Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of contributors
- 1 Factors influencing the germination and storage characteristics of orchid pollen
- 2 Effect of temperature and moisture content on the viability of Cattleya aurantiaca seed
- 3 Asymbiotic germination of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids
- 4 Germination and mycorrhizal fungus compatibility in European orchids
- 5 Host–fungus relationships in orchid mycorrhizal systems
- 6 The effects of the composition of the atmosphere on the growth of seedlings of Cattleya aurantiaca
- 7 Orchid propagation by tissue culture techniques – past, present and future
- 8 Population biology and conservation of Ophrys sphegodes
- 9 Predicting population trends in Ophrys sphegodes Mill.
- 10 Predicting the probability of the bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) flowering or remaining vegetative from the size and number of leaves
- 11 British orchids in their European context
- 12 The Nature Conservancy Council and orchid conservation
- 13 A private conservation project in the coastal rainforest in Brazil: the first ten years
- 14 The role of the living orchid collection at Kew in conservation
- 15 Import and export of orchids and the law
- Index
15 - Import and export of orchids and the law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of contributors
- 1 Factors influencing the germination and storage characteristics of orchid pollen
- 2 Effect of temperature and moisture content on the viability of Cattleya aurantiaca seed
- 3 Asymbiotic germination of epiphytic and terrestrial orchids
- 4 Germination and mycorrhizal fungus compatibility in European orchids
- 5 Host–fungus relationships in orchid mycorrhizal systems
- 6 The effects of the composition of the atmosphere on the growth of seedlings of Cattleya aurantiaca
- 7 Orchid propagation by tissue culture techniques – past, present and future
- 8 Population biology and conservation of Ophrys sphegodes
- 9 Predicting population trends in Ophrys sphegodes Mill.
- 10 Predicting the probability of the bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) flowering or remaining vegetative from the size and number of leaves
- 11 British orchids in their European context
- 12 The Nature Conservancy Council and orchid conservation
- 13 A private conservation project in the coastal rainforest in Brazil: the first ten years
- 14 The role of the living orchid collection at Kew in conservation
- 15 Import and export of orchids and the law
- Index
Summary
Introduction
The growth and development of most scientific and artistic disciplines can be traced back through history and spans centuries or even millenia. The development of conservation, a subject largely based on scientific as well as ethical principles is still in its infancy, having only commanded serious academic attention in recent decades. There are now several international wildlife treaties and conventions and fortunately for both professionals and non-professionals interested in the subject the current status and legal background have been brought together by Lyster (1985), to whom much of the foregoing information is attributable.
Control on international trade in wildlife, its products and derivatives is not a recent concept. Initial public demand for such controls was made as early as 1911 by the Swiss conservationist, Paul Sarasen, who claimed that the vogue for plumed hats was having a serious effect on populations of wild birds. Sarasen was one of the most influential figures behind the establishment of the Consultative Commission for the International Protection of Nature at Berne in 1913, which had delegates from seventeen European countries. The progress of the Commission was halted by the outbreak of War and it was not until the late 1940s when the foundation of a similar international body was under discussion, that the Commission had any legal existence. Furthermore it set a precedent, being the first intergovernmental agency concerned with nature protection (Boardman 1981).
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- Modern Methods in Orchid Conservation , pp. 163 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1989