Dear Ecog-l, Please see announcement from Richard Abbott, below.
>Save St Andrews Botanic Garden...... > >St Andrews Botanic Garden is under threat of closure due to insufficient >funding. It was established by St Andrews University in the early 1960s >and for the past 25 years has been leased to the local Council who have >funded its maintenance and development as an educational and community >facility. The lease runs out later this year and the Council is no longer >willing to cover all of the running costs. > >The Garden is an absolute gem and a wonderful biodiversity resource. It >contains >8,000 living plant species, i.e. ~3 times the total number of >plant species occurring naturally in Britain. These are displayed in >diverse open habitats (Heath, Rock, Woodland and Water) and a range of >different glasshouse environments (Tropical, Temperate, Alpine and Hot >Desert). It is located in the midst of St Andrews and is open daily to >the public! > >You can sign a petition against the closure of the Garden by going to >http://www.st-andrews-botanic.org and clicking on "Sign the Save the >Garden Petition". Couldn't be easier. The petition closes on 5 May and >will be presented to the University in June together with a business plan >for the Garden's future development. > >Richard Abbott >Professor Richard Abbott >School of Biology >University of St Andrews >St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK > >Email. [email protected] > >Websites: >http://bio.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/rja.htm >http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Richard_J._Abbott My apologies for the short notice. Thank you, Dr Daniel Barker Lecturer in Biology, University of St Andrews -- Daniel Barker http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/db60 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532
