In order to achieve BGCI Accreditation, applicants are required to implement a number of ex situ conservation activities and provide evidence of these in their application.

Examples of ex situ plant conservation activities (this list is not exhaustive):

• Engagement with local or national policy makers on the development of National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans, or
  equivalents
• Contribute to international plant conservation policy (e.g. the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation, CBD etc.)
• Training courses on plant conservation attended by staff
• Training courses on plant conservation policy, practice or communication offered
• Conservation volunteer programme in place
• Publication of plant conservation, environmental, traditional knowledge research for policymakers, researchers, or the general
  public
• Horticultural trials carried out on native or threatened taxa
• Propagation and germination studies carried out on native or threatened taxa
• Publications on wild (non-domesticated) plant diversity
• Wild species seed conservation
• Wild species propagation
• Exchange or supply of wild species material with other conservation practitioners or gardens
• Field gene banks or ex situ collections managed for conservation purposes
• Improving horticultural knowledge for native and/or threatened taxa

Below you will find examples of evidence for ex situ conservation activities submitted by successful BGCI Accreditation applicants.