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BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Publications Our newsletter Events BGCI Congresses Latest news News archives Tools Access and Benefit Sharing IPEN PlantSearch GardenSearch Fundraising links Tech tools Jobs Botanic garden information Definition The history of botanic gardens Botanical illustration Living collections Role of botanic gardens Commercial activity Seedbanks Botanic gardens and conservation Herbaria Information management systems Starting a botanic garden Promoting a botanic garden Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	Resource centre > Publications Publications One of BGCI's major roles is as a publisher of guidance and policy information for and about plant conservation. Most are available free for download; others can be ordered in hard copy for a small fee. Some of our publications are only available to members. Our publications include the following: BGjournal, Roots and Cultivate e-news are all archived online while Cuttings is only available in print Policy Documents Status Reports & Red Lists Manuals & Guides Congress Proceedings Electronic Communications Full Catalogue Manuals & Guides The Darwin Technical Manual contains everything you will ever need to know about running a botanic garden and is the only detailed manual on setting up and running a botanic garden. We also produce guidance documents to help botanic gardens to manage collections and conserve plants effectively. Read more... Status Reports & Red Lists BGCI are in a unique position, which enables us to gather information held by botanic gardens and plant conservation groups. Our ongoing series of reports on the status of plant conservation enable us to effect positive change and make recommendations for action. Read more... Staying in Touch: BGCI Electronic Publications and Alerts BGCI offers several ways of staying in touch with us and the global botanic gardens community through our e-bulletins and news update services. Read more... BGCI Journals BGCI publishes three journals, reporting on the latest plant conservation trends and legislation, as well providing a forum for the world's botanic gardens to share lessons learnt and success stories. Available to members and by subscription, two are also archived online a year after publication. Read more...	Receive Roots Regularly Roots is a bi-annual international education review and essential reading for anyone working in the area of environmental education. Content is in English, French and Spanish. You can receive your own personal copy hot off the press, with the BGCI Education Pack. Click the pic to find out how... Subscribe to BGjournal To receive BGjournal and other BGCI publications, as soon as they are published, become a member of BGCI. Other benefits include free and discounted access to other resources from workshops to technical manuals. You'll also be joining a worldwide network of people working to save plants. 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. 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.