News Published: 11 October 2024

September saw the launch of the Global Conservation Consortium for Whitebeams, Rowans, and Service Trees, led by Westonbirt, The National Arboretum.

To celebrate the launch, Westonbirt hosted specialists and colleagues from conservation organisations across the UK. The event provided an opportunity to share the aims of the GCC and a discussion of conservation priorities within the group and next steps for their conservation.

The launch of the consortium represents the beginning of a new phase of conservation for whitebeams, rowans and service trees, with the aim of building on previous and existing work on the group and coordinating future efforts. The consortium will focus initially on threatened UK and Irish species, before expanding into other parts of the group’s range. A conservation gap analysis for UK and Irish threatened whitebeams, rowans and service trees is in progress and is due for publication in early 2025.

For more information and to get involved with the work of the GCC for Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees, sign up as a consortium Affiliate.