Kilimanjaro and Meru peeking out above the clouds as I fly South to visit another African mountain.....#SaveOurCedar

Charles Musowa wins again. Up & down in 2h05m! #MulanjeMountain #PortersRace Mount Mulanje I'll be going up at a slightly more relaxed pace tomorrow....#SaveOurCedar

Great trip to Malawi with Dan Luscombe from Bedgebury Pinetum - Forestry England. Checking planting plots on #MulanjeMountain and setting up trials to improve seedling performance in community nurseries. #SaveOurCedar Mount Mulanje

Dinner for African botanic garden representatives at #GPPC2018 in Cape Town. Discussing plans to revive the African Botanic Garden Network.

IUCN Plant Conservation Sub Committee (and a few friends!) Time for a quick side meeting at #GPPC2018 to discuss our thoughts on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation post 2020.

Team meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, with Botanic Gardens Conservation International and Tooro Botanical Gardens. Our new @Darwin_Defra project will set up four large scale indigenous tree nurseries for restoration. #AFR100

Tys Theijsmeijer from RBG Canada kicks off our day of talks about Ecological Restoration in Urban Areas at this year's public symposium of the Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens #erabg Royal Botanical Gardens

Great set of talks today. Thanks to all our presenters! #erabg

Inspiring #ERABG symposium today at Royal Botanical Gardens with a packed room of global restoration practitioners. Stories of science, progress, projects & more work to be done. Botanic Gardens Conservation International SERestoration. Great work.

Second national botanic garden workshop in Tanzania, hosted at the Nelson Mandela African Institute for Science & Technology in Arusha. So nice to see all these great people again!

Arboretum planning meeting under the shade of a flowering Acacia gerrardii. Smells so good!

BREAKING! Malawi's proposal to add its national tree, Mulanje cedar, to #CITES Appendix II WAS ACCEPTED by consensus. Great news from #CITESCoP18 to help fight #illegallogging and export of this precious species! CITES CoP18 CITES #illegaltimber

Excited that @KewScience and Botanic Gardens Conservation International #ReforestationConference is getting started! Even if you haven't registered, you can get the link to the livestream here: kew.org/science/engage…

Make a Difference Week (June 5-13) gives everyone the chance to take part in hands-on #restoration projects in their community. We invite botanic gardens & groups worldwide to organize locally relevant, volunteer-led, and COVID-safe events. ser-rrc.org/make-a-differe… #SER2021 #ERABG

Our State of the World's Trees report is out! 1 in 3 trees are threatened with extinction #StateOfTrees Botanic Gardens Conservation International bgci.org/our-work/proje…

Today as well as #StateOfTrees report we are also launching the GlobalTreePortal. bit.ly/3yyNzj3 This database can be searched at species, country & global level to find out which trees are threatened, where they are & conservation needs. #RightTreeRightPlace Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Kenya has more than 1,100 native trees. Find out how many native and threatened trees there are in the country you're in using Botanic Gardens Conservation International's GlobalTree Portal: bgci.org/resources/bgci… #StateOfTrees #KenyaThreatenedTrees

The Afrotropical biogeographic realm covers much of subsaharan Africa, and boasts a tree diversity of 9,237 which sadly around 1/3 are threatened with extinction in the wild. Inc. CR D species Karomia gigas and Widdringtonia whytei. #RightTreeRightPlace bgci.org/stateoftrees

Conserving over 17,500 threatened trees needs a global response. With over 20 years’ experience, we know what works in tree conservation. Our new report showcases real-life successes that are saving threatened trees: bit.ly/3BTCqv2 #ActionForTrees Fauna & Flora Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Can we grow forests back when they are gone? Yes! says Kirsty Shaw Head of Ecological Restoration & Tree Conservation Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Listen to this story on our #EarthDay Broadcast. 🌳🌴 Watch it on We Don't Have Time: app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/2bea1cb1…