BGCI have put together a summary of the main action points from the recent 7th Global Botanic Gardens Congress held in Melbourne. They had an incredible 500 delegates attend from 36 countries.Read the summary here. The conference also highlighted the urgent need to share data in international seed and germination trait databases. This resulted in the launch of a new international database for primary seed germination data which we encourage you to contribute to. Dr Lydia Guja from the Australian National Botanic Garden is the Australian representative on the coordination team for this new database. |