News & Blog – August 2018

Exploring Silhouette Island in search of two Critically Endangered tree species in the Seychelles

Posted on August 31st 2018 by Emily Beech

    GTC, alongside the Island Conservation Society and biodiversity consultant Bruno Senterre, went in search of two Critically Endangered tree species known only from a single island in the Seychelles archipelago, Silhouette. Silhouette is an island of two ridges, with cliffs, valleys and waterfalls like the one above. It is home to many interesting plant…

Getting to know GTC: Interview with Joachim Gratzfeld

Posted on August 6th 2018 by Emily Beech

  In our new interview series we meet some of the people working on or with the GTC to save the world’s most threatened trees from extinction. Our first interview is with Joachim Gratzfeld, Director of Regional Programmes at BGCI working on GTC projects across the world. How did you get into tree conservation? Perhaps…