[PCA] Botanic garden collections, expertise, and facilities: make sure your institution is included!

[Hird, Abby]

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Dear Botanic Garden Colleagues,

To achieve the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation's targets, BGCI US is working with the United States Botanic Garden to implement recommendations from the 2010 North American Collections Assessment<http://www.bgci.org/usa/NACA2010report>.  This includes increasing the quality and quantity of data held in BGCI's PlantSearch and GardenSearch databases for the U.S., and we want to make sure we have accurate information for your garden!

What you can do: find your institution in GardenSearch<http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php>, register as a Garden Editor<http://www.bgci.org/cms/garden_apply.php>, login and update your GardenSearch profile, and upload a current list of taxa maintained by your garden. Given the dynamic nature of botanic gardens and living collections, we encourage all gardens to update their profiles and collections data on an ANNUAL BASIS.

Please participate by Friday, November 18, 2011 - don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions or need assistance.  Find out more at our website: www.bgci.org/usa/MakeYourCollectionsCount<http://www.bgci.org/usa/MakeYourCollectionsCount>.

Every garden can make important contributions to plant conservation via PlantSearch and GardenSearch:

*          It is quick, easy, and free.

*          Find out the conservation value of your collections, and receive a names audit.

*          Connect your collections, expertise, and facilities to a global botanical community.

*          Expand the collective knowledge of plant diversity in cultivation.

Thank you for supporting this global conservation effort.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Abby Hird
Research Associate
Botanic Gardens Conservation International US
Tel: 617.384.5774
E-mail: abby_hird at harvard.edu<mailto:abby_hird at harvard.edu>

Andrea Kramer, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Botanic Gardens Conservation International US
Tel: 847.835.6971
E-mail: andrea.kramer at bgci.org<mailto:andrea.kramer at bgci.org>


About BGCI's databases:  Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is dedicated to providing a free, comprehensive online resource on the world's botanical institutions and the plants they cultivate.  Our GardenSearch and PlantSearch databases support the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation<http://www.bgci.org/plants2020/about-the-gspc/> (GSPC), and provide valuable tools for connecting botanic garden collections, expertise, and facilities to a global botanical community.






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