3. To produce basic and applied information on biodiversity and environmental
                       resources and to manage and communicate this to all our stakeholders.
                  4. To share our knowledge effectively on as wide a front as possible.
                  5. To increase public knowledge and understanding of the value and vital importance of
                      plants.
                  6. To assist actively in capacity-building biodiversity, environmental sciences, and related
                      biotechnology.
                  7. To network effectively with leading universities, research centers, colleges, schools and
                      other similar institutions to develop research and education in biodiversity and
                      environmental sciences.
                  8. To provide a recreation site by making use of plants multipurpose uses including their
                      effects on environmental health and aesthetic values. 

Functions:
              The gardens perform the following functions through BERC: plant diversity and economic
                   genetic resources conservation and development, using in situ and ex situ techniques,
                   dissemination of knowledge and understanding of the value and importance of plants to
                   the public, provision of a recreation site, and provision of an environment  for research,
                   learning, and training.

             Board of Trustees:
                   BERC-Til BGs are governed by a Board of Trustees Comprising ten members:
                      A. Three members representing Til Village Council:
                            1. Mr. Omar A-L. Shtayeh
                            2. Mr. Sami D. Hindi
                            3. Mr. Said M. Rihan
                      B. Three members representing BERC
                            4. Prof. Moh’d S. Shtayeh
                            5. Eng. Samer Kalbuneh
                            6. Ms. Rana M. Jamous
                      C. Two members representing local community
                            7. Dr. Moh’d I. Shtayeh (Minister, PA)
                            8. Prof. Sami M. Jaber
                      D. Two members representing women
                            9. Mrs. Manal Zeidan
                          10. Ms. Oraib Ramadan

  Visitors Information:
       Planning Your Visit:
           -  How to find us: You can reach the gardens by bus from Nablus Western Main Bus
              Station, through Til Road adjacent to an-Najah University, to the west of Til
              village, the Gardens are only a few meters from Til Secondary School for Girls. If
              you are coming from Qalqilia or Tulkarem, you might choose to take the Qalqilia –
              Nablus Road, and then at Sarra Village Junction, drive on to Til(only one Km
              away).
           -  Opening times: 8 a.m – 15:30 p.m. every day except Friday and Official holidays).
           -  Admission prices (contact info@berc.ps, tel 09-2346-147, 09-2346406)
           -  Group bookings (contact info@berc.ps, tel 09-2346-147, 09-2346406)
           -  School visits (contact info@berc.ps, tel 09-2346-147, 09-2346406)
           -  Garden regulations
           -  Guided tours (contact info@berc.ps, tel 09-2346-147, 09-2346406)
           -  Self – guided trails (contact info@berc.ps, tel 09-2346-147, 09-2346406)

  Conservation & Sustainable Use:
       Objectives:
          The Botanic Gardens’ goals in plant conservation are based on experience in plant sciences
             available at BERC. Its goals are:
              1. To carry out botanic research that aims at documenting information on Palestinian plants
                  and their characteristics.
              2. To carry out taxonomic research on threatened plants and their habitats and publish the
                   results to be accessed by people working in biodiversity conservation.
              3. To carry out ethnobotanic studies on plants used in Palestinian herbal medicine, and carry
                  out ecological and genetic studies on threatened medicinal species species.
              4. Increase public awareness through environmental education programs.
              5. Conduct training courses in plant conservation techniques.
              6. Participate in the conservation of vegetation cover by keeping and maintaining nature
                  reserves.

      Conservation Strategies and Practices:
              The BERC-Til BGs are working to be one of the leading plant and fungal conservation centers
               in Palestine. Conservation programs are undertaken on a range of endangered and threatened
               plants and their habitats. A range of techniques, including storage of seeds are used to
               support both ex situ and in situ conservation projects.

               BERC-Til BG activities and initiatives in the field of conservation include:
                  - Seed conservation at BERC’s Community-based Seed Bank
                  - Training courses in plant conservation techniques
                  - Research on the commercial use of wild and traditionally managed plants in Palestine
                  - Participating in collaborative research throughout the world

               BERC-Til BGs activities also contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the
               Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), namely the conservation of biodiversity, the
               sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising
               from access to genetic resources.

  Collections:
    Living Collections
      A- Trees and Shrubs:

                          List of Trees and Shrubs at BERC-Til Botanic Gardens

      B- Fig Collection:
                                        
                                        Fig Collection at BERC-Til Botanic Gardens

Arabic	Name
عجلوني	Ajloni
عناقي	Enaqi
بلاطي	Blatti
غزالي	Ghazali
حماضي	Hmadi
حماضي-بياضي	Hmadi – Biadi
حماري	Hmari
خروبي	Kharroubi
خضاري	Khdari
خرطماني	Khortmani
موازي	Mwazi
نعيمي	Nei’mi
قراعي	Qrai’
صفاري	Sfari
سوادي	Swadi
زراقي	Zraqi

      C- Ethnobotanic Conservation Site
           - List of medicinal plants growing at the Ethnobotanic Conservation Site

      D- BERC Community Based Seed Bank
           -  List of Seeds Stored at the BERC Community Based Seed Bank Facility

      D- Herbarium Collections:
               - Botanical Specimens  BERC Herbarium – Shokry Tani Collection
           - Mycological specimens (BERC Fungal Culture Collection) (in preparation).


  Science & Horticulture
       Scientific Research:
           At BERC-Til BG, our research focuses mainly on the gardens’ plant collections, both living
              and preserved. Research, documentation and conservation are all based on the gardens
              collections. The living collections and horticultural skills that care for them are a resource
              for ex situ and its integration with habitat restoration and species reintroduction.

       Garden features (in preparation)
               - Carob Garden
               - Fig Collection
               - Poplar Garden
               - Roses Garden
               - Linden Garden
               - Jacaranda Garden
               - Acacia Garden
               - Oak Forest
               - Red Bud Garden
               - Pistachio Garden
               - Rock Garden
               - Pine Forest
               - Aquatic Garden
               - Red River Gum Garden
               - Storax Garden
               - Ethnobotanic Conservation Site
               - New Hakoura (Family Garden)
               - Local Crop Landraces Conservation Site

  How You Can Help
       Support the BERC-Til Botanic Gardens:
               Plants are very important for us. They are the basis of all life on Earth – they regulate climate,
               provide us with the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat. Some support other species of
               plants, animals and fungi. So the loss of any plant species can have dramatic, often
               unpredictable consequences. We must act now. It is now a race against time. Nearly 25 % of
               the entire world’s plant species are threatened and are faced with extinction within the next
               fifty years.

               Your support will help our work in securing a future for some of the most threatened species
               and habitats before they are lost forever.
               You can support our conservation and research work at home and abroad. Donate Now.
               Contact us at:

                           BERC-Til Botanic Gardens,
                           Nablus
                                         Tel: +972 (0) 9 2346147, 2346406
                                         Fax: +972 (0) 9 2346147, 2346406
                                         Email: info@berc.ps

  Education at BERC-Til Botanic Gardens
       Role:
               The role of education at BERC-Til BGs is to increase public knowledge of the value and vital
                importance of biodiversity and environment and to increase recognition of, and support for,
                its work.
                BERC-Til BGs achieve this through higher education and training, schools education, public
                education, and resources.
 

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