Useful Links
Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation international (BGCI) have several resources of relevance to tree conservation on their websites:
FFI: http://www.fauna-flora.org/publications/reports-documents
BGCI: http://www.bgci.org/resources
See below for links from some our favourite external sites for tree conservation
General Species Information
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: www.iucnredlist.org
- Tropicos database of plant names: www.tropicos.org
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: http://www.kew.org
- Millennium Seed Bank Partnership: https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/seed-collection
- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh information database for threatened conifers: http://threatenedconifers.rbge.org.uk
Regional Species Information
- African Plants – a photo guide: http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de
- Reflora – A checklist and virtual herbarium for Brazilian flora: http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/
- VECEA (see vegetation maps with information on the distribution of over 1,022 woody species in eastern Africa): http://www.vegetationmap4africa.org/
International Forestry Information
- Bioversity International – Forest and Tree Genetic Diversity Programme: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/forests/
- Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): http://www.cifor.cgiar.org
- FAO Forestry Department: http://www.fao.org/forestry/home/en
- International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO): http://www.itto.int
- Illegal Logging Information: http://www.illegal-logging.info
- United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF): http://www.un.org/esa/forests
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC): http://www.unep-wcmc.org
Forests and Climate Change
- Forest Research – Climate Change Impacts: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/climate-change-impacts/
- FAO Forests and Climate Change: http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/en
Sustainable Timber Use
- Forest Stewardship Council: https://ic.fsc.org
- Global Forest and Trade Network: http://gftn.panda.org
Ecological restoration
- Links to resources on the Ecological Restoration Alliance of Botanic Gardens (ERA) website: https://www.erabg.org/eraresources/
- Guidance from Bioversity International on improving the success of forest and landscape restoration: https://www.bioversityinternational.org/restoration/
- Tropical Nursery Manual available to download from the Reforestation, Nurseries and Genetic Resources website: http://www.rngr.net/publications/tropical-nursery-manual
Seed collection and conservation
- BGCI Seed Conservation Hub: https://www.bgci.org/resources/bgci-tools-and-resources/?type=&topic=seed-conservation&language=
Arboretum resources
- ArbNet, an interactive community of arboreta – resources, accreditation, partnerships and networks http://www.arbnet.org
If you have any relevant links that you would like included on this page, please email globaltrees@fauna-flora.org or globaltrees@bgci.org