Botanic Gardens Congress Papers Available
The papers presented at the 4th Global Botanic Gardens Congress are now available on the BGCI website:
The Fourth Global Botanic Gardens Congress ‘Addressing global change – a new agenda for botanic gardens’ was held at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland near Dublin from 13 June to 18 June 2010. The congress was a great success with over 370 delegates attending, representing 53 countries.
There were 13 plenary addresses, 27 parallel sessions (of which 12 were organised symposia on special topics), 136 talks and 3 panel discussions. Feedback was provided at the end of every session and was divided into three themes:
- strategies and targets
- conservation action
- engaging with society
A conclusions session on the last day of the congress lead to a conclusions presentation. During the Congress there were calls to establish:
- A Botanic gardens cycad collections consortium (as part of IUCN SSC)
- A European network of botanic gardens working with cryptogams
- An Oceanic Island Plant Network
For more information:
Posted: 06/12/2010