2026 BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme Award Recipients Announced

ArbNet is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 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.

Below are the names of the awarded recipients.

Forest Science Institute of Central Highlands and South of Central Vietnam (FSIH) and Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park 

Project: “Breaking Ecological Traps and Scaling In-situ Enrichment for the Endangered Taxus wallichiana in Bidoup – Nui Ba, Vietnam”

Jardín Botánico de Cali and Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”

Project: “Establishing Living Collections for Threatened and Relictual Tree Species of the Geographical Cauca River Valley, Colombia”