PlantNetwork > DOWNLOADS
PlantNetwork provides the following free downloads that may be of use to managers, horticulturists
guides, teachers or members of the public. If your Garden produces any literature you feel may
be of benefit to the wider community we would be delighted to host it here, or provide links to it.
NATIONAL TRUST Plant Quarantine & Biosecurity Guidance Notes
These excellent sheets were written by Dr David Slawson for the National Trust in 2008, and we thank
Mike Calnan for allowing us to make them available here.
PLANTNETWORK ADVICE SHEETS
- Keeping up to date with Plant Names in Databases
Having plants in a collection correctly identified is one thing, making sure the names are up to date, or even spelled correctly, is another.
PlantNetwork Records Group. Advice Sheet 1
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Benefits of using the BGCI Plant Search Database
The database offers considerable benefits to your Garden. By submitting a list of all your accessions you will not only receive an email
notification of any names that BGCI cannot find on IPNI but you can also then retrieve a list from the site with several very useful pieces of information ...
PLANTNETWORK CONFERENCES, PROCEEDINGS ETC.
- Design and Display of Plant Collections
Proceedings of the conference at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens, Rosemoor, April 2002.
Matthew Jebb & Judith Cheney. 2004.
A 56 page booklet outlining the 15 talks, and giving a synthesis of some of the subjects discussed. This booklet was sponsored by the John Spedan Lewis Trust.
- Proceedings from previous PlantNetwork meetings
In future all conference powerpoints presentations will be archived on the website.
REPORTS from PLANTNETWORK and ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS.
INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION and INSTRUMENTS
- CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY:
The CBD, also known as the Rio Convention provides a comprehensive framework for
the triple objective of conserving biological diversity, using natural resources sustainably,
and fairly and equitably sharing benefits deriving from the use of genetic resources.
The latter objective is of particular importance to developing countries, as they hold
most of the world’s biological diversity but feel that, in general, they do not obtain a fair
share of the benefits derived from the use of their resources for the development of
products such as ornamental plant specimens, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Such a system
will hopefully increase the incentive for the world’s biologically richer but economically poorer
countries to conserve and sustainably use their resources for the ultimate benefit of
everyone on Earth.
- The BONN GUIDELINES on Access to
Genetic Resources
and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization:
The Guidelines identify the steps in the access and benefit-sharing process, with
an emphasis on the obligation for users to seek the prior informed consent of providers.
They identify the basic requirements for mutually agreed terms and define the
main roles and responsibilities of users and providers and stress the importance of the
involvement of all stakeholders.
- A CITES manual for botanic gardens :
The second edition of the manual, compiled by Sara Oldfield and Noel McGough.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to protect
listed species of plants and animals against overexploitation caused by international trade and to ensure that this trade is sustainable. CITES is arguably the most
powerful of the international biodiversity conservation agreements because its provisions are translated into
national laws in all the countries which sign up to it. The Convention has been in force for over 30 years and has
been ratified by over 170 countries.
THE GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR PLANT CONSERVATION
- The GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR PLANT
CONSERVATION:
The Global Strategy is one of the most significant instruments to have come out of the CBD.
The Strategy provides an innovative framework for actions at global, regional, national and local levels. The Strategy has 16 targets
in relation to Understanding and Conserving plant diversity, using that diversity sustainably and lastly in promoting
education and awareness about plant diversity
PlantNetwork is committed to incorporating the Global Strategy into all its programmes and policies.
- PLANT CONSERVATION ON THE WEB:
A listing of useful websites concerned with Conservation and the British and Irish Flora prepared by Judith Cheney.
- Developing a PlantNetwork response to Target 8 of the
Global Strategy for Plant Conservation:
At the spring PlantNetwork conference, on 6–7th April 2005 at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, eight targets were developed for botanical collections in Ireland and Britain to develop a co-ordinated response to assist in efforts to ensure the conservation of threatened plants in these islands. The meeting included representatives of 53 institutions in Britain and Ireland.
PRACTICAL PLANT CONSERVATION
TAXONOMY, PLANT IDENTIFICATION
- PLANT NAMES by Matthew Jebb: A short guide
to the practicalities of plant names: why taxonomists 'change' the names of plants, how taxonomy works,
how to name a new cultivar of plant as well as many other questions and answers to the problems
of plant nomenclature.
- ANGIOSPERM CLASSIFICATION: This
document provides a summary of the pre-Darwinian Bentham and Hooker classification of
flowering plants (Genera Plantarum) and contrasts this with the most recent evolutionary
understanding of these plants through an understanding of their DNA sequence, as proposed
by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT, POLICIES ETC.
- GUIDELINES ON LEGISLATION, IMPORT PRACTICES AND
PLANT QUARANTINE FOR BOTANIC GARDENS AND KINDRED INSTITUTIONS: Following the PlantNet
workshop ‘Foreign Bugs: Managing Pests and Diseases in a World of Increasing Imports’ held at the Eden Project
on 5 & 6th July 2004, there were calls for guidance on complying with international legislation and implementing
quarantine and import procedures from several of the organisations represented. The Plant Health Officers of the
Eden Project (Katie Treseder), RBG Edinburgh (Fiona Inches), and RBG Kew (Helen Long) agreed that it would
be a positive outcome of the meeting to pool their collective experience and produce a set of guidelines that could
be adopted in whole or part by these institutions.
- CATALOGUING AND RECORD KEEPING
FOR PLANT COLLECTIONS: This is an adapted booklet from the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
providing guidance on the minimum standards required for documenting and maintaining records
on living plant collections.
- GARDEN POLICIES:
This is the Policy statement for the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
