Plant Conservation: Why It Matters and How It Works - Couverture rigide

Walker, Timothy

 
9781604692600: Plant Conservation: Why It Matters and How It Works
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 160469260X ISBN 13 : 9781604692600
Editeur : Timber Press, 2013

Synopsis

Plants provide us with food and fuels; those under threat of extinction might provide tomorrow's health cures, or the nutrition to stave off world starvation. Botanist Timothy Walker explains how we can all make a difference by adapting our behaviour as gardeners. For example, growing natives plants, not using peat and choosing to include threatened plants in our gardens are three ways to help the GSPC achieve these goals. In engaging prose peppered with wit, Walker deftly describes local and international initiatives underway to tackle environmental threats before it is too late. Best of all, this book inspires us to take more care of plants not just because we need them to survive but because it's the right thing to do!

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À propos de l?auteur

Timothy Walker is Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and a member of the Science Advisory Committee at the RHS. He has lectured widely and is a member of the conservation biologists group drawing up the European contribution to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.

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Éditeur
Timber Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
160469260X
ISBN 13 
9781604692600
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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