26.09.2022 - 30.09.2022 DEAR COLLEAGUES! We invite you to take part in the work of International scientific seminar "STRATEGY AND METHODS OF BOTANICAL GARDENS FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF NATURAL FLORA - VIII" September 26-30, 2022 Venue: Minsk, Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, PA Working languages: Belarusian, Russian, English Thematic areas of the seminar: Cooperation of botanical gardens in the implementation of the tasks of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: documentation of collections according to international standards, exchange of plant material and replenishment of collections. The role of cooperative interactions and scientific research of botanical institutions in the conservation of biodiversity of plant resources. Current tasks and strategies of cooperation in the field of protection of native rare flora. Creation of genetic resource banks of rare and protected plant species of native flora and their scientific support. Selection, documentation and conservation of genetic resources of cultivated plants. Current trends and problems of preserving the genetic diversity of natural plant flora: in situ and ex situ conservation and reintroduction, creation and maintenance of gene banks. Relevance and methods of using natural plant species in landscape gardening. Introduction to rare natural communities of Belarus, selection of objects and formation of joint projects on current topics of preserving plant biodiversity, etc. Organization of joint trainings on maintaining, propagating and ex situ conservation of collections of rare species of native flora using genetic certification methods. Address of the organizing committee: 220012, Republic of Belarus, Minsk, st. Surganova 2v, Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Contacts: e-mail botgarden.seminar.minsk@gmail.com Lyudmila Vladimirovna Goncharova, tel. +375 17 2841625 Elena Vladimirovna Spiridovich, tel. +375 29 6841474 Anastasia Borisovna Vlasova, e-mail nastassia_vlasova@yahoo.com For participants of the audience, a link to ZOOM for online viewing: Online broadcast
