About Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is the largest plant conservation network in the world representing botanic gardens and plant experts in more than 100 countries.
We coordinate, empower and mobilise our network to carry out plant conservation prioritisation, planning, action and monitoring, preventing plant species extinctions and promoting sustainability.
Our network has a proven record of working with local, national and international leadership to conserve and protect tree species and to restore the ecology of landscapes.
BGCI has the people, facilities, and knowledge to prevent tree species extinctions.
BGCI is uniquely placed to deliver this important work
BGCI’s Tree Conservation Programme
Our Global Trees Conservation Programme is the only global programme dedicated to saving the world’s threatened tree species. 570 rare and threatened tree species have already been conserved, but there is much more work to do.
Leading the global effort on tree conservation
In five years, BGCI has:
Helped to conserve
190 threatened
tree species
Trained 4,500 people
in tree conservation
disciplines
Managed tree
conservation projects in
40 countries
