The roles of botanic gardens in biodiversity conservation

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Biodiversity Conservation – week 8 Marco Pautasso (marpauta at gmail.com) London Metropolitan Univ. - 2010

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Biodiversity conservation in botanic gardens, arboreta, living collections, biogeography, natural history, species richness, sustainable energy, National Botanic Garden of Wales, University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, Species richness as a function of year of establishment

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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

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[CO2]

from MacKay (2008) Sustainable Energy

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CO2 emissions (2000) per person per continent

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

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CO2 emissions (2000) per person per country

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

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

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

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CO2 emissions since 2000: scenarios vs. data

from MacKay (2009) Sustainable Energy

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Fossil fuel consumption as a threat to biodiversity

Source: NZZ, April 2010

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Map of the world by Abraham Ortelius, ~1570

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

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

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

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Hotspots of biodiversity

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Areogram of plant species richness per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

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Proportion of plant species at risk worldwide per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

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Number of botanic gardens per country

Source: www.worldmapper.org

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National Botanic Garden of Wales

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, Australia

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Berkeley University Botanic Garden

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Berlin Botanic Garden

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Tokyo Koishikawa Botanic Garden

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Auckland Botanic Garden,

New Zealand

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Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

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Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

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Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

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Arnold Arboretum,

Harvard University,

Boston, USA

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

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

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

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

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

from: Botanica Helvetica (2007)

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