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Conservation of Threatened Plants

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Editors:
  1. J. B. Simmons

    1. Living Collections Division, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

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  2. R. I. Beyer

    1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

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  3. P. E. Brandham

    1. Cytology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

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  4. G. Ll. Lucas

    1. Conservation Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

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  5. V. T. H. Parry

    1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 1)

Part of the book sub series: I Ecology (E)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Conservation of Horticultural Plants

    1. Introductory Paper I

      • C. D. Brickell
      Pages 131-134

    2. Introductory Paper II

      • G. S. Thomas
      Pages 135-139

  2. Techniques of Collecting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Sampling Gene Pools

      • J. G. Hawkes
      Pages 145-154

    3. Ethics and Attitudes

      • Peter H. Raven
      Pages 155-179

  3. Functions of Conservation-Orientated Collections in Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Genetic Factors to be Considered in Maintaining Living Plant Collections

      • Karl Esser
      Pages 185-198

    3. Reproductive Physiology

      • J. Heslop-Harrison
      Pages 199-205

    4. Autecology

      • C. D. K. Cook
      Pages 207-210

  4. Adjuncts to Conservation-Orientated Collections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Seed Banks

      • Walter Hondelmann
      Pages 213-224

    3. The Role of Seed Lists in Botanic Gardens Today

      • V. H. Heywood
      Pages 225-231

  5. Botanic Gardens in Relation to Public Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Colloquy: Education in Relation to Plant Collections

      • V. E. Corona, Magdalena Peña de Sousa, R. Hebb
      Pages 237-239

  6. International Co-operation and Legislation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. The Time Scale of Concern

      • Otto Frankel
      Pages 245-248

    3. Report of the International Association of Botanic Gardens Plenary Session — Moscow 1975

      • P. I. Lapin
      Pages 249-257

    4. International Co-operation among Conservation-Orientated Botanical Gardens and Institutions

      • Edward S. Ayensu
      Pages 259-269

    5. Conservation: Recent Developments in International Co-operation and Legislation

      • G. Ll. Lucas
      Pages 271-277

    6. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

      • J. B. Simmons, R. I. Beyer, P. E. Brandham, G. Ll. Lucas, V. T. H. Parry
      Pages 279-303
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About this book

During the last hlO hundred years man has changed from living in equilibrium with the natural world which sustained him, to a new position in which he is now its undisputed ruler - and very often out of equilibrium - able in a matter of hours to reduce miles of forest to devastated, potential desert. This destructive and wasteful ability has increas~d dramatically over recent years. At the same time however the need for conservation, particularly of plants as a resource for the future, has also become apparent, along with the realisation that advanced technologies can produce more from existing agricultural and forest regions. This may to some extent relieve the heavy pressure on the vulnerable areas where short term over-exploitation leads to permanent destruction of whole ecosystems, and the attendant loss, for ever, of many of the animals and plants which originally lived there. There still remains today a vast number of plant species whose potential is unknown. Maybe they will never have more than aesthetic value to mankind. But who knows where, for example, the next anti­ cancer agent may be found. And anyway future generations may not be ready to accept such anthropocentric values, and the options should be kept open for the philosophical concept that all life on earth has a right to exist and that man has none to exterminate.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Living Collections Division, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    J. B. Simmons

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    R. I. Beyer, V. T. H. Parry

  • Cytology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    P. E. Brandham

  • Conservation Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England

    G. Ll. Lucas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conservation of Threatened Plants

  • Editors: J. B. Simmons, R. I. Beyer, P. E. Brandham, G. Ll. Lucas, V. T. H. Parry

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2517-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2519-2Published: 19 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2517-8Published: 08 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 336

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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