IOS Webinar #8: Conservation Actions for Five Endemic Mexican Oak Species and the Oaks at Bokrijk Arboretum

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Event Date:

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

The IOS is pleased to announce our next virtual event, again co-hosted with the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak (GCCO), which will take place over Zoom at 10 am US Centr a l Time on June 25, 2025.

In this webinar, we will first hear from Maribel Arenas Navarro, who will present a project focusing on conservation actions for five endemic Mexican oaks: Quercus centenaria, Q. cualensis, Q. tuitensis, Q. mexiae, and Q. nixoniana. The fieldwork for this project, carried out in 2023 and 2024, was funded by an IOS Oak Conservation and Research Grant.

Quercus tuitensis montage — *Quercus tuitensis*, one of five endemic Mexican species included in the conservation project that will be presented by Maribel Arenas Navarro; a) Close-up of the *Q. tuitensis* leaves, b) habitat of the species with individuals on the side of the road, and c) young individuals of *Q. tuitensis*

During the second part of the webinar, Sven Bronckaers, Heritage Gardener and Collections Specialist at Bokrijk Arboretum in Belgium, will present an overview of the outstanding oak collection at Bokrijk. Following the presentations there will be Q&A.