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. Botanical Gardens and Plant Conservation Initiatives in Nepal

Chapter 2. Role of Indonesian Botanic Gardens in Plant Conservation

Chapter 3. Vietnam Botanic Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation

Chapter 4. Botanical Gardens in Malaysia and their role in plant conservation

Chapter 5. Ancillary Botanic Gardens: A case study of the American University of Beirut

Chapter 6. Conservation of Threatened Plant Species and Protected Areas in Korean Botanical Gardens and Arboreta

Chapter 7. Mongolian Botanical Gardens - Modern plant biodiversity conservation resources in Mongolia

Chapter 8. Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, a treasure house of tropical plant germplasm, blends into the Western Ghats, the biodiversity hotspot in Indian Region

Chapter 9. Botanical Gardens and their role in education, research, conservation and bio-prospecting of plant diversity: Lead Botanical Garden (LBG), Shivaji University, Kolhapur- a case study

Chapter 10. Lead Botanic Garden of Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, India and its role in plant conservation -

Chapter 11. Dhanikhari Experimental Garden-cum Arboretum

Chapter 12. M. S. Swaminathan Botanical Garden - A Community Conservation Initiative in the Western Ghats of India

Chapter 13. Calicut University Botanical Garden (CUBG) and its role in Plant conservation

Chapter 14. Role of Botanical Garden in Conservation and Citizen Science - A case study from Mahatma Gandhi Botanical Garden, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Chapter 15. The Role of the Kuzbass Botanical Garden in Solving Environmental Problems and in Plant Conservation In Situ and Ex Situ