Biodiversity Conservation – week 8

Marco Pautasso (marpauta at gmail.com)

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Biodiversity Conservationmain topics – week 8

1. Biodiversity conservation and botanic gardens

2. Preparation for the field visit and for the writing of the report

[CO2]

from MacKay (2008) Sustainable Energy

CO2 emissions (2000) per person per continent

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

CO2 emissions (2000) per person per country

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

CO2 emissions (cumulative: 1880-2004) per person per country

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

CO2 emissions since 2000: scenarios vs. data

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

Fossil fuel consumption as a threat to biodiversity

Source: NZZ, April 2010

Map of the world by Abraham Ortelius, ~1570

From: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:1572_Typus_Orbis_Terrarum_Ortelius.jpg

Orbis terrarum, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, ~27 a.C.

from http://www.arqweb.com/vitrum/orbis22.asp

Hotspots of biodiversity

Areogram of plant species richness per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

Proportion of plant species at risk worldwide per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

Number of botanic gardens per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

National Botanic Garden of Wales

Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Australia

Berkeley University Botanic Garden

Berlin Botanic Garden

Tokyo Koishikawa Botanic Garden

Auckland Botanic Garden,

New Zealand

Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

Frequency distribution of the species richness of the living collections of the world’s botanic gardens

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

Frequency distribution of the areas of the world’s botanic gardens

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

Frequency distribution of the years of establishmentof the world’s botanic gardens

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

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