Keynote Addresses Botanic gardens and national sustainable development Genuine collaboration a future key to botanic garden success Lessons learned: Key principles of botanic garden development Wyse Jackson, P Building the Botanic Garden Network Conservation Practice A.) Conservation Strategies Assuming the responsibility: integration of conservation in the garden and the community. Complementary Conservation Strategies B.) Ex-situ conservation Establishment of a botanic garden for the protection of the plant genetic resources of the Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam Atlantic rainforest restoration at Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden Research Institute. Creating native habitat displays Faial Botanic Garden, Azores, Portugal. C.) In-situ conservation Conserving diversity of wild plant genetic resources: A case study of wild Coffea taxa in the Mascarenes Island Habitat management: the strategy to preserve the biodiversity of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Rain Forest The flora of Pitcairn Islands and its conservation. Research in Conservation Biology at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: An integrated approach D.) Botanical Gardens and their Networks Affolter, JM & Ceska, JF The Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, a Network for Conservation and Collaboration The status of Botanical Gardens in Mozambique The National Botanical Conservatories of France Evolving roles of living plant collections in botanic gardens for biodiversity conservation -- a survey of Japanese botanic gardens SABONET - A regional southern African capacity-building programme E.) Conservation and food plants Australian Bush Tucker: New crops, new industry The role of Siberian botanical gardens in food security principles development Garden Management and Horticulture A.) Developing new gardens Achievement of new botanic gardens through analysis of existing parts and integration of key assets to fulfill the French-speaking botanic garden charter Proposed Lesotho National Botanical Garden (LNBG) ....Justification of the Lesotho Hortus Botanicus B.) Maintaining Botanical Gardens Bench marking in Australian botanic gardens and zoos. Maintenance plans as a tool for the management of living collections. C.) Old botanical gardens in a new world Re-developing an old botanic garden collection: the Nairobi Arboretum. Conservation of an endangered botanic garden. New roles for old gardens in tropical Africa. Science and Research A.) Science and conservation The Solanaceae germplasm bank at the Botanical Garden of Nijmegen Germplasm collection, storage and reintroduction: Important aspects of an integrated strategy for conservation of threatened flora in Western Australia The application of genetic fingerprinting techniques to plant conservation problems. B.) Medicinal plants Zulu healer muthi gardens: inspiration for botanic garden displays and community outreach projects Medicinal plants and local communities. C.) Reproductive biology Propagation of Cape wild flowers from seed: The seed biology research programme at Kirstenbosch Natural hybridization of woody plants in Siberia and promises of use of natural hybrids in introduction and selection. Education A.) The Environmental Education milieu Education Programme Management and Transformation: The Influence of Education for Sustainability. Changing the paradigm: selling the message "no plants no life". Why should the Devil have all the best tunes? B.) The Botanical Garden as an educational tool
Implementing an education programme at a new botanic garden.
Environmental Interpretation Programme AND Environmental Education Programme The educational value of gardening. Hands-on effective interpretation -- Making your garden come alive Cultural botany: Building bridges C.) Botanical Gardens case-studies Omaere Park : an ethno-botanical school. Developing teachers workshops at Kirstenbosch. Policies and Conventions Articles in the Convention on Biological Diversity pertinent to botanic gardens. The CITES workshop Capacity Building, Development and Funding Evolving strategic plans into action plans to make things happen. Marketing and commercialization at Kirstenbosch. Funding strategies for the establishment of a botanic garden experience from Argentina.
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