News from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh media team: from @thebotanics, @BenmoreBotGdn, @LoganBotanicGdn & @Dawyck plus updates from projects at home & overseas
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RBGE Press Office retweeted
Commemorating Queen Elizabeth’s 70 yrs as sovereign & the importance of school gardening projects,planting was presided over by the research institute’s Regius Keeper Simon Milne MBE,who was appointed to RBGE by the late Queen in 2014.A great time was had by Purple Class & staff!
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As the importance of green spaces to human health becomes ever more apparent, a new free online course by @TheBotanics and @UniversityLeeds shows how nature-based solutions can enhance the lives of those living in urban environments.
Find out more at bit.ly/3CbL4st
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7 ways to help reverse nature loss in summer ⬇️
Climate change and nature loss are huge global threats. In Scotland we've lost nearly 25% of our wildlife. But if we all take action and #MakeSpaceForNature we CAN make a difference.
For 7 MORE ways go to nature.scot/makespace 💚
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Starting tomorrow, visit Inverleith House for @RBGECreative's In The Eddy of the Stream.
A @CookingSections and #Sakiya collaboration where they create their own eddies; sheltered areas where water flows back upstream against the current.
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Important research out today:
Unprecedented levels of landscape degradation have been making headlines for the diverse habitats of Madagascar. While burn scars are certainly a feature of the landscape, recent research raises doubts about the authenticity of old claims.
Read more 👇
bit.ly/3Mkpvbj
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“Now is the time for scientists and conservation horticulturists to place greater priority on parasitic plants." - Chris Thorogood, @thorogoodchris1
Follow the link below to learn more:
journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib…
📷: Chris Thorogood with Rafflesia banaoana in the Phillipines
ALT Chris Thorogood with Rafflesia banaoana in the Phillipines
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MUST WATCH: this new video from @sangerinstitute features some of the amazing science and scientists working on #DarwinTreeOfLife🧬
It's a snapshot of the tireless work being undertaken by our partners the length and breadth of these islands.
youtube.com/watch?v=szFdV9fQ…
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With a new season of #DarwinTreeOfLife fieldwork just around the corner, our scientists reflect on some species collected last year which they're excited to see full #genome sequence data from in 2022! 🧬
@GenomeWytham @TheBotanics @NHM_Science @thembauk
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomes Mapuche leader and Minga Indigena Lead Coordinator Claflin Lafkenche (left) alongside indigenous delegates at a ceremonial gathering at the Tramway, Glasgow in a symbolic gesture to mark a unified demand for climate justice #Glasgow #COP26
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1yr ago today first shipment of precious samples down to @sangerinstitute for high-quality #genome sequencing and #DNA R&D for #DarwinTreeOfLife 🥳 12 shipments, 250 species later still excited @RBGE_Science to be part of this amazing project. And there's more to come 🌿🌳🌻🍄
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Seasonal harvest from the kitchen garden @TheBotanics heading to the gateway café now! Leeks, squash, chard, edible flowers, spinach, mixed salad leaves, beetroot, purple sprouting broccoli and (surely the last?) courgettes
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At what age should we aim to start inspiring the next generation with the importance of plants? Join us for an insightful talk from Suzanne Hermiston who explores engaging nursery children with nature: tinyurl.com/2aucyzu4 @OBGHA #obg400 #EducationisKey #OurFutureIsBotanic
Showing importance of partnership for @RBGE_Science @TheBotanics and Kunming Institute of Botany
🌱🧬 Plant DNA barcoding is a hi-tech means to identify invasive and endangered species. Worked on by @TheBotanics and the Kunming Institute of Botany, it can also be used to mark the purity of botanical products and identify counterfeit products.
@UNBiodiversity #COP15 #COP26
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How UK and China's botanical cooperation is helping to preserve plant diversity @TheBotanics @RBGEPress
The Chinese-Scottish tartan. The blue of Scotland’s St Andrew's Cross mixes with the red of the Chinese Flag, while green bands interweave to symbolize the great co-operation between Chinese and Scottish botanists in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
@UNbiodiversity
RBGE Press Office retweeted
The Chinese-Scottish tartan. The blue of Scotland’s St Andrew's Cross mixes with the red of the Chinese Flag, while green bands interweave to symbolize the great co-operation between Chinese and Scottish botanists in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
@UNbiodiversity
RBGE Press Office retweeted
Great to see the project gaining momentum! #ssc_LichenConservation #IUCN_SSC
#exTRICATe_Project Building Iberian conservation networks and the Global Red List assessment of the vulnerable lichen Lethariella intricata (Moris) Krog applied-lichenology.com/en/e… @jessilynnallen @rebecca_yahr
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BOOK NOW for ‘Horticultural Appropriation’, an online discussion on 19 October between Head of Creative Programmes, @emmanix and organic food grower and writer @claireratinon on the necessity of bringing a decolonial lens to the practice of horticulture.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/187558832…
ALT A woman (Claire Ratinon) harvesting tomatoes. She kneels on the soil bed in a greenhouse, in the centre of two tomato vines which frame the image. She wears glasses, and a khaki jumper and has her curly hair tied in a bun. The vines offer different colours of tomatoes, red, orange and yellow hanging down.
Just the best specimen in autumn @Dawyck @TheBotanics #horticulture well, one of them, not to show bias...
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Interested in hearing about using #PIDS in #IIIF?
Register for our @practicalIIIF and @HeritagePIDs project webinar. Hear from a number of great speakers and inform the conversation by contributing your ideas and use cases.
🔗ow.ly/ZSGb50G62Xq
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SRGC Discussion Day - Sat. 9th Oct. 2021
Online FREE event -3talks- Speakers - Nick Courtens from USA - Jim Jermyn of Branklyn Garden - Hamish Brown from New Zealand
What a day! What a line-up! see here for more details: srgc.net/add-event-news.asp
