{"id":81493,"date":"2025-08-05T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogrodpan.pl\/?p=81493"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:11:20","slug":"noahs-ark-for-the-plant-world-the-importance-of-botanical-gardens-in-protecting-plant-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/arka-noego-dla-swiata-roslin-znaczenie-ogrodow-botanicznych-w-ochronie-roznorodnosci-roslin\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah's Ark for the plant world. The importance of botanical gardens in protecting plant diversity."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PAS Seed Bank in Powsin - \"Noah's Ark for the plant world\"<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"122\">Is it possible to effectively protect biodiversity when natural habitats are disappearing faster and faster? An example is provided by seed banks - treasure troves of nature, including our PAN Seed Bank in Powsin. For decades, it has exceeded the standard functions of a biological depository - bringing endangered species back to life, conducting research on their biology and using advanced cryopreservation methods.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"200\">In an article by&nbsp;<strong data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"93\">Anna Ruci\u0144ska, Jerzy Puchalski, Arkadiusz Nowak and Anna Zn\u00f3j<\/strong>&nbsp;entitled&nbsp;<em data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"204\">\"Noah's Ark for the plant world. The importance of botanical gardens in the conservation of plant diversity\"<\/em>&nbsp;(magazine&nbsp;<em data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"225\">Cosmos<\/em>, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2023), convincingly demonstrated how our botanical gardens - and the PAN Seed Bank in particular - fit into the global system of ex situ conservation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"202\" data-end=\"231\">The publication presents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"303\">Data on the scope of protection of the flora resources of Poland and Central Asia,<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"387\">The role of seed banks as \"Noah's Ark\" in the face of climate and anthropogenic pressures,<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"495\">recommendations for integrated protection, in which institutions such as ours play a key role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"659\">Get a behind-the-scenes look at our daily work, laboratory activities and practical achievements - read more in the original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/375873199_Arka_Noego_dla_swiata_roslin_Znaczenie_ogrodow_botanicznych_w_ochronie_roznorodnosci_roslin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah's Ark for the plant world. The importance of botanical gardens in protecting plant diversity.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank Nasion PAN w Powsinie \u2013 \u201eArka Noego dla \u015bwiata ro\u015blin\u201d Czy mo\u017cna skutecznie chroni\u0107 bior\u00f3\u017cnorodno\u015b\u0107, gdy naturalne siedliska coraz szybciej znikaj\u0105? Przyk\u0142ad daj\u0105 banki nasion \u2014 skarbnice przyrody, w tym nasz Bank Nasion PAN w Powsinie. Od dekad przekracza on standardowe funkcje depozytu biologicznego \u2014 przywracaj\u0105c zagro\u017cone gatunki do \u017cycia, prowadz\u0105c badania nad ich&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":81496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,496,474],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktualnosci","category-aktualnosci-naukowe","category-informacje-naukowe"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Aktualno\u015bci"},{"value":496,"label":"Aktualno\u015bci naukowe"},{"value":474,"label":"Informacje naukowe"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Okladki-strona-12-1024x683.png",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Paulina Szymorek","author_link":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/author\/paulina-szymorek\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Aktualno\u015bci","slug":"aktualnosci","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":184,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":1,"category_count":184,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Aktualno\u015bci","category_nicename":"aktualnosci","category_parent":0},{"term_id":496,"name":"Aktualno\u015bci naukowe","slug":"aktualnosci-naukowe","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":496,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":30,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":496,"category_count":30,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Aktualno\u015bci naukowe","category_nicename":"aktualnosci-naukowe","category_parent":0},{"term_id":474,"name":"Informacje naukowe","slug":"informacje-naukowe","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":474,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":129,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":474,"category_count":129,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Informacje naukowe","category_nicename":"informacje-naukowe","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"meta_box":{"mb_document_group":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogrod.pan.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}