The Interactive Community of Arboreta
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May 26
Have your heard of #SeedYourFuture ?
Spread your plant-passion as a Horticulture Product Manger, providing customer service to clients and work with internal partners at a horticulture company! Learn what it takes to grow into this career with our Career Lookup Tool.
seedyourfuture.org/careers#h…
#SeedYourFuture
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🌳 The GlobalTree Portal has been updated! This new update includes a visual summary of threats affecting each species and aggregation of threats at a country level. 🌍️
Read more about the update: buff.ly/gHS13bK
Visit the GlobalTree Portal: buff.ly/i6LwVLT
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May 5
The BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme is open for applications!
🌱 The Global Botanic Garden Fund is now open for applications!🌳
📅 Deadline June 26, 5 pm UK time
👉 More information: buff.ly/LoPbZ9t
Apply soon!
#PlantConservation #SeedConservation #BiodiversityHotspot #BGCI
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Mar 26
Check out our March #ArbNet newsletter out today!
mailchi.mp/mortonarb/arbnet-…
#citizenscience, #trees, #arboretum
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Mar 25
The planet’s undisturbed old-growth boreal forests may be far more important in the fight against climate change than previously realized, according to a new Science study, which finds that primary forests in Sweden store over 70% more carbon than managed secondary forests.
Learn more: scim.ag/4uL06hL
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Ahead of #ForestDay, the collaboration between the IUCN and Suzano offers a practical example of how companies can translate biodiversity commitments into action on the ground.
The company has identified 125 threatened species across its landscape and prioritised 19 for targeted conservation action
Learn more lnkd.in/ejx_St6Q
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Jan 29
#Fast-growing #TreeSpecies are set to dominate future forests, increasing ecosystem vulnerability and reducing biodiversity, climate resilience, and long-term carbon storage capacity. @NaturePlants doi.org/hbmr85 phys.org/news/2026-01-fast-t…
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12 Dec 2025
📷 Exciting changes are growing at ArbNet! 📷
#ArbNet #TreeNetwork #ArboretumCommunity #NewLook
mailchi.mp/mortonarb/excitin…
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2 Dec 2025
Mapping #arboretum research: Trends, gaps, and opportunities for #biodiversity #conservation, society, and climate resilience
#ThomasReview by Catarina Patoilo Teixeira and Vítor Ramalhosa Ferreira
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ALT Temporal distribution of publications on arboreta.
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10 Dec 2025
This systematic map review analyzes 995 indexed publications retrieved from major academic databases to assess how arboreta have been studied across time, geography, and disciplines.
arbnet.org/news-events/news/…
#trees, #conservation, #arboretum
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Botanic gardens & arboreta welcome 500M visitors yearly and lead vital plant science. This Virtual Issue in @plantspplplanet showcases research tackling biodiversity loss, conserving critically endangered species, ecosystem services and global challenges
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ALT Flowers growing on the rocks
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Launched today the Illegal Plant Trade Coalition (IPTC) - mitigating extinction from plant trafficking. Get involved, sign up to our mailing list, follow us #ThinkTwiceTradeRight #IUCNCongress #AbuDhabi2025 #PoweringTransformativeConservation
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🌎 BGCI are at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
Come and see our Secretary General Paul Smith And Director of Conservation Policy and Practice Carly Cowell presenting at two events on Friday 10th discussing species recovery & protected areas.
#IUCNCongress
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29 Sep 2025
We have published a list of 28 tree species for foresters to grow in the future to adapt to the threats of climate change.
The work is the result of huge collaboration with so many organisations and individuals. 👏👏
@Forest_Research
➡️forestry.gov.scot/news/new-t…
ALT Scots Pine - one of the 28 tree species on the list. Credit Forest Research.
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27 Aug 2025
ArbNet is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2025 BGCI/ArbNet Partnership Programme! View the awardees and their projects here - arbnet.org/2025-bgciarbnet-p…
#ArbNet, #BGCI, #Treeconservation
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12 Aug 2025
All life on earth depends on plants for:
🍞 Food
💊 Medicine and health
🫧 Oxygen
🌡️ Carbon sequestration and climate regulation
🌧️ Water-cycle regulation
🌲 Habitat and biodiversity
🌱 Soil Health & Fertility
Protect our plants. #ThinkTwice,TradeRight
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11 Jul 2025
Scientists discover giant 3,000-year-old trees never before seen by humans dlvr.it/TLsm4b #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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17 Jun 2025
As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat.
In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. (THREAD 🧵) scim.ag/3HJDRok
ALT Infrared imaging shows heat levels in sun-exposed leaves of Alstonia scholaris from the Australian Wet Tropics.
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12 Jun 2025
The Wollemi pine’s unexpected reappearance has challenged long-held beliefs about extinction. Scientists now recognize that some species thought lost may still survive in remote or unexplored regions.
#Wollemipine
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20 May 2025
Conservation Partnerships Available!
Morton Arboretum, the United States Botanic Garden, NatureServe, and BGCI-US are partnering to support US-based projects to collect & protect priority tree species!
For more info and to apply: buff.ly/YC36sxd
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