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Preventing plant extinctions

Preventing plant extinctions

Plants are essential for all life on earth and yet one-third of all plant species are threatened with extinction. We believe that plant species extinction is not inevitable and that every species has a unique role to play. Find out how BGCI works to secure plant diversity across the globe.

Our regional programmes and projects
   Plants for people

Plants for people

Linking conservation to the provision of sustainable livelihoods is at the heart of our approach to securing plant diversity and ecosystem health at large.

Medicinal plantsHuman well-being
   The Global Trees Campaign

The Global Trees Campaign

In 1998 over 8,753 tree species, 10% of the world's total, were threatened with extinction.

The campaignMagnoliaOaks
 
Plants and climate change    Policy frameworks    Education

Education

One of BGCI's key work areas is in education.

Visit our Education centre