Botanic Garden Networks in the Americas


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North America Canada BGCI Canada The Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN) Website: http://www.rbg.ca/cbcn/ Contact: Dr David Galbraith Email: dgalbraith@rbg.ca USA BGCI US Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) Founded in 1984, the CPC is a network of botanic gardens and arboreta with a mission to conserve and restore the rare native plants of the United States. It currently has 580 of America’s rarest native plants conserved in the national collection it coordinates. American Public Gardens Association (APGA) Website: http://www.publicgardens.org Central America Caribbean Caribbean Botanic Gardens for Conservation Network (CBGCN) Belize Botanic Gardens P.O. Box 180 San Ignacio, Cayo Belize, Central America Tel: (501) 824-3101 Fax: (501) 824-3301 email: info@belizebotanic.org) Contact: Judy du Plooy Report from 2nd CBGCN Conference, 2005: http://www.belizebotanic.org/cbgc/index.html Botanic Gardens - Network Proposal and Bye-laws for the Caribbean Botanic Gardens for Conservation (CBGC) Latin America Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Jardines Botánicos (ALCJB) Argentina BGCI Argentina Red Argentina de Jardines Botánicos Jardín Botánico "Arturo E. Ragonese" Instituto de Recursos Biológicos CRN-CNIA-INTA Las Cabañas y De Los Reseros s.n. (1686) Hurlingham, Buenos Aires ARGENTINA Contacts: Dra. Ana María Molina (Presidenta) E-mail: ana@cirn.inta.gov.ar Ing. Agr. Mr. José María Menini E-mail: jmenini_asesorbotanico@yahoo.com.ar Brazil BGCI Brasil Rede Brasileira de Jardins Botânicos (RBJB) Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ) Rua Pacheco Leao 915 22460-030 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Tel: +55 021 294 6590/51 Fax: +55 021 259 5041 Email: sbruni@jbrj.gov.br Contacts: Sérgio de Almeida Bruni (Presidente) http://www.rbjb.org.br/comentarios_presidente.html Colombia Red Nacional de Jardines Botánicos de Colombia Website: http://www.humboldt.org.co/jardinesdecolombia/html/la_red.htm Cuba Red Nacional de Jardines Botanicos de Cuba Jardín Botánico Nacional de Cuba Universidad de la Habana Carretera del Rocio, Km 3.5 Calabazar Boyeros, Ciudad de Habana Cuba Tel: +53 7 44 5525 Fax: +53 7 32 8722 Email: hajb@ceniai.inf.cu Contacts: Dr Angela Leiva Mexico BGCI México Asociación Mexicana de Jardines Botánicos (AMJB) Website: http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/amjb/ Welcome to BGCI U.S. Read more... Bienvenidos a BGCI México Read more... 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