ArbNet is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme! This funding opportunity supports the development of international collaborations between gardens and arboreta for the purpose of exchanging skills, resources and expertise to advance tree conservation. We are excited to see what these partnerships will accomplish over the next year!
Huntsville Botanical Garden (USA) & Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh (UK)
Huntsville Botanical Garden - Accreditation Level IV
Project: Census and ex-situ safeguarding of Quercus boyntonii
Inala Jurassic Garden (Australia) & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (Wakehurst, UK)
Inala Jarassic Garden - Accreditation Level II
Project: To survey and monitor an in-situ population of Nothofagus cunninghamii (Myrtle Beech) on Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia die Myrtle Wilt disease and collect genetic and reproductive material for storage. This study is a pilot study for further broader, long-term monitoring over the species’ range. N. cunninghamii is an Australian endemic species and adominant tree in the cool temperate rainforests of Victoria and Tasmania.
Yerevan Botanic Garden - Institute of Botany after A.L. Takhtajyan & Kulob Botanic Garden (Tajikistan)
Yerevan Botanic Garden - Accreditation Level II
Project: Armenian-Tajik initative for the ex situ conservation regionally endemic and endangered wild crop relatives and ornamental trees
Tree Heritage Park (Nigeria) & Botanical Village of Ewe Adakplame (Benin)
Tree Heritage Park - Accredited Level II
Project: Local Communities Involvement in planting campaign with native trees to Restore Degraded land of Ewe-Adakplame Relic Forest in Benin
