Main description:

Approaching the contributions of a world-wide sector of scientific institutions to addressing the extinction crisis, Botanical Gardens and their Role in Plant Conservation brings together a diversity of perspectives. There are over 3,600 botanical gardens world-wide, where trees, shrubs, herbs, and other plants are studied and managed in collections. They are foremost among efforts to conserve the diversity of living plant species and ensure that crucial biodiversity is available for the future of humanity.

This book is a showcase for plant conservation, restoration, biodiversity, and related scientific and educational work of botanical gardens around the world, featuring both thematic overview chapters and numerous case studies that illustrate the critical role these institutions play in fighting extinction and ensuring plant diversity is available for sustainable use.

Features

A wide range of case studies derived from practical experience in a diversity of institutional, national, and biogeographical settings,

Reviews of topics such as networking amongst institutions, the importance of global policy agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation,

Profiles of botanical gardens contributions at the national level to conservation priorities,

Real-world examples of programs in plant conservation for both critically endangered wild plant diversity and unique horticultural or cultural germplasm.

Botanical Gardens and their Role in Plant Conservation includes contributions from institutions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, and institutions of all sizes and histories, from long-established national gardens to new gardens offering their perspectives on developing their roles in this vital undertaking.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Role of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta in Plant Conservation in Serbia

Chapter 2. Botanical Gardens in Slovakia and their role in plant protection

Chapter 3. The Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chapter 4. The Role of Russian Botanical Gardens in Plant Biodiversity Conservation

Chapter 5. Illustrating the roles of botanical gardens in plant conservation

Chapter 6. Botanical Gardens and their Role in Plant Conservation in Greece

Chapter 7. Plant conservation programs of the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia and the Greek Gene Bank

Chapter 8. Role of Atlanta Botanical Garden in Plant conservation

Chapter 9. The Center for Plant Conservation - a Network of Botanical Gardens in USA and its role in Plant conservation

Chapter 10. Plant conservation efforts at the San Diego Botanic Garden Chapter 11. Plant Conservation at Houston Botanic Garden

Chapter 12. Plant Conservation at the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Chapter 13. Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada): Conservation of Plants and Nature by an Urban Botanical Garden

Chapter 14. The Contribution of the Montreal Botanical Garden to Plant Conservation

Chapter 15. A botanical garden dedicated to the conservation of plants in the dry inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia

Chapter 16. Conservation efforts for a threatened endemic palm of Bolivia: The Role of Botanical Gardens