Royal Botanical Gardens Posts Large Deficit

The Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, has lost over two million CAD since 2001. To tackle the deficit, they have closed their herbarium to researchers and students, closed their library to the public, laid off staff and imposed parking fees on trailheads (RBG's landbase includes four nature sanctuaries).

Contributing to the deficit in recent years is a decline in public funding, poor performance from investments and decreased tourism to the area due to SARS.

Links:

• RBG faces financial crunch in The Toronto Star


• Royal Botanical Gardens

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:38 PM on April 28, 2004

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