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Related Links Add your meeting BGCI Congresses UPCOMING BGCI CONGRESS: 7th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens, hosted by Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa in 2009 Nature as Teacher and Timeless Wisdom for Self, Community and Planetary Healing January 10-19, 2009 Costa Rica Council for cultural and biological diversity (CCBD) and sentient experientals present “Nature as Teacher and Timeless Wisdom for Self, Community and Planetary Healing” at Guaria de Osa, Rainforest Ocean Wilderness Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens Read more.. Courses on Field Identification of Tropical Plants 2009 Costa Rica Short Intensive International Cources on Field Indentification of Tropical Plants (Tropical Dendrology) given in Costa Rica every year Read more.. 2nd Pakistan Botanic Gardens Conference 2nd to 4th February 2009 Lahore, Pakistan Botanic Garden GC University Lahore is holding the 2nd Pakistan Botanic Garden Conference on "Botanic Garden: A vehicle to Strengthen Public/Private/NGO Partnership for Plant Conservation Activities" Read more.. Back to Top Meeting the needs of those that use scientific names 18-19 February 2009 Museo National de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid A workshop organised for professionals from outside the scientific systematic community. Organised by EDIT, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew & Natural History Museum, London. Go to http://www.e-taxonomy.eu for further information. Read more.. Compatible with Climate Change March 10, 2009 Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan Impacts of Climatic Change on different ecological zones of biosphere as well as habitat pose challenges to the environmentalists, social scientists & policy makers to understand the prevailing phenomenon & formulate tactics & strategies in order to minimize the threats to living being on earth. Read more.. Biodiversity: Present Status and Future challenges 10 -12th March 2009 India National Conference on Biodiversity: Present Status and Future Challenges will be held from 10 - 12th March 2009 at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. Read more.. Back to Top Inaugural Canadian Gardens and Tourism Conference March 16 & 17, 2009 Toronto, Canada Inaugural Canadian Gardens and Tourism Conference to be held in Toronto on March 16 & 17, 2009 and co-hosted by Alexander Reford and Mark Cullen. Read more.. Walk the winter trails of Bedgebury January to March 2009 Goudhurst, kent In these stressful times we all need a haven of peace and beauty to relax and get away from it all. Read more.. The 2nd International Symposium on the Family Magnoliaceae 5 – 8 May 2009 Guangzhou, China The family Magnoliaceae is one of the most primitive taxa of angiosperms. Knowledge of this family is essential for the researches on the origin, evolution, floristic geography and systematic of the angiosperms. Read more.. Back to Top Eurogard V: Botanic Gardens in the Age of Climate Change June 8-12 2009 Helsinki, Finland This congress covers topics crucial for the conservation of plant diversity and other tasks of botanic gardens in a world with a changing climate. The focus is on the theoretical base and best practise examples for ex situ collections as a conservation tool. Read more.. BGCI's 7th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens 1 - 6 November 2009 Durban, South Africa The title of our 2009 Education congress ‘Action Learning: places, spaces and partnerships for biodiversity and human wellbeing’ encapsulates the dynamic and relevant role of botanic gardens today. Read more..	International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition BGCI Garden Search Research over 2500 botanic gardens around the world on our unique Garden Search. Whether you are looking for collaboration, want to find out about plant collections or just want to visit a garden on holiday, the search will help you. Garden staff can login and update your own garden's pages. The Nature of Success: Success for Nature BGCI’s 6th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens, billed as "the best ever", inspired, motivated and brought educators together. The Proceedings are now online - follow the link above. Cultivate E-Bulletin Cultivate bi-monthly e-bulletin brings you opinion, comment, case studies and surveys for and about the world's botanic gardens. Sign up today - click the link. International Diploma in Botanic Garden Education BGCI and RBG Kew offer an international diploma course in education for botanic garden staff. Participants will learn education skills and strategies to get their message across effectively to varied audiences. The emphasis is on interactive learning. Have your say! BGCI Membership Questionnaire 2008 BGCI is striving to improve the services that we provide to our members. We need your help in order to do this. Please take 5 minutes to submit our Membership Questionnaire.