The course of lectures at the Botanical garden

It 2006 – 2008 the Botanical garden hosted annual course of lectures “Days of Knowledge” delivered from January to April. In 2006 there were introductory lectures; basics of taxonomy, morphology, anatomy, introduction of the Botanical Institute and Garden departments. In 2007 the course was devoted to 300th anniversary of K. Lenne, in 2008 – to preservation of biodiversity of plants ex situ and in situ. The International Union for Protection of Nature and Natural Resources was set up 60 years ago, one of its first solutions was to make up the Red Book. In 1978 the first official edition of the Red Book of the USSR was issued followed the Red Book of the RSFSR in 1988. See more.