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[Science News] - From Bouchout to Disentis: ten years of commitment to sharing knowledge about biodiversity
From Bouchout to Disentis, discover ten years of progress towards open access to knowledge about biodiversity...
Meise Botanic Garden welcomes 250 000th visitor
The lucky winner, Lieselotte Janssens from Edegem, received a certificate, a gift box containing a selection of exclusive products from the garden's boutique and a guest card giving her free access to the botanic garden for a year. She was welcomed personally by Steven Dessein, General Administrator of the Botanic Garden.
[Science News] - Coffee, agroforestry and reforestation increase climate resilience in the D.R. Congo
Meise Botanic Garden also carries out projects outside Belgium, including two in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The first project is a 50-hectare sustainable coffee plantation, and the second is an agroforestry and reforestation project covering 1,500 hectares...
[Science News] - Cooperation between the Botanic Gardens of Meise and Rio de Janeiro highlighted during Belgian Economic Mission
Yesterday evening, 28 November 2024, in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Representative of His Majesty the King, the signing of the Letter of Understanding between Meise Botanic Garden and Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro was highlighted in a ceremony at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden...
[Science News] - The success of a failure: The Chamisso collection of the Van Heurck Herbarium
During the inventory and curation of Franz Wilhelm Sieber's herbarium, we recently uncovered a small but valuable collection of plants collected by Adelbert von Chamisso during the Russian Rurik expedition...
[Science News] - The contribution of Meise Botanic Garden to ensuring global food security
16 October marks the World Food Day, an international day celebrated every year throughout the world to commemorate the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...