Contributions to the Ecology of Communication and the Phenomenology of Worldview

Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Poland

The Botanical Garden was established in 1974 based on a decision by the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Its foundation was rooted in the first project from 1948 to create a nursery garden on the terrain of the former Golf Club and the property of the previous land owners in Powsin, lying in the south of Warsaw. Until 1977, the founders of the garden purchased approximately 40 hectares of land. In the years 1978–1990, the principal management of the terrain contributed to the creation of a diversified collection of plants. The gates of the PAS Botanical Garden were open to visitors as late as 1990. The mission of the Botanical Garden in Powsin is to conduct scientific research in theoretical and applied botany, biotechnology and plant genetics, applied ecology, broadly understood nature conservation, and protection of biological diversity.

The main tasks of the Garden belong to the development of plant collections along with the preservation of a seed bank and, in particular, the protection of the flora population and vegetation species at the genetic level, as well as environmental protection at the ecosystem level. The Garden is an educational institution for the training of researchers and specialists with special qualifications in botany, genetics, ecology, and gardening. As such, it runs teaching and learning activities for students of higher education, as well as primary and secondary schools interested in botany, biogenetics, gardening, and wildlife protection. Its educational goals constitute the dissemination of knowledge of the natural sciences, agriculture, and forestry, with special reference to the use of plants for human health care and the awareness of the threats posed to nature and the ecology of life. On the organizational level, the Garden serves the public for didactic and recreational purposes, allowing visitors to intercourse with the riches of plant collections and to spend their leisure in contact with living nature indeed. The Powsin Botanical Garden is a large park with nice walking paths. Around half of it is taken up by useful and decorative flowers. The second part is an arboretum, constituting a collection of trees. The most valued among visitors are the azaleas. For tourists, there are many opportunities to make amazing photo sessions, for example, cherry blossom, including the Japanese sakura tree. Worth considering also are the national collections of varieties of roses.

Monografia zawiera teksty nadesłane przez uczestników dwóch kolejnych sympozjów poświęconych ekokomunikologii i ekofenomenologii, a także przez zaproszonych badaczy. Wspólnym elementem ich ramy odniesienia jest perspektywa badawcza ekologii. Tematyka poszczególnych rozdziałów oparta została na projektach badawczych realizowanych pod auspicjami Federacji Naukowej WSB–DSW Merito w Gdańsku oraz Ogrodu Botanicznego Polskiej Akademii Nauk – Centrum Ochrony Różnorodności Biologicznej w Powsinie. Autorami rozdziałów są profesorowie, badacze oraz nauczyciele akademiccy zatrudnieni w publicznych uniwersytetach i niepublicznych uczelniach wyższych w Polsce.

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