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Botanic Gardens > The Role of Botanic Gardens in Plant Conservation > Training in Botanic Gardens
Training in Botanic GardensBotanic gardens have an important role to play in building capacity for plant conservation by providing training for garden staff and for local, national and international participants. Garden staff need specialised training in horticulture, plant record keeping and environmental education as well as management. This can be achieved both inside and outside the garden through internal training, workshops and short courses and professional diploma and degree courses in horticulture and other disciplines. Botanic gardens can also provide valuable training in plant cultivation, propagation and horticulture, which can help people working outside of the garden to support their livelihoods and improve their well-being. Articles to Illustrate Training in Botanic GardensGeneral
Botanic Garden ManagementPlant RecordsComputer software systems for botanic gardens in Russia
External CoursesBotanic gardens can run courses for students, teachers, the local and rural community and general public, and national and international clients as well as for their staff. They are able to use the skills within the botanic garden to provide courses and internships that build the capacity of staff as well as the local community for conservation and sustainability.
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TaxonomyEducationEvaluationAll training should be evaluated to make sure that it accomplished its objectives and positively affected job performance and the connection between the investment in training is linked with an improvement in the organisational performance. ResourcesD. Bridson and L. Foreman (eds) 1998, The Herbarium Handbook 3rd ed. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. U.K. J.E. Victor, M. Koekemoer, L. Fish, S.J. Smithies and M. Mössmer, 2004, Herbarium essentials: the southern African herbarium use manual. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 25 SABONET, Pretoria, South Africa. Internet: www.sabonet.org J. Willison (ed.), 1994, Environmental Education in Botanic Gardens: guidelines for developing individual strategies (BGCI, U.K). |
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