Plants for Life: Medicinal Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens

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Название:Plants for Life: Medicinal Plant Conservation and Botanic Gardens

Автор: Belinda Hawkins

Издательство: Botanic Gardens Conservation International

ISBN: 1905164211

Дата издания:2007-10-31

Страниц: 50

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Формат: PDF

Размер: 2.6 Mb

As well as outlining the key trade, livelihood and conservation issues surrounding medicinal plants, the report illustrates the many ways in which botanic gardens can and do contribute to protecting the plants that heal us.

Botanic Gardens' Expanding Role

What came across very clearly was the expansion of the role of botanic gardens; from traditional ex situ conservation to more and more involvement with community work and partnering with other bodies to contribute towards really successful in situ medicinal plant conservation work.

Today, the relevance of botanic gardens to medicinal plant conservation is as strong as it was hundreds of years ago, when the very first botanic gardens were developed specifically for medicinal plant cultivation and research. From visionary education initiatives to cutting-edge genetic technology research; the report draws together the inspirational myriad involvement of botanic gardens in medicinal plant conservation and recommends focus areas for future work.

Call for All to Save these Plants

The report highlights the species considered to be most at risk and BGCI is developing new programmes to address the concerns. Partners are invited from all sectors to collaborate in this crucial work.