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7 - Botanic Gardens and Solutions to Global Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

By
Samuel F. Brockington  and
Beverley J. Glover
Edited by
Stephen Blackmore  and
Sara Oldfield
Stephen Blackmore
Affiliation:
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
Sara Oldfield
Affiliation:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Plant Conservation Science and Practice
The Role of Botanic Gardens
 , pp. 166 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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