Heritage conservation and environmental threats at the 192-year-old botanical garden in Pondicherry, India

Nath, Cheryl D.; Aravajy, S.; Razasekaran, D.; Muthusankar, G.

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2018.02.004

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“…The green space of USU can become a separate habitat that maintains species diversity and sustainability, improves environmental quality, and provides a sense of comfort in urban areas. This function is similar to what is obtained in botanical gardens in urban areas such as Bogor and India [2], [4]. The tendency of people to come to green space vegetation is related to comfort and accessibility [5].…”

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confidence: 75%

Nature interpretation in green space of Universitas Sumatera Utara

Harahap,

Ahmad,

Ulfa

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Universitas Sumatera Utara competes with various other campuses to win the title of the best Green Campus through the UI Green Metric ranking. Tree vegetation at USU is also an added value for the campus. The campus is a favorite location for people to visit and enjoy the environmental services. The interest of visitors who come is certainly an opportunity as well as a challenge for USU to continue maintaining and developing tree vegetation which is a provider of environmental services for the surrounding. Therefore, research on the potential nature interpretation activities in green space at USU needs to be done and studied further. This study used field observation techniques by visiting various locations. Field findings data are described descriptively and tabulatively. The green space of USU has various potential locations for nature interpretation and environmental education, such as; bird watching, rare vegetation species, fruit spots, sports, photography, wildlife behavior, and flowering periods of vegetation. The results are expected to be useful in the learning process about the environment for the academic community and visitors who come, efforts to maintain a microclimate, develop further research, and support efforts to mitigate global warming.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 75%

Nature interpretation in green space of Universitas Sumatera Utara

Harahap,

Ahmad,

Ulfa

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Cyclones on plant stands have immediate consequences and long term legacies (Lugo, 2008). Such risk for historic gardens was accounted by several authors by underling different consequences: i) direct damages to trees, shrubs, artistic structures, buildings and greenhouses (Martin, 2015;Nath et al, 2018); ii) additional damages caused by falling trees to garden elements, staff and visitors, as well opening of gaps in the tree cover that may expose previously shaded understorey components to light stress (Bisgrove and Hadley, 2002).…”

Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

The management of plants and their impact on monuments in historic gardens: Current threats and solutions

Carrari

Aglietti

Bellandi³

et al. 2022

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…In spite of these efforts to build a solid and real network, some BGs are in crisis and risk to turn into public parks (Hurka, 1994), with their plant collections dismissed because not actively used and costly (Raven, 1981). Other institutions already experienced turnovers due to calamities and/or abandonment (Nath et al, 2018). The financing of these institutions is one of the main problems driving the crisis (Heywood, 2017) but not the only one.…”

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The University of Bologna Botanical Gardens: proposal for a tech-savvy walk throughout history

Minelli¹,

Felice²,

Pasini³

et al. 2020

Acta Hortic.

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Botanical gardens in Italy are facing a severe crisis and many of them are under risk to disappear. The Botanical Gardens of the University of Bologna (UBBGs) contains one of the eldest germplasm collections in the world. Currently, the ageing of the living arboreal collection poses typical problems associated with senescence, with some specimens already being lost. Furthermore, social recognition and emotional attachment from the local citizens are weak. In the present paper, a proposal for the recovery and regeneration of the UBBGs is structured in three subsequent phases. Primarily, the detection of physiological and mechanical issues in arboreal collection occurs by visual and instrumental analyses. A GIS-based system links the data to each tree and allows to upload them in digital databases. In the second phase, iconic "totem" trees are selected to host GPS-triggered interpretive features available to users via digital application on mobile devices. To make use of them, people are asked to log in and supply basic information, including (I) age class, (II) provenance, (III) time for visiting, and (IV) reasons for visiting. Extemporary quizzes, digital puzzles, and themed treasure hunts are also delivered during the tour basing on visitors' information and played features. At the end of the tour, personal satisfaction is assessed by a star-rating system, besides the selection of the most and least enjoyed features. In the last phase, satellite gardens are newly established, in neglected or abandoned urban sites, and users are also involved in data collection; therefore, fostering participatory citizen science. Hence, a long-term management plan for the arboreal collections is defined. Technological features improve the accessibility and intelligibility of UBBGs to visiting people, reviving their educational and recreational roles.

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Heritage conservation and environmental threats at the 192-year-old botanical garden in Pondicherry, India

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Nature interpretation in green space of Universitas Sumatera Utara

Nature interpretation in green space of Universitas Sumatera Utara

The management of plants and their impact on monuments in historic gardens: Current threats and solutions

The University of Bologna Botanical Gardens: proposal for a tech-savvy walk throughout history

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