Main entry:

Oldfield, Sara, 1955-

Title & Author:

Botanic gardens : modern-day arks / Sara Oldfield.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.

Description:

240 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 232) and index.
The plant extinction crisis -- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew -- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh -- France: the conservatoires botaniques -- Berlin-Dahlem Botanic Garden -- Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanic Garden, Istanbul -- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Florida -- Chicago Botanic Garden -- National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii -- UNAM Botanic Garden, Mexico -- Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden -- South China Botanic Garden -- The Kebun Raya Network, Indonesia -- Botanic gardens in Uganda -- Madagascar: international collaborations -- SANBI, South Africa -- Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Australia -- Planning for the future.

Summary:

"All life depends on plants, but we often take them for granted in our everyday lives. It is easy to ignore the fact that we are facing a crisis: scientists estimate that one third of all flowering plant species are threatened with extinction. This lavishly illustrated volume considers the essential conservation role of botanic gardens, telling the story of how a global network is working to save our botanical heritage. Chapters feature gardens from countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Uganda, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, and China. Comments and photographs from the gardeners involved give the book a personal touch, revealing the human side of the important work that goes on behind the scenes of these spectacular gardens. Author Sara Oldfield shows us how botanic gardens are truly "modern-day arks," safeguarding species and saving resources on which we may someday depend."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9780262015165 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262015161 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Botanical gardens.
Plant conservation.
Jardins botaniques.
Plantes Conservation.
botanical gardens.
Botanischer Garten
Artenschutz
Pflanzen
Botanischer Garten Gefährdete Pflanzen.
Gefährdete Pflanzen Botanischer Garten.
Botanischer Garten Artenreichtum.
Artenreichtum Botanischer Garten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269183
Call No.: QK71 .O43 2010
Status: Available