Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation

Prof. T. Pullaiah obtained his M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in Botany from Andhra University. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Moscow State University, Russia, during 1976-1978. He travelled widely in Europe and visited Universities and Botanic Gardens in about 17 countries. He joined Sri Krishnadevaraya University as Lecturer in1979 and became Professor 1993. He has published 120 books, 345 research papers and 35 popular articles. His books have been published by reputed International publishers like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Apple Academic Press, Scientific Publishers, Astral International, CBS Publishers etc. Under his guidance, 54 students obtained their Ph. D. degrees and 34 students their M. Phil. Degrees. He is the recipient of P. Maheshwari Gold Medal, Prof. P.C.Trivedi medal for Editorial excellence and Dr. G.Panigrahi Memorial Award of Indian Botanical Society and Prof. Y. D. Tiagi Gold Medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. He was President of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2013) and President of the Indian Botanical Society (2014). He was a member of Species Survival Commission of International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). David Galbraith completing his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at University of Guelph and Ph.D. at Queen’s University at Kingston, in Canada. His early research focused on evolutionary ecology of aquatic vertebrates. Following a post-doctoral fellowship in Canterbury, England, he served as executive director and curator of a small AZA-accredited center for endangered wildlife species conservation. In 1995 he joined Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada) to develop biodiversity projects among botanical gardens across Canada in response to the Convention on Biological Diversity. In 2006 he was appointed RBG’s Head of Science, overseeing library, archives, and herbarium, research, and use of RBG resources by outside researchers. He has published many contributions on conservation policy, management, and history of botanical gardens. In 2002 Dr. Galbraith was honored by the American Public Gardens Association with their annual Professional Citation for his innovative work in public horticulture. He was named Hamilton Environmentalist of the Year in 2010 for his efforts to protect nature. Dr. Galbraith has always been passionately engaged in biology, history, cultural heritage, and the arts, and is fascinated by how all of these intersect within botanical gardens. He is an adjunct biology professor at McMaster University, a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a Fellow International of the Explorers Club.

Chapter 1. The Role of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta in Plant Conservation in Serbia

Chapter 2. Botanical Gardens in Slovakia and Their Role in Plant Protection

Chapter 3. The Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chapter 4. The Role of Russian Botanical Gardens in Plant Biodiversity Conservation

Chapter 5. Illustrating the Roles of Botanical Gardens in Plant Conservation: The Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle: Contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Chapter 6. Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation in Greece

Chapter 7. Plant Conservation Programs of the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia and the Greek Gene Bank

Chapter 8. Role of Atlanta Botanical Garden in Plant conservation

Chapter 9. The Center for Plant Conservation – A Network of Botanical Gardens in USA and Its Role in Plant Conservation

Chapter 10. Plant Conservation Efforts at the San Diego Botanic Garden

Chapter 11. Plant Conservation at Houston Botanic Garden

Chapter 12. Plant Conservation at the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Chapter 13. Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada): Conservation of Plants and Nature by an Urban Botanical Garden

Chapter 14. The Contribution of the Montreal Botanical Garden to Plant Conservation

Chapter 15. A Botanical Garden Dedicated to the Conservation of Plants in the Dry Inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia

Chapter 16. Conservation Efforts for a Threatened Endemic Palm of Bolivia: The Role of Botanical Gardens