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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103202| Title: | Ex-situ conservation - the Mediterranean garden |
| Other Titles: | SOS for Maltese flora : proceedings of a national seminar |
| Authors: | Buhagiar, Joseph A. |
| Keywords: | Plant conservation -- Malta Endangered plants -- Malta Gardens -- Mediterranean Region Plants, Protection of -- Malta Plants -- Extinction |
| Issue Date: | 1999 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Biology. |
| Citation: | Buhagiar, J. A. (1999). Ex-situ conservation - the Mediterranean garden. SOS for Maltese Flora, Msida. 23-26 |
| Abstract: | Worldwide the threat to thousands of plants continues at an unrelenting pace. A decade ago, it was estimated that as much as 10% of the world's flora would be on the verge of extinction by the year 2000. As the new millennium approaches it seems that the situation has not improved in a good number of countries. Although efforts are made to safeguard threatened species, new threats arise as a result of direct or indirect human activity. If we consider the local situation, out of 900 plant species recorded in Malta, a staggering one third (328) are recorded by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC, Cambridge UK) as being under some form of threat. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/103202 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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