New UNESCO publication on role of botanists for sustainable economies
by Market Insider
Friday, 26 Feb. 2016
The 286 page ‘Botanists of the
twenty-first century: roles, challenges and opportunities’, based on the
proceedings of a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization) international conference by the same title, which
took place in Paris in September 2014, was published online in February
2016 by UNESCO and is freely available to download at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002437/243791m.pdf
The book provides presentations relevant to the sustainable
production and trade of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) including:
-
“Progressing plant conservation
through policy, practice and participation” keynote presented by Sara
Oldfield, Botanic Gardens Conservation International;
- “Threats to rainforests in the Peruvian Amazon” keynote presented by Julio Ruiz Murrieta;
- “Plant conservation for the benefit
of local communities: The MGU – Useful Plants Project” presented by
Tiziana Ulian, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK;
- “La connaissance des espèces : une
quête du Graal pour la gestion durable des forêts tropicales” presented
by Charles Doumenge, Centre de Coopération Internationale en recherché
Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France.
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