This first assessment of Europe’s Vascular Plants has assessed 1,826 species and shows us that at least 467 species are threatened.

BGCI's 'Guide to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation' provides a simple introduction to all the objectives and targets of the GSPC, as well as background information, definitions and relevant facts for each target.

BGCI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, consolidating a partnership on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ illustrates the efforts undertaken by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and its partners to expand the number and diversity of species assessed. However plants remain under-represented on the Red List.

BGCI is offering five UK botanic gardens the exciting opportunity to grow and enhance their social roles, share in building a global community of practice and pilot their own community-based projects.

Participants at an International Workshop in Port-au-Prince, Haiti have called for the urgent establishment of a National Botanic Garden to help address the ongoing and devastating loss of natural habitats, biodiversity and environmental degradation in the country.

A new Red List report into the status of Mexico’s cloud forest trees will provide an important benchmark for the conservation of these important ecosystems.

BGCI has recently received a donation from the Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture in Taiwan to support its tree conservation work in Africa.

New Zealand’s Plant Conservation Network has launched an on-line "Make-your-own plant book" system that can be used to create an infinite number of books.

On Wednesday 5th October, BGCI launched Plant Champions - an innovative biodiversity competition challenging thousands of children around the world to give a contemporary environmental twist to an ancient athletic tradition by designing a wreath for the champions of today.

On Wednesday 5th October, BGCI launched Plant Champions - an innovative biodiversity competition challenging thousands of children around the world to give a contemporary environmental twist to an ancient athletic tradition by designing a wreath for the champions of today.

2011年8月28日,由BGCI和庐山植物园组织，在井冈山生态恢复区域举行了“井冈山珍稀濒危植物的回归”启动仪式，回归的物种主要是长柄双花木和竹柏。

应西安植物园李思锋主任的邀请, 国际植物园保护联盟（BGCI）中国项目官员文香英女士参加了9月4日至8日在西安举行的“2011全国植物园学术年会”并做大会报告.

On Tuesday 5th October, BGCI will be launching Plant Champions - an innovative biodiversity competition challenging thousands of children around the world to give a contemporary environmental twist to an ancient athletic tradition by designing a wreath for the champions of today.

Beth M. Rothschild, a board member and trustee of BGCI, has been awarded the 2011 Greensfelder Medal by Missouri Botanical Garden. The Medal honors individuals who contribute significantly to conservation, botany and horticulture.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has announced that Director (CEO and Chief Scientist), Professor Stephen Hopper FLS will step down in autumn 2012 after six years in the job. He will return to Australia to take up a new Chair in Biodiversity at The University of Western Australia

An interntional workshop will be held in Haiti in October to discuss the development of a National Botanical Garden. A wide range of national and international experts will come together from 23-25 October to share experiences and ideas.

BGCI has recently completed a survey of threatened Japanese plants that can be found in UK gardens. The survey identified 106 threatened Japanese plant species in UK collections which are not known in Japanese collections.

Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat is a new exhibition which has recently been launched at The Morton Arboretum and which will be travelling to other arboreta and botanical gardens across the U.S. Vanishing Acts inspires environmental stewardship and shows how trees enrich our lives.

Copenhagen, Denmark – Innovative use of data accessible through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) may help to identify areas of high cultural value, based on plants used in traditional medicine by Aboriginal people in Australia.