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2013-03-26Recruitment Notice for Director of General Office of International Association of Botanical Garden (IABG) CouncilSalary: Competitive.Read More
Location: South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China.
Application Deadline: 30 April 2013, but we will leave this position open until the appropriate candidate is identified.
Start Date: As soon as possible.
Contract: 5 years, including a six-month probationary period.
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2013-03-26Health risk assessment for consumption of fish originating from ponds near Dabaoshan mineThe environmental concern in mining areas is primarily related to spilled mine tailings, emitted dust, and acid mine drainage (AMD) transported into aquatic ecosystems. Heavy metals are highly persistent and non-biodegradable contaminants that have been reported to cause toxic effects in animals and might be bioaccumulated through food chain to ...Read More
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2013-03-07Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of selected species from AnnonaceaePollen is one of the most valuable sources of evidence for phylogenetic analysis, clarifying higher-level relationships, and studies of origins of the family. The Annonaceae have the greatest diversity in basal angiosperms among and within genera, not only at the macromorphological level but also at the pollen morphological level. Dr. Fengxia Xu...Read More
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2013-01-23Study on Health Risk from Heavy Metals in Foodcrops around Dabaoshan Mine Selected the Most Cited PapersWhich has been identified by SciVerse Scopus as the 25 most cited articles published in Science of the Total Environment since 2008(Fig. Results suggested that heavy metal contamination of food crops grown around Dabaoshan Mine posed a great health risk to the local population through consumption of rice and vegetables. Therefore,this critical e... Dr. ZHUANG Ping from Soil Ecology Research Group at South China Botanical Garden, CAS, had published an article, titled “Health Risk from Heavy Metals via Consumption of Food Crops in the Vicinity of Dabaoshan Mine, South China”, which has been identified by SciVerse Scopus as the 25 most cited articles published in Science of the Total Enviro...Read More
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2013-01-16Chief Executive Officer of the International Association of Botanical Gardens (IABG) SecretariatInternational Union of Biological Sciences(IUBS)and a scientific member of IUBS,as a commission of the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies(IABMS).The aims of IABG are·to promote international cooperation between botanical gardens,arboreta and similar institutes maintaining scientific collections of living plants·to... About the IABGRead More
The International Association of Botanical Gardens (IABG) was founded in Paris in 1954 and is a worldwide organization affiliated to the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and a scientific member of IUBS, as a commission of the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS).
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2013-01-05Transfer and Detoxification of Heavy Metal along Food ChainCadmium contamination has been a worldwide public health concern,because Cd has the potential to bioaccumulate in plants and invertebrates and a greater potential for trophic transfer along some food chains. Metal bioavailability and detoxification in plants is controlled by biological manipulation of the chemical forms of heavy metals. Metal su... Cadmium contamination has been a worldwide public health concern, because Cd has the potential to bioaccumulate in plants and invertebrates and a greater potential for trophic transfer along some food chains. Metal bioavailability and detoxification in plants is controlled by biological manipulation of the chemical forms of heavy metals. Metal s...Read More -
2012-12-21Exchange and Collaboration: The Roles of Botanical Gardens in Plant Sciences and EcologyThirteen symposia and workshops were held and they were entitled:Botanical gardens’role in overcoming nature deficit disorder in this rapid urbanizing world。 Newly emerged plant reintroduction guidelines–taking climate change into consideration/Plant reintroduction in Asia–case studies。 Public education of botany and environment。 In the co... ——Brief Introduction to the 13th Conference of International Association of Botanic GardensRead More
The 13th Conference of International Association of Botanic Gardens (IABG, formed in Paris in 1954, a scientific member of International Union of Biological Sciences) was held in Guangzhou, China from November 13th to 15th, 2012. The main theme of t... -
2012-07-27Reintroduction of Tigridiopalma magnifica, a Rare and Critically Endangered Herb Endemic to ChinaThe main findings are as following:Twelve locations with populations of T. Magnifica only grows in the surface soil on stone walls or rocks under the canopy of secondary forests and plantations and has no specific associated plant species. After 11 months survival rate was 40–58% but survival was higher and plantlet crowns were larger at the lo... Tigridiopalma magnifica, a perennial herb and the only species in the genus Tigridiopalma (Family Melastomataceae) is rare, and endemic to China, where it is categorized as Critically Endangered on the national Red List. During past 7 years, Dr REN Hai and Dr. ZENG Songjun co-operated to research the reintroduction of the species. The main findi...Read More