Botanic Gardens Conservation International Us Inc.

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Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) was founded in the U.K. in 1987 to link botanic gardens as a cooperating global network for effective plant conservation. The organization encompasses more than 500 botanic gardens members in 117 countries. BGCI provides technical guidance, data, publications and policy leadership for conservation projects and educational programs through conferences, workshops, training courses and manuals. BGCI also maintains a growing database of rare and endangered plants held in more than 300 botanic gardens worldwide. BGCI helps strengthen regional and national networks of gardens in many parts of the world and bridges worldwide cooperation to the efforts of each member garden. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (U.S.), Inc. (BGCI (US)), works to generate participation in and support for BGCI's worldwide conservation activities in the United States, and coordinates activities with BGCI in the UK to strengthen the organization's ability to