‘Invasions in Megacities, Dangers, and How to Combat Them’ Russian Scientific and Practical Conference
‘Invasions in Megacities, Dangers, and How to Combat Them’ Scientific and Practical Conference focused on the following key topics:
- Legislation for combatting invasive species
- Analysis of invasive flora in Russia
- Best practices in collaboration between botanical gardens and government authorities
- Methods to control the spread of hazardous plants
Speakers at the conference included Yelena Golosova, Director of the Landscape Architecture and Ethnobotanical Research Laboratory at the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens National Research Centre; Yulia Vinogradova, Chief Researcher in the Flora Department at the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Olga Baranova, Leading Researcher and Scientific Curator of the Alpine Gardens Collections and Perennial Herbaceous Plant Nursery at the Peter the Great Botanical Garden of the Komarov Botanical Institute; and Kirill Tkachenko, Senior Researcher and Director of the Seed Science Laboratory at the Peter the Great Botanical Garden.
The conference resulted in a detailed study of invasive plants in the botanical gardens of St. Petersburg and an analysis of the natural seeding of woody and herbaceous plants. The participants held a lively discussion about how to select control methods for specific invasive plant species and established sample plots to test various protocols for managing invasive plants within protected natural areas.
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