Bgci Botanic Garden Manual Joachim Gratzfeld by Joachim Gratzfeld 9781905164653, 1905164653 instant download after payment.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) published the
Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens in 19981 at a time
when very little development and management guidance was
available to botanic garden managers. Today, in 2016, this is still the
case as evidenced by the requests for technical support received
by BGCI on a regular basis. The new BGCI Manual on Planning,
Developing and Managing Botanic Gardens is a direct response to
that demand – and to the growing importance, sophistication and
complexity of the world’s network of botanic gardens and arboreta
over the past 20 years. This is reflected in this new Manual which
goes into great depth and covers a wide range of subjects related
to the establishment and management of today’s botanic gardens.
In order to prevent what has turned into a vast tome from becoming
unwieldy, and to make it easily navigable by the reader, this Manual
is published in a series of fascicles:
Part A: From Idea to Realisation – Bringing a Big Idea to Life
is primarily aimed at people who wish to create a new botanic
garden or substantially modify an existing garden. It covers the
process involved in transforming the idea of a botanic garden into
reality with all of the planning, building and development in between.
Part B: Organisational and Operational Essentials sets out
the governance models, processes, human resources and financial
mechanisms required to operate a botanic garden.
Part C: The Plant Collection – Linchpin of the Botanic Garden
is the heart of the Manual, covering the plant collection that the
botanic garden is built around. Topics covered in this fascicle include:
the development of a collection policy; collection record management
systems; horticultural management; and uses of the collection.
Part D: Botanic Gardens as Models of Environmental
Sustainability sets out how botanic gardens around the world are
addressing sustainability challenges such as energy, water and
recycling.