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Preserving the pillars of life on Earth
In 2019 Planta!
- Provided conservation education to 4.525 people
- Training to 332 conservation practitioners
- Ran conservation projects that benefited directly the populations of 43 threatened plant species
- A total of 35.738 seedlings of threatened species were planted
Latest news
Botanical Bridges in the Dominican Republic
by Alejandro Palmarola
The third Congress of the Caribbean and Central American Botanic Garden Network, “Botanical Bridges”, will be held in Santo Domingo. The Organizing Committee has received the support of Planta!-Plantlife Conservation Society as part of the program for the Conservation of the Caribbean flora.
A rare species reappears…on the Internet
by Noel Coutín Lobaina y Lisbet González-Oliva
You probably have never heard about Bembicidium cubense before. Let me tell you about this species’ unexpected reappearance. First, it happened in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our Cuban Abey in the botanical journal of Texas
by Diana Rodríguez Cala
Our Cuban Abey (Abarema glauca) has a paper in the journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. This paper summarizes the hard work of many people aiming to know this species in depth.