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SUMMARY:How our Botanic Gardens Work (and how they can work for you) - Dr 
 Sam Brockington\, Cambridge University Botanic Garden Curator
DTSTART:20151022T120000Z
DTEND:20151022T130000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens is a Biodiversity Hot
 spot\, containing over 8000 vascular plant species. Rather more than the o
 fficial count for the entire Democratic Republic of Congo. But how is this
  biodiversity sourced and maintained\, and at what cost? To what extent do
  we capture the world’s biodiversity at different phylogenetic and geogr
 aphic levels? What are the major constraints that limit our collections? H
 ow well do we function as a repository for rare and endangered species? An
 d how can we best populate our living collections to support emerging fiel
 ds of research over the next decades? I will attempt to provide some answe
 rs to these questions by exploring the quantitative dynamics of the CUBG a
 s living collection\, and on the back of these analyses propose some key a
 reas for future development.
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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