"To slow the pace of mass extinction... we need urgent, coordinated action." A great article on #metacollections & why we are building them as part of the #GCCMagnolia. Imperiled in the Wild, Many Plants May Survive Only in Gardens e360.yale.edu/features/plant… via Yale Environment 360

Four #Magnolia species from #Cuba were updated/published in today's IUCN Red List update: Magnolia oblongifolia & M. cristalensis: Vulnerable; M. minor: Endangered; and M. orbiculata: Critically Endangered. iucnredlist.org

Honoured to receive the Magnolia Society International Grant USA To study and safeguard these gentle giants of the wild GlobalTreeAssessment Botanic Gardens Conservation International 🌿💫 #Magnolia #Conservation

2024 was an eventful year for the GCCM, our Affiliates, and Species Stewards. Read more about the Consortium's work to support #Magnolia conservation across the globe in the 2024 Year in Review, available in English, Español, and 中文: bit.ly/3Re2xXu

Field teams from Atlanta Botanical Garden and SC Botanical Garden visited populations of #Magnolia pyramidata in South Carolina, finding significant flowering on mature individuals. They'll collect seed later this year to increase genetic diversity of the species' ex situ metacollection

Progress continues on a Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund supported project to survey & update #IUCNRedList assessments of Indonesian #Magnolia species. Last month BRIN Indonesia researchers surveyed 2 sites in West Sumatra, located mature individuals, and collected seedlings of Magnolia sumatrae.

Going to the American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference in Denver next week? Join GCCM Coordinator Jean Linsky and others for 2 sessions on planning conservation metacollections and learn how Atlanta Botanical Garden and SC Botanical Garden have collaborated to build a #Magnolia pyramidata metacollection

Applications for the EDGE of Existence Fellowship are open - deadline 21st July! Including Magnolias!!!!

The 2026-2029 GlobalTreeAssessment Strategic Plan was released this month. This version emphasizes key targets in conservation action planning and leveraging the GCCM and other GCCs to support development of more conservation action plans for priority tree species: tinyurl.com/2hy2xd9b

Trees are essential to support life on Earth, but did you know that more than one in tree species globally are at risk of #extinction? Discover what can be done in a recent IUCN Red List update. shorturl.at/JXsvd

📣 Abstract submissions and scholarships for 2026 Botanical Bridges Congress have been extended! 📅 Deadline for both abstract and scholarship is September 30, 2025 For more info buff.ly/JX634OS #BotanicalBridgesCongress #BBC2026

Tecnológico de Antioquia Institución Universitaria and partners developed a citizen science project for local communities to identify trees and monitor phenology of Magnolia wolfii. The species is assessed as CR by IUCN Red List. Learn more about the course tinyurl.com/4a6fm8t8

🎉Franklinia Foundation recently awarded funding to @ATLbotanical for a 3 year project on assisted elevational migration for threatened tropical montane tree species in Puerto Rico, including Magnolia splendens and M. portoricensis, both assessed as EN on the IUCN Red List

Magnolia banghamii, endemic to N. Sumatra, is assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. With support from Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, researchers from BRIN Indonesia and Universitas Samudra documented their recent fieldwork to survey populations and collect cuttings

With support from the APGA-USFS Tree Gene partnership, field teams from DJESSIM, @scbotgarden, and Wildflower Center collected Magnolia pyramidata fruits in SC & TX. Seeds were processed and will be shared among gardens to support the metacollection of this endangered species

Salvamontes Corporation has completed 45-month, Fondation Franklinia-funded project in Alto de Ventanas, Colombia, to conserve 3 threatened Magnolia species through surveys, ex situ propagation, in situ conservation & community action: app.sheepcrm.com/bgci/news/9ca1…

Using drones to assess a remnant forest fragment in Cobán, #Guatemala, Estación Experimental de Orquídeas de la Familia Archila found a population of #Magnolias. Read more about the discovery: app.sheepcrm.com/bgci/news/786a… 📷: Javier Archila

The 2025-2030 GCCM Steering Committee is now finalized! Contact your region’s Steering Committee Member to see how you can get involved in GCCM efforts: drive.google.com/file/d/19mgF4G…

With Franklinia Foundation support, SalvaMontes Corporation conserved 3 threatened Colombian Magnolia species. Teams climbed trees, used mesh grids to protect fruits, collected wild seed, developed propagation protocols, and outplanted 261 seedlings into suitable habitats.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden welcomed Dr. Francisco Sánchez Parrales from Jardín Botánico Padre Julio Marrero last week to discuss ongoing work in Magnolia conservation in Ecuador. Francisco also spent time learning with Atlanta's seed bank team.