CBCN's Newsletter

CBCN's Newsletter

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This is the "home page" of CBCN Newsletter, (ISSN 1480-8218 (Print Edition), ISSN 1480-8226 (Online Edition), in publication since 1996.

CBCN Newsletter is produced four times a year. The printed version is mailed out, but here you can read all of the past issues right here and get caught up! Here's our back-issues list, starting with our most recent issue:

Volume 9, Numner 1 - July 2005 (PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader). North American Plant Conservation Strategy Targets Finalized; Biodiversity Action Plan for Botanical Gardens in Canada to be Revised; Report from the Applied Plant Conservation Course in Denver; News from A Partnership for Plants in Canada; "FLORA" Ceramic Art Installation on Plants at Risk; News from BGCI; Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens Hosts Invasive Species Play; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 8, Number 3 - September 2004 (PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader). Canadian Botanical Gardens Educators Network to Meet in Montreal in December; RBG Hosts Butterfly Presentations; BGCI Joins GBIF; BGCI Appoints Dan Shepherd as Head of US Office; Announcements; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 8, Number 2. July 2004. (PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader). Help Draft Global and Regional Plant Conservation Targets; Draft North American Targets Document; Draft Global Targets Document; Milestones: Dr. Patrick W. Colgan (1944-2004); Announcements; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 8, Number 1. May 2004. (PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader). Global and Regional Plant Conservation Targets; Chicago Botanic Garden Announces On-Line Plant Conservation Survey; Poaching of Ancient Cedars Thwarted in Ontario; New Investing in Nature - A Partnership for Plants in Canada Web Site Launched; CBCN Web Site Updated; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 7, Number 4. November 2003 (HTML). Invitation to the 2nd World Botanic Gardens Congress, Barcelona, Spain, April 2004; CBCN's New Membership Fees; Updates from Around the Network: Prairies and Western Canada: Biodiversity and Taxonomy Workshops at the Prairie and Northern Plant Diversity Center - 2003, Into the Wild Flowers: Flora of the Sub-Arctic; Quebec: A "Path to Biodiversity;" Updates from Botanic Gardens Conservation International: BGCI Launches Bi-monthly Electronic Bulletin, BGCI to Launch New Newsletter, Progress on the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation, Canadian Organizations Endorsing the International Agenda for Botanic, Gardens in Conservation to date, Is Your Garden Information Up-To-Date?; CBCN Welcomes Three New Board Members; President Reappointed; CBCN Invasive Plants Program Welcomes Two Students; Putting the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation to Use: Part 3: Developing an Botanical Garden Action Plan; Botanic or Botanical? Inquiring Minds Want to Know!; Student Seeking Experience in Plant Conservation; Coming Events; About CBCN; Is This Your Last Issue?

Volume 7, Number 3. July 2003. (PDF for Adobe Acrobat Reader) Progress on A Partnership for Plants in Canada: Exploring Plant Conservation and Education at Canadian Botanical Gardens and Arboreta; Government of Canada Holds Public Information Sessions on the Species at Risk Act; Report: Invasive Species Workshop at Canadian Museum of Nature; CBCN Newsletter Reader Survey; COSEWIC 2003: The List of Plants at Risk in Canada Set to Grow As New Species Studied; News from the Network: 'Science for Plant Conservation 2' Conference Planned for 2005; Changes at CBCN; Putting the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation to Use: Part 2: Assessing a Garden's Activities; CITES Plants in Canada: Part II: CITES-Listed Native Plants and Data Needs; CITES Plants in Canada: Part III: The CITES Scientific Institutions Program and Mandate; Announcements; Coming Events; About CBCN; Take Our On-Line CBCN Newsletter Reader Survey and Help Shape the Future

Volume 7, Number 2. February 2003 (HTML). A Number of Introductions; A Partnership for Plants in Canada; Putting the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation to Use: Part 1; A Botanic Garden for Ottawa; New Directors at Three Major Canadian Gardens; Announcements; CITES in Canada; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 7, Number 1. July 2002 (scanned pages or MS Word doc) AABGA 2002; Bill C-5: 3rd Reading; May COSEWIC List; Green Legacy; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 6, Number 3+4: May 2002 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): May, 2002: CBD COP VI Adopts Global Plant Conservation Strategy; Updates to COSEWIC At-Risk List; RBG Adopts BGCI International Agenda; Smithsonian Warns About Mail Irradiation; Coming Events; Changes at CBCN; About CBCN.

Volume 6, Number 2: September, 2001 (HTML): September, 2001: AABGA 2002 Northern Lights, The Experience of Diversity; Research at Botanical Gardens: An International Conference; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 6, Number 1: June, 2001 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): Biodiversity Action Plan Progress, Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, Minister's Round Table Parks Canada, Conservation Sessions at AABGA 2001 in Denver, CO, Canadian Delegates Lunch at AABGA 2001, Green Legacy, CBCN at Six, Naturalization Book Reprinted, COSEWIC Updates Canadian Species at Risk, Coming Events & About CBCN

Volume 5, Number 4: December, 2000 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): Biodiversity Action Plan Consultations, Join the Internactive Forum, The Consultation Process, What's in the Biodiversity Action Plan?, Plant Talk Lives! Biodiversity Action Plan: Actions, Botanical Gardens: Ethical Guidelines, The Rarest Plant on Earth? In Canada?, Coming Events & About CBCN

Volume 5, Number 3: November, 2000 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): Climate Change and Biodiversity, RBG Seed Bank Progress Report, Field Preservation of Tissues for Genomics, Request for Daphne Germplasm, Announcements: Positions Available: Ecogift Program, New Journal: Conservation Biology in Practice, RBG Appointment New Director of Research, Coming Events

Volume 5, Number 2: October, 2000 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): 2000 - A Landmark Year in Plant Conservation; Introduction to the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation; World Botanic Gardens Congress 2000; Erich Haber Receives Roland Michener Conservation Award; Jardins de Métis Conservation Program Sponsored by Hydro-Québec; Milestones; Announcements: Position Available at FSC; Coming Events

Volume 5, Number 1. June, 2000 (HTML) (.pdf for Adobe Acrobat Reader): Canadian Botanical Gardens Consortium for Biodiversity; Gran Canaria Declaration on the Need for a Global Program of Plant Conservation; Updates to COSEWIC Species at Risk List: 2000; Announcement: positon available; Coming Events.

Volume 4, Number 4, December, 1999: Species at Risk Act; Thanks to Our Members and Supporters; Genetic Resources and Sharing Benefits; World Botanic Gardens Congress 2000; New NC Publications; IUCN Medicinal Plants Specialist Group; ANPC Conference Report; Gymnosperm Seeds; U of G To Host Stewardship Conference; Ottawa Botanic Garden Society; CBCN-L Update; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 4, Number 3, September, 1999: Plant Extinction Warnings at IBC 1999; Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Internship at RBG; IPGRI Staff Vacancy; CBCN Web Site Changes; Biodiversity Action Plan; 5th Annual Conservation Forum; CBCN-L Evolves; Coming Events; About CBCN.

Volume 4, Number 1+2, May, 1999 Biodiversity Action Plan; COSEWIC List Update; Plant Genetic Resources Canada; Genetic Resources in Botanical Gardens; Millennium Gardens Projects; International Agenda for Conservation; ANPC Conference; Announcements: Changes to CBCN Newsletter; Milestones: Laura Touche; Coming Events; Contacting CBCN.

Volume 3, Number 3+4, December, 1998: PGRC Seed Bank Moves West, Erratum, Apologies, Greening Canada, Conservation Gardens at Les Jardins de Métis, Invasive Species: Garlic Mustard, Reviews: Plant Finder Reference Library, Nomenclatural Filters, Tall Grass Prairie Association, Coming Events, Contacting CBCN.

Volume 3, Number 2, June, 1998: Our new format reaches 20 pages! Feature article on RENEW and the Recovery of Enangered Plants in Canada. Other items include: Plant Micropropogation in PEI, IUCN Red List, Native Plant Gardening Ethics, SOLEC '98, Invasive Plants Alert, Auditor General's Biodiversity Report, Unusual Forms of Trillium, CBCN Incorporates and Registers as Charity, CBCN Logo Contest, New Zealand Plant Network, Australian Plant Network, Workshop Report: Kazakhstan, Gardens in China, Park in South Africa, Contacting CBCN, coming events, announcements.

Volume 3, Number 1, March, 1998: First issue incorporating Plant Collections Newsletter: Canada, and our new expanded format (16 printed pages). Articles include: Seed Banks for Endangered Plant Species, Botanic Gardens Conservation International in Discussion with CBCN for Closer Ties, Plant Collections Newsletter Joins CBCN Newsletter, Access to Genetic Resources in Botanical Gardens: an Update, Milestones: Botany in Canada Loses Two Friends, Plantwatch '98, Tallgrass Communities Recovery Plan for Southern Ontario, American Center for Plant Conservation Seeks Improved Funding Equity with Endangered Animals, Announcements, Commentary: Looking for the Lessons in our History, Today's Definition: "ecorestoration", The Pick of the Web, Some Sources on Ownership of Plant Genetic Resources, Coming Events, About CBCN Newsletter.

Volume 2, Number 2, November, 1997: Special issue on Biodiversity Convention issues and access to Genetic Resources in Botanical Gardens. (last issue of first series, Volume 2)

Volume 2, Number 1, August, 1997: Special issue on Invasive Plants. Includes articles by CBCN Research Assistant Melinda Thompson and Dr Erich Haber, Chair of COSEWIC and the Vascular Plants, Lichens and Mossess COSEWIC Subcommittee.

Volume 1, Number 4, March, 1997: The paper edition of this issue is a reprint of Dr Peter Wyse Jackson's article Botanic Gardens and the Convention on Biological Diversity in its entirety. We have reprinted the article to reach as large an audience as possible with this important and informative review of the ways in which botanical gardens can contribute to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

Volume 1, Number 3, October, 1996: Includes report on results of the September, 1996 workshop "Partnerships for Plants", and an appeal tothe international community to respect the principles of sustainable development, conservation and human dignity in relation to food production from the national academies of science of India and Italy.

Volume 1, Number 2, August, 1996: Introducing the CBCN Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory, and notes on CBCN's objectives and relationship with Royal Botanical Gardens.

Volume 1, Number 1, May, 1996: Includes report on results of survey of botanical gardens and related organizations in Canada during fall 1995, and information on September 1996 CBCN workshop.