Over the last 18 months, BGCI and partners have been working on the setup The Illegal Plant Trade Coalition IPTC—a collaborative group working to raise awareness, share knowledge, and shift behaviour to stop plant poaching. 🔍 Follow us to learn more #ThinkTwice,TradeRight

The latest Cultivate is out! 🌍 Learn more about the IUCN congress 📣BGCI is looking for a new Secretary General 🌳 BGjournal call for articles And several surveys for you to participate in. 👉 See https://t.co/Ln1Tfl6qiD #Cultivate #IUCNcongress #PlantConservation #BGCI

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The Board of BGCI is undertaking an international search to recruit an outstanding candidate to become its Secretary General, when the current holder of that position, Dr Paul Smith, steps down in 2026. 👉 Apply now https://t.co/YJigljVyTf #JobAnnouncement #SeceretaryGeneral

Hear what our IPTC members have to say! https://t.co/38pyvCko1m Plant biodiversity is essential to all life on earth, join us towards mitigation of wild plant extinction, use the Coalition to ensure your plants are ethically sourced & share our message. #ThinkTwiceTradeRight

One week on from the launch of the Illegal Plant Trade Coalition, we are excited to share our first Newsletter containing stories from our partners across the globe as they take up the challenge to prevent plant extinctions #ThinkTwiceTradeRight https://t.co/RjFb3IuTTf

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(2/2) Just like fine art, rare plants are now highly prized in the black-market trade, an illegal demand that is driving the removal of endangered species from their native ecosystems and sometimes even from the very gardens working to protect them. 🌱 #ThinkTwiceTradeRight

(1/2)Provenance matters for plants too! Provenance is often associates with art, tracing the history of ownership to verify authenticity. With plant theft on the rise, tracking a plant’s origin has become essential... 🌱 #ThinkTwiceTradeRight

Complex international laws and common e-commerce platforms make it hard to know what’s legal and what’s not. Extend the conversation: from wildlife to wild plants. Partner with IPTC today. #ThinkTwiceTradeRight

A recent study found 56 of 193 Critically Endangered plants for sale on eBay. Many of these species are on the brink of extinction in the wild yet are still traded online with buyers unmeaningfully fuelling wild plant extinction. Not every sale is illegal.

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🌴 Comprehensive update to the world's biodiversity hotspots project begins.🌳 The project will re-evaluate biodiversity hotspots and megadiverse countries. For more information 👉 https://t.co/NlVlUEhfeB #STAR #EDGE #BGCI #BiodiversityHotspot #TreeConseration

At #EuroGard10 @IPSN_BGCI hosted a workshop at @OrtoRoma on tackling the threat of Emerald Ash Borer in Europe. 👥21 participants from 13 gardens 👩🏫Talks on policy, monitoring, impact & management 🪲Trap-setting session 🌲Garden tour Read more https://t.co/4iCkypEAGZ

🌎The 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (#SER2025)last week left the ecological restoration community full of hope for the future of ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, and also with much inspiration and enthusiasm for new ideas and collaborations.

We have been ensuring plants are part of the wildlife trade conversations wherever we can this week and making sure people know what the Coalition is doing to save species! Thank you to everyone who has asked to speak, and big thanks to those who came to talk to us!

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The IPTC has been busy at the #IUCNCongress this week. We started the conference with our launch event, have delivered poster presentations, shared our merch and talked illegal plant trade at many partner events! #ThinkTwiceTradeRight #IUCNCongress #AbuDhabi2025

BGCI have been at the #IUCNCongress #AbuDhabi2025 talking all things botanic gardens & plants! They have been taking part in discussions about the major conservation issues impacting plants today! Thanks to all those who planned events & asked us to speak. #IUCNCongress #plants

We’re proud to share the onboarding of our new Action Partners. We welcome Municipal Botanical Garden of Bauru (Brazil), Species Saviour Initiative Puntland of Somalia & Francisco Javier Clavijero Botanic Garden (Mexico). Come and join us! #ThinkTwiceTradeRight

🌴 BGCI are at the IUCN World Conservation Congress.🌳 Come and see our Secretary General Paul Smith presenting about the Global Tree Assessment at the Americas Pavillion. On Sunday 12th @ 12.00 #IUCNCongress #ConservationNow #NaturePositive #AbuDhabi2025

ACC CEO @DanielleBFranz takes the @TEDTalks stage to share why ACC was founded to engage young conservatives on environmental issues: “I realized that we couldn’t leave climate change to one political party alone.”

🌿 Read our Technical Review to understand the role of gardens in protecting against the illegal plant trade. 🌿 Find out more on our website ( https://t.co/1yrf0qEbNo) The Illegal Plant Trade Coalition - Urging everyone to #ThinkTwiceTradeRight #IUCNCongress #AbuDhabi2025

🌱 Join IPTC! Put plants on the illegal trade agenda & amplify your impact. 🌍 Your voice matters. #ThinkTwiceTradeRight Find out more at the link https://t.co/1yrf0qEbNo

🌲 BGCI are at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 🌳 BGCI are at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Today, come and see our Secretary General Paul Smith and Carly Cowell presenting at the Nature-based Education Pavilion. #IUCNCongress

Did you know that 571 plants have disappeared from the wild? Let's stop more plants from disappearing #ThinkTwiceTradeRight (Humphreys et al. Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 1043–1047 (2019)

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