Paul Smith

Ecologist, conservationist and author

[Botanic Gardens Conservation International @bgci]

At BGCI, we are devastated by the news of the recent earthquake in Morocco.
If you can, we urge you to support relief efforts for these High Atlas communities through Global Diversity Foundation and its local partners. https://t.co/qHvOBtIbbK.

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

@timutteridge Yes I have some good inventory data from miombo. Happy to share.

[Stuart Butchart @stubutchart]

It’s 4am in Montreal and after several years of negotiations, governments have just adopted an historic Global Biodiversity Framework for saving nature. Here’s a thread with my take on what's good and what's bad in it.

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

@Michele_Bozzano Thanks Michele. I hope you enjoy it. It was great fun to write.

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

'Trees' is available to buy now and to review. See https://t.co/jJoyFLP5z9

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Dave Kendal launching the Climate Assessment Tool at #7GBGC. Very exciting tool for the world’s 60,000 tree species!

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Patricia Malcolm from ⁦@bgci⁩ speaking about BGCI’s accreditation schemes at #7GBGC

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Cristina Lopez-Gallego speaking to a packed house at #7GBGC in Melbourne. Really selling the biodiversity of Colombia!

[Botanic Gardens Conservation International @bgci]

How do we adapt our management of living plant collections and landscapes to have reduced impact on the environment whilst responding to a future climate? Find out from the outstanding array of global specialists speaking at 7GBGC in Melbourne! https://t.co/Kxp4BBzD61

[Botanic Gardens Conservation International @bgci]

And we’re off! See you in Melbourne for 7GBGC, and stay tuned for regular updates throughout the week!

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Big thanks to Andrea Kee for showing Steve Blackmore and I around Gardens by the Bay in Singapore today. What a fabulous garden this is!

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Le Jardin Marjorelle in Marrakech. Hard to regard visiting a place as beautiful as this as a bus man's holiday!

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Trees: From Root to Leaf, Smith, Macfarlane. Very excited about my new Trees book. Out in October and available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. https://t.co/pdDitmD63F

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

@HertaKolberg I wonder if we can intercede with the Australian company that seems to be sourcing this wood from China, and cut out the middle man?

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Mopane wood, which only grows in Africa, for sale (at a premium) in our local aquarium shop but it comes from China. How is that possible?

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Wasp’s nest between two house martin nests in the eaves of our house - all occupied. Interesting that insects are living next door to insectivorous birds!

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Tour day today at AETFAT in Livingstone. The magnificent Victoria Falls in full flow.

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Mpendulo Gabayi from ⁦@SANBI_ZA⁩ speaking about living plant and seed collecting resources from ⁦@bgci⁩ and ⁦@kewMSB⁩ at AETFAT Congress in Zambia.

[Paul Smith @MopaneSmith]

Kirsty Shaw from ⁦@bgci⁩ kicking off a day of workshops focusing on the African Botanic Gardens Network here at AETFAT 22.