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Dr. Zafar Siddiq

  • Government College University Lahore Botanic Garden
  • Assistant Professor of Botany and In Charge Botanic Garden
  • Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design, Ecological Restoration
  • Lahore, PK
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Over the last 17 years i am attached with Botanic Gardens. My expertise include the Botanic Garden establishment, designing, and its management. I have designed and help several organizations for establishing a botanic garden. Designed a course about Botanic Garden management and teaching it at post-graduate level in my University. I was trained for the said skills from Kew Gardens UK and Shanghai ChenShan Botanic Garden China. I also work on species restoration, seed banking, establishing new plantations and tree conservation as well. I have also published my work for the said expertise at both national and international levels.

Areas of Expertise
Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design
  • Botanic Garden Planning, Concept, and Strategic Development Expertise
    • Formulation of purpose and objectives (vision and mission)
    • Strategic plan development
  • Botanic Garden Feasibility Study Expertise
    • Site selection
    • Feasibility study development
  • Botanic Garden Design Expertise
    • Master plan
    • To-scale plan drawings and specifications
    • Design brief
  • Botanic Garden Construction Planning Expertise
    • Construction drawings and specifications
  • Botanic Garden Facility Construction Expertise
    • Seed bank
    • Herbarium
    • Access infrastructure
    • Visitor facilities
  • Botanic Garden Governance Expertise
    • Government
    • Academia
    • Private
Collections
  • Botanical Inventory and Collection Expertise
    • Identification
    • In situ survey
  • Propagation Techniques Expertise
    • Seeds
Plant Health and Biosecurity
  • Invasive Species Biology Expertise
    • Management
Research
  • Research Expertise
    • Climate change
    • Ex situ conservation
    • In situ conservation
    • Invasive species biology and control
    • Seed biology and conservation
Geographic
  • Geographic Region Expertise
    • Asia
  • Habitat Type Expertise
    • Tropical and subtropical dry broad leaf forests
    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
    • Tropical and subtropical moist broad leaf forests
Services
  • Services Available
    • Advice
    • Consultancy
    • Mentorship
    • Partnership opportunity
    • Research
    • Training
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