGCI Russia
at The Morton Arboretum Network Coordinator
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Policy and Advocacy
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR PLANT
CONSERVATION
BGCI provides the Secretariat for the Global Partnership for
Plant Conservation (GPPC), an informal partnership of more
than 50 institutions with international plant conservation
programmes. During 2019, BGCI worked with the members of Attendees of BGCI’s International Advisory Council 2019 meeting
the GPPC to prepare a review of progress in implementing the
16 targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). BGCI’S INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
The draft report was presented to the Parties of the MEETING 2019
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at a meeting of its
Scientific Advisory Body (SBSTTA) in November 2019 and is BGCI’s International Advisory Council (IAC) meeting 2019 was
available on the GPPC website: Plants2020.net. The report held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC on Sunday
indicates that significant progress has been made towards all 16th June. It was attended by 20 botanic garden directors from
targets and provides highlights of relevant work carried out by five continents. The main topics of discussion were:
BGCI, its members and other partners in the GPPC. The report
will be published in 2020 as a companion volume to the 5th
edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook. The GPPC also
• choices
Promoting horticulture and gardens as aspirational career
made progress in 2019 in developing a draft post-2020
framework for plant conservation, including 18 proposed
• urban
BGCI’s Technical Review on botanic gardens supporting
greening and biodiversity
targets to be achieved by 2030. The draft post-2020 GSPC was
discussed at a World Forum on the GSPC, which was held in
• and the Biodiversity
An update on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
Framework post-2020
Dujiangyan City, China in October 2019. The participants at
the forum expressed strong support for the post-2020 GSPC.
• gardens
Launching a sustainability challenge for the world’s botanic
The IAC endorsed efforts in the US and UK to promote
horticulture as a career, and strongly supported BGCI’s
initiatives to incorporate sustainability practices related to
energy, water, food, recycling, plastics, etc. into botanic
gardens globally. The focus of BGCI’s 2020 Technical Review
will be on sustainable practices in botanic gardens, and
encouraging behavioural change among visitors.
Left: An overview of progress towards the targets of the GSPC
was provided to delegates at SBSTTA-23 in Montreal Canada.
November 2019
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BGCI’S TECHNICAL The GTSG were the recipients of The SSC Chair’s Citation
REVIEW ON THE of Excellence, in recognition of the ‘outstanding contribution
ROLE OF BOTANIC the GTSG has made in delivering the Species Strategic Plan
GARDENS IN URBAN between 2017 and 2018’. During this period, over 2,000
BGCI Technical Review
The role of botanic gardens in urban GREENING AND assessments for trees were added to the IUCN Red List.
greening and conserving urban biodiversity
CONSERVING URBAN The award was accepted by GTSG co-chair Sara Oldfield who
BIODIVERSITY attended the meeting in Abu Dhabi, bringing great publicity to
the GTA and the progress of the initiative in the last few years.
At the request of BGCI’s The GTSG now has 130 experts, all contributing to GTA efforts.
International Advisory
Council, the focus of BGCI’s THE MARSH AWARDS
2019 Technical Review was
on urban greening, and the In partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, BGCI manages
role that botanic gardens the Marsh Awards for International Plant Conservation and the
play in (1) contributing to Marsh Awards for Education in Botanic Gardens.
urban forestry and resilient landscapes; (2) supporting and
advancing urban agriculture, and (3) supporting urban In October, BGCI announced Ana Sandoval as the winner of
biodiversity. The Review draws on the results of a BGCI the 2019 Marsh Award for International Plant Conservation
online survey, a literature review and the particular expertise and Benjamin Ong as the winner of the 2019 Marsh Award for
of the lead author, Nicole Cavender from The Morton Education in Botanic Gardens.
Arboretum, in this sphere. The Review includes 35 case
studies from around the world, and includes references
and a resource guide. It can be downloaded from
https://www.bgci.org/resources/bgci-tools-and-
resources/bgci-technical-reviews/
2019 IUCN SPECIES SURVIVAL COMMISSION
AWARDS
BGCI has hosted the secretariat for the Global Tree Specialist
Group (GTSG) for over 10 years and at the 2019 IUCN Species
Survival Commission (SSC) Leaders’ Meeting, members of the
GTSG were recipients of several IUCN SSC awards. These
awards are given to recognize the exemplary voluntary Left: Ana Sandoval receives the 2019 Marsh Award for
contribution of individuals and Specialist Groups towards the International Plant Conservation from Marsh Trustee, Mr. Nick
global work of IUCN. Carter. Right: Benjamin Ong guiding primary school children at
the screwpine (Pandanus) clump at the fringes of Rimba Ilmu’s
The Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership was central wetland
received by Malin Rivers, Head of Conservation Prioritisation
at BGCI. Malin is also secretary of GTSG and the award Nominated by Noelia Alvarez (BGCI), Ana has been working
recognises her key role in coordinating the Global Tree as a technical researcher at the seedbank of Instituto de
Assessment (GTA) and her innovative management of this Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) in Vicuña, Chile since 2005.
initiative. This includes the development of the Least Concern
Workflow, chairing the Red List Technical Working Group, her Chile is very lucky to have such an individual as Ana Sandoval who
collaboration with multiple partners and institutions towards is dedicated to the conservation of its endemic and native flora.
completing GTA, and her significant contribution of tree Her passion for nature began from an early age, mountain and
assessments to the IUCN Red List. countryside walks awakened within her a capacity for respect and
observation of local biodiversity.
Noelia Alvarez, BGCI,
Nominated by Sugumaran Manickam (Rimba Ilmu Botanic
Garden), Benjamin founded and developed the Rimba Project,
a platform for community engagement and volunteer
development.
In short, Benjamin Ong is courageous, bringing hope and adding
value, daring to go where complexity is high and certainty is low,
without template, and where much faith is needed. In so doing,
Global Tree Specialist Group Meeting March 2019 at La Selva he has put Rimba Ilmu on the leading edge of conservation.
Biological Station, Costa Rica Sugumaran Manickam, Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
08 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019
Connecting People Neotropical Conservation Consortium for Magnolia
(Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico)
In July, BGCI in collaboration
with the University of
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
hosted the Neotropical
MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA Conservation Consortium for
Magnolia. The aim of the meeting was to link institutions and
BigPicnic Final Festival (Spain) experts to deliver comprehensive conservation strategies for
species of Magnolia, which are technically challenging to
conserve and manage. The event was an academic and cultural
success in the exchange of knowledge and conservation
experiences as well as in outreach and networking. The event
hosted over 100 attendees. The exhibitors included visitors from
13 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas. Atlanta
Botanical Garden attended the event and was nominated as the
Consortium Lead for the Global Conservation Consortium for
Magnolia (GCCM). Dr Emily Coffey will coordinate this initiative.
7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Network
Conference (Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Thailand)
The Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Network (SEABG), in
The BigPicnic Final Festival, Spain collaboration with Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden and The Morton
Arboretum, hosted the 7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens
The BigPicnic Festival was the finale to the BigPicnic project Network Conference from August 5th-9th. The conference was
and took place on 27th February 2019 at Real Jardín Botánico supported by ArbNet and Fondation Franklinia. Over 70
de Madrid, Spain. The event celebrated the achievements of participants from 16 countries participated in the conference.
the project partners and audiences and featured a range of During the conference the Network reviewed past activities
speakers, workshops, stands and activities to continue the and presented ongoing conservation initiatives in the region.
work of BigPicnic in generating active interest and dialogue The network also developed an up-to-date action plan with a
around food security. focus on the objectives of the SEABG as stated in the Working
Practice document. A parallel training session on ‘The role of
The event brought together educators, policy-makers and botanic gardens in in situ species recovery’ covering planning for
stakeholders and was used to launch the BigPicnic project policy reintroductions, ex situ collections management for the
recommendations. The event provided an opportunity to share purposes of conservation and reintroduction and ‘Integrative
stories, ideas and traditional culinary delights associated with Conservation and Population Reinforcement/Reintroduction of
the BigPicnic partnership, which represents 13 countries. Threatened Plants' were also delivered.
Almost 200 delegates attended the event, representing Below: The participants of the 7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens
27 countries and 117 organisations. Network Conference
The participants of the 7th Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Network Conference
09 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019
World Forum on the Global Strategy for Plant
Conservation (Dujiangyan, China)
The 15th meeting of the Conference to the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) will be held in
Kunming, China in October 2020. COP15 will set the strategic
plan for biodiversity for the next decade, and this preparatory
meeting in China aimed to discuss and improve the current
draft Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 2021-2030
in advance of the COP. The meeting was organised by the
China Wild Plant Conservation Association, included a wide
range of Chinese and international experts and comprised
Attendees of the National Geographic Society A World of Plants presentations, workshops and discussions. The meeting
symposium in Washington, D.C. (Mark Thiessen) culminated in the release of China’s Plant Conservation
Strategy 2021-2030. This provides clear leadership from
National Geographic Society: A World of Plants China and endorsement of the GSPC as it prepares to host
Symposium (Washington, D.C., USA) COP15 nest year.
A two day event was hosted by National Geographic Society in First South American Botanic Gardens Network
Washington, D.C. (USA) in September to engage the foremost Workshop: supporting and promoting the work
champions of botanical research and conservation to share of botanical gardens in the region (Universidad del
insights and ideas, and generate science-based solutions to Tolima y Jardín Botánico Alexander von Humboldt, Ibagué,
the impending plant extinction crisis. Talks highlighted Colombia)
anthropogenic threats and other pressing challenges,
addressed critical data gaps, and explored ways to elevate the
plight of plants on a greater scale. Presentations and interactive
discussion sessions identified actionable next steps that the
Society can take to support the conservation of the world’s
400,000+ plant species. BGCI participated to advocate for the
role of botanic gardens in securing the world’s plant diversity.
An upcoming special issue of the journal Plants, People, Planet
will feature the talks presented at the symposium.
IPSN Workshop (Oxford, UK)
The annual UK IPSN Workshop was held on the 3rd/4th
September 2019 at Oxford Botanic Garden/Magdalen College,
Oxford. Attendees included colleagues from BGCI, Bedgebury Participants at the 1st South American Botanic Gardens Network
National Pinetum and Forest, Defra, Eden Project, Fera, National Meeting
Trust, Oxford Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Royal
Botanic Garden Edinburgh, RHS Wisley, Westonbirt Arboretum In December, in collaboration with the Universidad del Tolima
and Yorkshire Arboretum. The workshop included updates on and the Botanic Garden Alexander von Humboldt, BGCI
activities from all attendees and from the UK IPSN Research and organised a meeting to engage with the South American
Development Committee. The recent IPSN research projects botanic gardens community and promote the creation of a
were discussed as well as potential future projects and priority new botanic garden network in the region. The event was
topics based on the UK Pest Risk Register. attended by more than 40 participants from countries such as
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Mexico, Paraguay,
Perú, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Talks were
presented by all the attendees on achievements, challenges
and opportunities at their botanic gardens. There was the
opportunity to discuss topics such as management and
curation of living collections, the need for capacity building
and the lack of funding and resources. During the last session
it was agreed that there was a need for the creation of a
South American Botanic Garden Network, boundaries are not
strict and the network is open to other Latin-American
countries. An action plan was drafted and will be implemented
by the attendees, the year 2020 will be a very important one
to consolidate this network.
IPSN Workshop Day 1Thiessen
10 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019Other Meetings Attended or Supported by BGCI
• (China,
4th Xishuangbanna International Symposium • Island Biology Conference (Réunion, Jul)
Jan) • Association
GenRes Bridge Project Meeting (Slovenia, Jul)
• Regional Workshop:
1st Georgia Botanic Gardens Workshop (USA, Feb) • Conference for Zoological Horticulture 2019 Annual
• Tree Species and TheirConservation Priorities for Asian (USA, Aug)
Genetic Resources, APFORGIS • Green List Workshop (UK, Sep)
Project (Sri Lanka, Mar) • The RedPeople,
Plants, Planet Symposium (UK, Sep)
• Shanghai International Flower Show (China, Mar) • (Belgium, Sep-19) of Europe’s Overlooked Species
List Status
• Shenzhen International Flower Show (China, Mar)
• Meeting of the Board of the Dutch Association of
Botanical Gardens (Netherlands, Mar)
• (UK,
IUCN SSC Target 12 post-2020 Task Force Meeting
Sep)
• APGA Celebrating Crop Diversity Symposium (USA, Apr) • SER 2019 (South
8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration.
• International Year of Plant Health - Partners meeting Africa, Sep)
(Italy, Apr) • (South Africa, Sep) Alliance Annual Business Meeting
Ecological Restoration
• University of Kiel Botanic Garden 400th Anniversary
(Germany, Apr) • (Italy,
114th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society
• 7th International Orchid Conservation Congress Sep)
(Kew Gardens, May) • Botanical Gardens
27th Annual Meeting of German Association of
• PlantNetwork Database Meeting (UK, May) (Germany, Sep)
• GSPC implementation in Korea (Korea, May) • (Serbia, Sep)
130th Anniversary of Botanical Garden “Jevremovac”
• IUCN Red List Committee Meeting (UK, May)
• Pontifical Academy of Sciences Biodiversity Meeting • IUCN SSC Leaders Meeting (UAE, Oct)
(Vatican, May) • COST Action
Italian Arboretum Conference (Italy, Oct)
• Advances and Perspectives of Biodiversity Research and
Conservation in Georgia (Georgia, May)
• (Belgium, Oct)- Plant Conservation Meeting
• Meeting of Norwegian and Swedish Botanical Gardens • GenRes Bridge Project Meeting (Finland, Oct)
(Norway, May) • BGANZ 9th Congress
Crop Strategies Meeting, Crop Trust (Germany, Oct)
• 2019 Center for Plant Conservation National Meeting • World Forum on the Global (New Zealand, Oct)
(USA, May) • Conservation (China, Oct) Strategy for Plant
• Magnolia Society International Annual Meeting
(USA, May) • (China,
90th Aniversary Celebration, CAS Botanical Gardens
• 11th Flora Malesiana Symposium (Brunei, Jun) Oct)
• Summer School: Protecting the Forest Resource: Risk
assessment and Management using Innovative Tools
• Symposium
National Geographic Society “World of Plants”
(USA, Oct)
(Ireland, Jun) • (Greece, Nov) Gardens Consortium Meeting
European Botanic
• Mauritian Wildlife Foundation Meeting (UK, Jun)
• European Botanic Gardens Consortium Meeting • SBSTTA-23, CBD (Canada, Nov)
(Poland, Jun) • South China BotanicalPlanning
BGCI China Strategic Workshop (China, Nov)
• Come In: International Conference on Accessibility
(Poland, Jun)
• International Symposium (China,70thDec)Anniversary
Garden
• American Public Gardens Association 2019 Annual
Conference (USA, Jun)
• (China,
Annual Meeting of Chinese Botanic Gardens
Dec)
11 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019REGIONAL BGCI OFFICES AND NATIONAL BGCI-US Year in Review
BOTANIC GARDEN NETWORKS
In 2019, BGCI-US continued to provide resources to build
The Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens (SEABG) botanic garden collections and conserve plants, and found
Network critical momentum to launch major initiatives in 2020.
The Southeast Asia Botanic Gardens Build collections TOWARD THE METACOLLECTION:
Coordinating conservation collections
to safeguard plant diversity
Network had a great year of growth in Using collections data from PlantSearch and garden
2019. New conservation projects were collaborators, we completed a Crop Wild Relative ex
launched in Vietnam on Camellia and situ assessment of botanic gardens and published the
Patrick Griffith/Montgomery Botanical Center
Malaysia on Rhododendron and results in the Crop Science journal (Meyer, 2019). BGCI-
Botanic gardens hold amazing plant diversity, such as these palms at
Montgomery Botanical Center – connecting and coordinating living
THE LARGEST FORCE FOR collections together finds new benefits for conservation.
PLANT CONSERVATION A single plant grown at a garden can contribute to conservation,
but it takes many plants to capture sufficient genetic diversity and
thus truly safeguard species for the long term. So, gardens might
ask, “Which plants should I grow, and how many?”
Worldwide, over 3,000 botanic gardens
maintain at least one-third of all known Garden conservation science applied to real-world scenarios
shows how vital our garden networks are to safeguarding plant
plant diversity. The collective conservation biodiversity. A close look at the genetics of collections of
discussions for new projects in US has continued to offer collection assessment
power of botanic gardens is essential to exceptional plant species1 – and how they are networked among
multiple botanic gardens – brings new insight into how gardens
stop plant extinction. Networks allow are doing at present and how they can do better in the future.
gardens to coordinate efforts to save
Here we present recent discoveries and recommendations for
endangered plants. The global web of capturing and maintaining diversity in a plant collection, and
botanic gardens is the world’s largest describe how to leverage a network of such collections to
advance conservation. We introduce and illustrate the
force for plant conservation – as long as METACOLLECTION concept, with examples at different scales,
provide an overview of sampling strategy for capturing diversity,
it is well coordinated!
and provide examples of how gardens can leverage methods
Cambodia were held. The Securing services to individual institutions, including San Diego
developed by the zoo community to collectively manage
conservation collections.
the future of threatened tree giants in Borneo Project made Zoo Global in 2019, with more planned for 2020.
great strides in collecting and conserving threatened BGCI-US published a summary report on sampling strategies for
Dipterocarpaceae species and a training workshop held in ex situ conservation called Toward the Metacollection: Coordinating
Kalimantan in September brought together partners from conservation collections to safeguard plant diversity following the
Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei to exchange knowledge on culmination of a 3-year Institute of Museum and Library Services
propagation and planting (more information in the Training (IMLS) project led by the Montgomery Botanical Center (MG-30-
Courses subsection). Tree conservation projects are on-going 16-0085-16). We were also successful in receiving funding for
in Taiwan, China and Laos. major updates to BGCI’s PlantSearch and GardenSearch
databases, including support from the United States Botanic
SEABG members met to network at the 11th Flora Malesiana Garden, and an IMLS National Leadership Grant that will be led
Symposium in June. The major event of 2019 was the 7th by the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2020.
Southeast Asia Botanic Garden Network Conference in Conservation Gap Analysis of Native
U.S. Oaks
August. Hosted by Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Thailand the Conserve plants Emily Beckman, Abby Meyer, Audrey Denvir, David Gill, Gary Man,
David Pivorunas, Kirsty Shaw, and Murphy Westwood
conference covered action planning for the network, training BGCI-US conducted a conservation gap analysis of
on in situ species recovery and engagement with international U.S. native oaks and made major progress toward
plant conservation initiatives. Quarterly newsletters were sent completing Red List assessments for all U.S. trees by
out to the network in 2019, which has grown its audience to 2020, in partnership with The Morton Arboretum,
over 150 people and SEABG social media remains active in NatureServe, the United States Botanic Garden, and
sharing news and events across the network. The SEABG the United States Forest Service. For species that
Network is looking forward to implementing its new action cannot be conserved long-term in a seed bank we supported
plan, starting new projects and implementing further network- development of the Exceptional Species Conservation Network
wide training courses as well as planning for the 8th SEABG and drafted the first global list of threatened exceptional
Network Conference to be held in 2021 at Makiling Botanic species, in collaboration with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical
Gardens, Philippines. Garden and The Morton Arboretum. As 2020 marks the end of
the Global (and North American) Strategy for Plant Conservation,
ABGN Year in Review we completed the first full year of data collection for the North
American Plant Conservation Benchmarking tool in partnership
The African Botanic Garden Network with the American Public Gardens Association. We are planning
(ABGN) aims to build capacity of and a large data collection campaign for 2020 to guide establishment
share resources between African of new conservation targets in North America for the next decade.
botanic gardens. ABGN is a joint
initiative led by BGCI, Jardins European Consoritum
Botaniques de France et des pays
Francophones (JBF) and the South BGCI convenes the European Botanic Gardens Consortium, which
African National Biodiversity Institute links botanic gardens across Europe. The Consortium meets twice
(SANBI). In 2019, we circulated two ABGN newsletters to per year, and in 2019, meetings were held in Poland and Greece.
promote funding opportunities, current projects and useful In Poland the meeting was held in association with a conference of
resources. BGCI is excited to be a co-organiser of the 22nd the Erasmus project ‘Come In!’. The theme of the conference was
AETFAT conference on “Diversity and conservation of African accessibility and featured educational activities for botanic garden
plants: Challenges and opportunities”, which will take place in visitors with special needs. In Greece, the Consortium meeting
March 2020 in Zambia (www.aetfat.org). During 2019, BGCI was held alongside a symposium entitled “Priority species:
has been busy processing all abstracts submitted for the conservation and evaluation in botanic gardens” organised by the
conference, more than 250! So it is looking to be a great Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia. Key issues addressed by the
conference! If you would like to be added to the ABGN Consortium in 2019 included the implementation of European
mailing list, please email africa@bgci.org. regulations on invasive species and the movement of plant
material, botanic garden accreditation and reporting on European
and global plant conservation targets.
12 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019BGCI China GLOBAL CONSERVATION CONSORTIA
Global Conservation Consortium for Acer
In 2019 BGCI initiated the
Global Conservation
Consortium for Acer (GCCA).
The Red List of Acer: revised and
extended, due early 2020,
states that nearly 25% of Acer species are threatened with
extinction. The GCCA comprises botanical institutions with
specialist knowledge of Acer species, who will work strategically
to conserve threatened members of the genus. The University
of British Columbia Botanical Garden (Canada) is the lead
institution for the GCCA, and will receive support from the
BGCI Global Conservation Consortia Coordinator to achieve
Consortium objectives. Various projects are being developed,
including on the threatened Acer species of Yunnan and
taxonomic work on section Macrantha. The Consortium will
meet formally for the first time in 2020.
Xiangying Wen and partners planting Dalbergia odorifera in
Gongcheng project base Global Conservation Consortium for
Rhododendron
In China, there are 50 members including seven Patron
Gardens: South China Botanical Garden, Xishuangbanna In 2018, BGCI established the
Tropical Botanical Garden, Shenzhen Fairylake Botanical Global Conservation
Garden, Shanghai Botanical Garden, Shanghai Chenshan Consortium for Rhododendron
Botanical Garden, Beijing Botanic Garden, Hunan Forest (GCCR). This Consortium
Botanic Garden, two of which were new Patron Garden includes botanic gardens with
Members in 2019. specialist knowledge of rhododendrons, which will deploy their
knowledge and resources for the integrated (in situ and ex situ)
To implement the Global Trees Campaign in China in 2019, BGCI conservation of Rhododendron species. BGCI has secured
funded 10 projects to conserve 13 threatened tree species. funding for Rhododendron conservation projects in the
More than 29,900 seedlings were raised by BGCI China projects, following countries: China, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.
through working with botanical gardens, forest departments, The Consortium lead institution for the GCCR is Royal Botanic
plant conservation organisations, as well as local communities. Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) (UK) and Dr Alan Elliot has been
All projects apply integrated conservation approaches, by appointed as its coordinator. He is developing various projects
integrating ex situ conservation efforts and reintroductions. such a taxonomic review, micropropagation experiments and
curation of RBGE threatened Vireya taxa, to test genetic diversity.
In 2019, BGCI China training events were attended by 200
people from 25 institutions in China. In addition, more than
817 local villagers were trained on the techniques of
propagation, cultivation, reintroduction, as well as harvesting
in China. This accompanied the distribution of about 300
training materials. To raise awareness of plant conservation
for local authorities, local people, and students, the BGCI
China office organised one stakeholder workshop with about
80 stakeholders attending/participating and held 5
educational activities in local kindergarten, primary schools for
about 1,050 students, accompanied with the distribution of
about 5,136 outreach materials and included 52 exhibition
panels with the theme of threatened plants.
BGCI China translated a selection of BGCI's resources into
Chinese in 2019. The Chinese Association of Botanical
Gardens (CABG) is working on the translation of BGCI’s Manual
on Planning, Developing and Managing Botanic Gardens into
Chinese and will be finished in 2020. The Species Recovery
Briefs were translated into Chinese and uploaded to the BGCI
website in 2019. Rhododendron luciferum (Ken Cox)
13 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019world’s two oak diversity hotspots. East Asia (the other
diversity hotspot) will be a priority focus for GCCO expansion
in 2020. Moving forward, the GCCO will take the place of the
OACN team members and local partners transplanting 700 Global Oak Conservation Partnership, an initiative established
seedlings of endangered Quercus brandegeei to a field study plot in 2016 by The Morton Arboretum, BGCI and FFI to integrate
in Baja California Sur, Mexico targeted in situ and ex situ conservation of priority threatened
oak species.
Global Conservation Consortium for Oak
Oaks of the Americas Conservation Network
The Global Conservation The Oaks of the Americas Conservation Network (OACN) is a
Consortium for Oak (GCCO) regional, cross-sector conservation and research consortium
was officially launched in 2019, whose 100+ members from eight countries work collaboratively
led by The Morton Arboretum to conduct the research needed to understand and reverse the
(USA). The GCCO aims to threats facing oak species in the Americas, with a focus on
collect, cultivate and conserve the world’s 450 species of oak Mexico and Central America, a global diversity hotspot for oaks.
(genus Quercus). The GCCO is now recruiting members at the OACN activities in 2019 included a meeting at The Morton
Consortium Steering Committee, Species Champion, and Safe Arboretum; significant progress on elucidating the oak
Site levels, with an initial focus in North America, one of the phylogeny; dozens of field surveys in Mexico, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Costa Rica that discovered previously unknown
populations of rare species (and confirmed other populations
that are extirpated); thousands of acorns collected and seedlings
reintroduced in the wild for priority threatened species; and the
establishment of field research plots in Baja, Mexico.
Global Conservation Consortium for Magnolia
In 2019, BGCI also established
the Global Conservation
Consortium for Magnolia
(GCCM). Partners so far involved
include botanical institutions
based in centres of diversity for Magnolia as well as specialists
from further afield. Atlanta Botanical Garden is leading the
GCCM. The first meeting of the Global Conservation Consortium
for Magnolia was held at the Neotropical Conservation
Consortium for Magnolia in Mexico in July 2019. The next
OACN team members and local partners GCCM meeting will be held in South Korea in April 2020.
14 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019Sharing Knowledge
DATA SERVICES
PlantSearch (https://tools.bgci.org/plant_search.php)
is the only global database of living plant, seed, and tissue
collections composed of over 1.4 million records Seed collection of Pinus krempfii, showcased in BGjournal
representing nearly 600,000 taxa maintained at
over 1,100 botanic gardens. In 2019, PUBLICATIONS
approximately 300 institutions updated their taxa
lists, over 1,600 requests for information and material were BGjournal
sent through PlantSearch, and 26 bulk data requests were
provided for research and conservation projects around the Two issues of BGjournal
world. BGCI staff participated in a series of three workshops were published during 2019.
focused on integration of BGCI’s data services, including The January edition focused
alignment of PlantSearch and ThreatSearch data. With on Access and Benefit
successful funding awarded in 2019, BGCI-US will lead an Sharing and highlighted the
effort in 2020 to enhance PlantSearch and develop an ways in which botanic
accessions-level module to guide pedigree management of gardens around the world are implementing the provisions
species of conservation concern. of the Nagoya Protocol. Of particular note are the respectful
relationships many botanic gardens are developing with the
GardenSearch (https://tools.bgci.org/garden_search.php) local and indigenous communities who are the custodians
is the only source of information on botanic garden features, of much of the world’s plant diversity. The August edition
facilities, and programmes, and provides over 3,600 continued this theme by examining the plant collecting
gardens worldwide with a visible web presence, activities of botanic gardens and showcased the wide
even when they don’t have a website. Approximately range of local and international partnerships that support
250 new Garden Editors were registered, and over such activities. Past issues of BGjournal are now available
500 GardenSearch profiles were updated by Garden on JSTORE and the BGCI website.
Editors in 2019. With successful funding awarded in 2019,
BGCI-US will lead an effort in 2020 to enhance GardenSearch Roots
and update the online interface.
BGCI produced two issues of
GlobalTreeSearch (https://tools.bgci.org/global_tree_ Roots in 2019. The first,
search.php) is a global list of the world’s tree species and published in May, was titled
their country distributions. It was launched in 2017 Responsible research and
and now lists 60,012 tree species. In 2019, 1,447 innovation (RRI). This topic
species were added to the tree list and over was chosen to align with the
13,000 geographic and taxonomic changes were final stages of BGCI’s BigPicnic project, which used RRI
made, reflecting feedback from our partners and taxonomic to engage the public with food security. This issue featured
progress in many groups. articles from the BigPicnic project and the wider sector on
the use of RRI in botanic gardens and other informal learning
ThreatSearch (https://tools.bgci.org/threat_search.php) sites. The second, published in November, focused on citizen
is the most comprehensive database of conservation science and included a range of examples of ways in which
assessments of plants, including global, regional botanic gardens are using citizen science to enhance
and national assessments. It has over 345,000 participation and contribute towards the conservation work
conservation assessments of plants, with about of our sector. Past issues of Roots can be found at
62,000 species considered globally threatened. https://www.bgci.org/resources/bgci-tools-and-
It covers assessments carried out at a global as well as resources/roots/
national scales. It was promoted by the CBD Secretariat to
all CBD national focal points as the authoritative source of Cultivate
information on threatened plants towards achieving Target
2 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. In 2019, five issues of BGCI’s e-newsletter Cultivate were
published. Each issue contained a summary of recent
news, events and publications and was sent to around
7,000 recipients.
15 BGCI’s Annual Member’s Review 2019BGCI Website Red List Assessments
In 2019, BGCI launched a revamped and upgraded website In 2019, BGCI and Global Tree Assessment (GTA) partners
to better advocate for BGCI’s Members and all of our work published assessments for 8,282 species of tree on the IUCN
in plant conservation at botanic gardens. Red List of Threatened Species. This is four times the
publication output of 2018. Over the year, we have established
BGCI and BGCI members can share news, press releases, partnerships in countries of Mesoamerica, the Philippines,
articles, blogs and upcoming events in the News and Events Papua New Guinea and islands of the South Pacific, while
Centre. The Jobs Centre is a listing of jobs at BGCI and at continuing to work with partners in Madagascar, Malaysia, Brazil
BGCI Member Institutions. As a BGCI member, you are and Colombia and with taxonomic experts in Annonaceae,
entitled to share news, events, and job announcements Lamiaceae and Lauraceae. Over 200 individuals have now
and can do so by completing the form found here: contributed to GTA.
https://www.bgci.org/members-news-events-and-job-
postings/ In January, The Red List of Tovomita was
published. It included assessments for all 50
BGCI will share our efforts to support plant conservation and species in the genus Tovomita, a Neotropical
botanic gardens across the globe in the Projects and Case genus of Clusiaceae. Despite being the third
Studies Centre. Successful recipients of the Global Botanic largest genus in Clusiaceae, it is relatively
Garden Fund will be promoted on this page. Additionally, poorly known, with 38% assessed as
BGCI Members and supporters can now access our incredible Data Deficient. The group is also poorly
resources in our updated Tools and Resources Centre. represented in ex situ and in situ
conservation sites, an issue that would otherwise have gone
unnoticed without this publication.
In September, the European Red List of Trees
was published marking one of the first
complete regional groups of trees on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The
publication includes assessments for 454
tree species native to Europe. Forty-two
percent of native species were assessed
as threatened. When looking only at the
species endemic to Europe, 58% are threatened with
extinction in the wild. But luckily, 359 species (79%) are
Number of
Web page page views currently known to occur in at least one protected area
and 393 European tree species (87%) are found in ex situ
Whole site 1,070,017 collections in botanic gardens and arboreta worldwide.
Home page 57,353
Botanic Garden Jobs 22,572 Ex Situ Surveys
PlantSearch 22,014
GardenSearch 14,008 In 2019, BGCI-US conducted ex situ surveys of Crop Wild
GlobalTreeSearch 10,649 Relatives and Coffea spp. using PlantSearch as a foundation,
Member’s Area 7,259 followed by more detailed data requests for garden
collaborators around the world. Overall, we found significant
collections of crop wild relative species in botanic garden
collections, especially for U.S. native crop wild relatives. Botanic
gardens maintain important Coffea spp. accessions, of which
40% are of wild origin and also include six taxa not known
in crop gene bank collections. The results of the Crop Wild
Relatives survey were published in the Crop Science journal,
and the Coffea spp. survey report is planned for 2020.
Also, as part of The Red List of Tovomita, BGCI conducted an
ex situ survey for the group, which found that none of the 50
trees that make up the genus occurred in ex situ collections.
Therefore the collection of these species for botanic garden,
arboretum and seed bank collections is a high conservation
Tovomita megantha (Lucas Marinho) priority for the genus.
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society today, people and in that deal with food
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their dietary needs growing awareness that address understand
expertise and
education, the common areas
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food that meets heritage as illustrated
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importance of of climate or academic audiences that the project across formal an opportunity for the requires BigPicnic provided new, innovati be strengthened through
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learning sites are
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security (including Convention for
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in their local to address.
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are well placed hubs to bring stakeholde participatory approach development. settings
settings. United Nations Goals
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BigPicnic’s initial communities,
facilitating discussion Development placed to act as set research priorities project organisation the of food and healthcare BigPicnic the issues raised
sovereignty and
safety.
food security topics. engagement and itself. limited provision as part of
elements – access, a place to explore together to discuss, future. that took place in other countries.
the discussions
and design a sustainable
Sustainable Uganda.
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Seven policy briefs were developed and published as part of the BigPicnic recommendations
BigPicnic Recommendations Denvir, A., Alvarez-Clare, S. and Westwood, M. The Morton
Arboretum’s oak conservation efforts in Latin America.
The BigPicnic recommendations are a series of policy briefs International Oaks 30 (2019): 317–323.
developed as part of the BigPicnic project using data collected
from project participants on the topic of food security. There Griffith, M.P., Beckman, E., Callicrate, T., Clark, J., Clase, T., Deans,
are seven policy briefs. Four aim to support policy makers to S., Dosmann, M., Fant, J., Gratacos, X., Havens, K., Hoban, S.,
shape future food policies and funding frameworks and two Lobdell, M., Jiménez-Rodriguez, F., Kramer, A., Lacy, R., Magellan,
seek to support informal learning sites to apply the learning T., Maschinski, J., Meerow, A.W., Meyer, A., Sanchez, V., Spence,
that occurred throughout the project. A seventh policy brief E., Toribio, P., Walsh, S., Westwood, M. and Wood, J. Toward the
specifically addresses issues raised by the Ugandan project metacollection: Safeguarding plant diversity and coordinating
partner to illustrate how their context complements and conservation collections. Botanic Gardens Conservation
contrasts the European. To highlight where BigPicnic findings International-US. San Marino, USA (2019).
link to existing frameworks and illuminate gaps in current policy,
each policy brief maps the BigPicnic recommendations to the Guangman Song; Jun Wang; Taotao Han; Quan Wang; Hai Ren;
most relevant United Nations Sustainability Goals (SDGs) and Huoxing Zhu; Xiangying Wen; Dafeng Hui. Changes
the European Union’s Food 2030 Priorities. in plant functional traits and their relationships with
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environmental factors along an urban-rural gradient in
Toward the Metacollection: Guangzhou, China. Ecological Indicators 106 (2019): 105558.
how we
of plants affects
AT ALL SCALES strategies
to thrive; and
usual models
for
ON TO BIOLOGY in life histories
and reproductive
exceptions diversity of
PAY ATTENTI And the variation species need
the plant world. name suggests, exceptional biological factors
can influence
the genetic
draws us to As the how LEARN FROM ZOOS
and diversity in collections. section illustrates
Great variety them apply. This
for and manage not always
should care diversity may The metacollection approach is a strategy adopted by zoos over 40 years ago and is now embodied in the successful species management
and sustaining
capturing scales. programs for zoo animals. Given that the investment of space and resources needed for large megafauna limit the numbers sustainable at any
at different
collections one zoo, the large numbers needed to conserve viable diversity called for a networked approach to achieve genetic conservation. Gardens
plant kingdom
s across the have been less formalized in networking plant genetic resources, but adapting zoo methods for plant collections yields some important
comparison advances.13 Here, examples of these adapted crossover methods illustrate how animal breeding strategies can help plant collections.
Example: Broad
Coordinating conservation Example: Pedigree analysis guides propagation
Brighamia insignis, as previously described, is limited to what is
in gardens today – wild collections are no longer possible. Thus,
pollinated and cloned propagations are vital to the survival of this
species, which takes us back to the original question: “Which
plants should I grow,” or more specifically, “Which plants should I
breed?” This is important in order to avoid inbreeding and
eventual demise of the ex situ metacollection.
Lesson learned: Don’t depend on the most productive
plants! The ones with the most seed, best germination, and
fastest growth are unconsciously selected for at botanic
gardens.14 Work to ensure that all lines are represented.
lines are easier to breed than others; the famous example of the
golden lion tamarin shows a narrowing of pedigree from reliance
on the more fecund lineages. Pedigree analysis of B. insignis (as
collections to safeguard
of 2018) showed a similar imbalance in propagations – some
Hai Ren, Haining Qin, Zhiyun Ouyang, Xiangying Wen, Xiaohua
One approach used by zoos to answer
Miami, Floridathis question is to track founding lines were easier to propagate than others. However
the history Gardens – or crosses between individual plants,
of propagations,
Botanical for genetic diversity conservation, an emphasis on these less-
Nature, Block distant Underrepresented
of descent.
MD/Nurturing through a pedigree, or a record of common lines for future propagations is vital to making sure all
Jeffrey S. Block, A broad comparison may vary
linesGardens.
can be prioritized plantshusbandry to ensure they do not
for future
even when remaining genetic diversity is maintained in the metacollection.
at Block Botanical
collections leave thespecies,
of exceptional metacollection. This is especially important when some
as these beautiful conservation
plants, such to the genetic
of vascular be applied
400,000 species methods can the other rule:
each
LEGEND
There are nearly insight into what general variation is and
relatives provides returns). Great their “capture curve”
diminishing Wild Origin
of the value Maternal Line
the in the rate This shows
due to biology. genera across species varies plants needed.
Haupu collections,
species from
five number of species in Paternal Line
from monocots threshold for conserving how well a
11 exceptional to oaks, and models for can affect L=1 x
We compared from gymnosperms history and
biology of generalized how specific factors
plant diversity
– diversity. EXTANT DEAD
plant kingdom determine whether natural in collections but also shows capture genetic
protocol can
Jin, Hong Liu,Hongfang Lu, Ju Zhou, Yan Zeng, Paul Smith,
– to be captured from the x
to mallows diversity can rules emerged species generalized L=
number of living plants
how well wild Two general per accession
influences for all
approach. diversity, but the law of x x L=1
using a standard plants capture more
more efficiency (i.e.,
study. First, of reduced Lesson learned: from
reach a point benefits
you eventually Every plant to
x L=7 x
broader sampling– but a
capture diversity
L=16 x L=4 x L=1
for
single protocol can
collections x x x L=8
Quercus capturing results,
lead to different species.
on the
Zamia Wild Origin dependingL=1 x x L=1 x L=8 x L=4
genetic capture
Na Pali sampling
A common very
Coast L=1work
protocol may x L=2 x L=28 x L=1
Peter Jackson, Joachim Gratzfeld, Suzanne Sharrock, Haigen
x
Pseudophoeni for some
predictably but not
L=2 oaks)
groups (e.g., x L=7 x L=19
Magnolia cycads).
others (e.g.,
Increasing
x x L=71
Hibiscus
x x L=1
L=1 x L=2
plants in
number of of rapid increase
Increasing
general pattern showing that a
– shows the L=1 x
to mallows across all species,
from gymnosperms rate of capture differs plants.
at plants – off point. The needs of all
A broad look conservation
BGCI-US and the Montgomery Xu, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Qinfeng guo, Weibang Sun, Jinshuang Ma,
with a tapering not serve the
genetic capture protocol may
sample size
standardized
Tracking the pedigree of Brighamia insignis collections at the National Tropical Botanical Garden reveals overrepresented and underrepresented
lines, and lets collection managers best decide how to manage future propagations.
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Botanical Center present findings of a Yonghong HU, Qianmei Zhang, Lina Zhao. Progress of
3-year, multi-institutional project (IMLS award MG-30-16-0085- implementation on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
16) to find the most effective ways to capture, steward and (2011-2020) in China. Biological Conservation (2019): 169-178.
sustain plant diversity in botanic gardens. This 12-page guide
summarises the results and lessons learned from intensive Hai Ren, Huilin Yi, Qianmei Zhang, Jun Wang, Xiangying Wen,
review and novel genetic studies of this fundamental need. Qinfeng Guo, Hong Liu. Morphological and physiological traits
of the rare and endangered plant Euryodendron excelsum as
Publications affected by conservation translocation (augmentation vs.
conservation introduction) in South China. Photosynthetica 57,
Meyer, A. and Barton, N. Botanic Gardens Are Important no. 1 (2019): 217-225.
Contributors to Crop Wild Relative Preservation. Crop Science.
59: 6 (2019): 2404-2412. Hills, R., Bachman, S., Forest, F., Moat, J. and Wilkins, P.
Incorporating evolutionary history into conservation
Beckman, E., Meyer, A., Denvir, A., Gill, D., Man, G., Pivorunas, assessments of a highly threatened group of species, South
D., Shaw, K. and Westwood, M. Conservation gap analysis of African Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae). South African Journal of
native U.S. oaks. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA (2019). Botany 123 (2019): 296-307.
Daoping yu, Xiangying Wen, Cehong Li, Tiyi Xiong, Qixin Peng, Janicke, S., Beech, E. and Rivers, M. “Exploring the diversity
Xiaojie Li, Kongping Xie, Hong Liu, Hai Ren. Integrated and conservation status of tree species with TreeeX.”
conservation of Parakmeria omeiensis (Magnoliaceae): Environmental Earth Sciences 78, no. 21 (2019): 627.
A Critically Endangered plant species endemic to Southwest
China. Oryx (2019) (accepted).
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