ABOUT THIS WORKING GROUP
BGCI-US is grateful for the partnership of the United States Botanic Garden, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for making this initiative possible.
Through these working group meetings, we aim to discuss priority species, exchange information about current conservation activities, and identify partnerships opportunities for North American fruit and nut tree crop wild relative conservation.
Related publications:
Conservation Gap Analysis of 9 Priority U.S. Tree Genera (Morton Arb/BGCI-US report)
Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action (Khoury et al. 2020)
NAFANT CWR Conservation Gap Analysis results (Bruns et al. 2023)
Regards,
Colin Khoury, New York Botanical Garden
Emily Warschefsky, Missouri Botanical Garden
Erin Riordan, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Mark Richardson, Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US
Megan Haidet, United States Botanic Garden
Raakel Toppila, Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US
