The basic guidance for threatened tree conservation briefs are a series of documents aimed at individuals and organisations who already have some experience working in conservation, but who are looking for basic guidance on the particular skills required to conserve threatened trees. Specifically, we hope these briefs will be of use to individuals directly involved with the protection, management or restoration of a particular site including people working for protected areas, NGOs, community-based organisations and research institutions.

These provide information on a number of key skills for in-situ tree conservation, specifically designed for use by non-specialists. We hope that these briefs will be a useful tool for conservationists wanting to carry out conservation actions for any of the world’s many threatened tree species.

These were created as part of the Global Trees Campaign, which was a partnership between Fauna & Flora International and BGCI.

Below you will find a number of different briefs, available in a variety of language. The available briefs include;

• Brief 1 – How to survey an area for threatened tree species
• Brief 2 – How to collect botanical information for identification
• Brief 3 – How to make a monitoring plan for threatened trees
• Brief 4 – How to design and manage a tree nursery
• Brief 5 – How to collect seeds from threatened tree species
• Brief 6 – How to store seeds and prepare them for germination
• Brief 7 – How to germinate seeds and care for young seedlings
• Brief 8 – How to solve germination problems
• Brief 9 – How to plant and establish trees in the wild
• Brief 10 – How to Red List a tree.