Conservation of Pollinator Resources in Botanic Gardens

Abstract

This review presents the recent problems and future prospects of plant and pollinator resources in botanic gardens in the context of the role of botanic gardens for biodiversity conservation. Various anthropogenic disturbances, habitat and forage crisis, sound and light pollution, pesticide misuse, ignorance of plant-pollinator interactions in the botanic gardens are the primary concerns responsible for decline of plant and pollinator resources in botanic gardens. Several alternative procedures are to be followed have been discussed to overcome the problems for effective biodiversity conservation in botanic gardens.

DOI: 10.3126/on.v8i1.4341