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Organizations relating to Plants
International Association of Wood Anatomists / Beijing, China / Est. 1931
Latin American Weed Society / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 1971
Pacific Plant Protection Organization / Suva, Fiji / Est. 1994
Asian Association of Societies for Plant Pathology / Beijing, China / Est. 2000
Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Cactaceas y Otras Suculentas / Caracas, Venezuela / Est. 1989
European Association of Agrochemical Companies / Arnhem, Netherlands
Asociación Latinoamericana de Plantas de Rendimiento / Est. 2012
International Plant Growth Substances Association / Est. 1970
International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora / Geneva, Switzerland
FAO-ICARDA International Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus / Santiago, Chile / Est. 1993
International Plant Nutrition Institute / Peachtree Corners GA, USA / Est. 2007
International Organization of Plant Biosystematists / Bratislava, Slovakia / Est. 1960
Bromeliad Society International / Miami FL, USA / Est. 1950
International Plant Nutrition Council / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Est. 1954
Mesemb Study Group / Ansty, UK / Est. 1986
Seagrass 2000 / Corte, France
World Seagrass Association
European Foundation for Plant Pathology / Wageningen, Netherlands / Est. 1990
People and Plants International / Bristol VT, USA / Est. 1992
Planta Europa / Uppsala, Sweden
Weed Science Society of America / Westminster CO, USA / Est. 1956
Plant Research International / Wageningen, Netherlands
International Society of Environmental Botanists / Lucknow, India / Est. 1994
International Society of the Friends of Notocacti / Hannover, Germany / Est. 1980
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation / Menlo Park CA, USA / Est. 1966
Groupe Initiatives / Nogent-sur-Marne, France / Est. 1983
International Centre for Research and Training on Seabuckthorn / Beijing, China
Natural Resources Institute / Chatham, UK
International Seabuckthorn Association / Beijing, China / Est. 2001
Council of Australasian Weed Societies / Toowoomba QLD, Australia
European Confederation of Distributors, Producers and Importers of Medicinal Plants / Est. 1962
European Confederation for Plant Protection Research / Est. 1952
International Association for the Optimization of Plant Nutrition / Est. 1983
Weed Science Society for Eastern Africa
European Bromeliad Society
Mediterranean Association for Plant Physiology
Association of Plant Physiologists of SAARC Countries / Est. 1987
Grupo Interamericano de Coordinación en Sanidad Vegetal / Coronado, Costa Rica / Est. 1998
Inter-American Conference on Plant Health / Est. 1948
Association du commerce international de bulbes à fleurs et de plantes / Hillegom, Netherlands / Est. 1960
Nordic Work Group of Forest Vegetation Management / Borup, Denmark
Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards / Port Louis, Mauritius / Est. 2006
International Organization for Plant Information / Sydney NSW, Australia / Est. 1991
International Association for Cultivated Plant Taxonomy / Est. 1998
International Union for Preventing the Spreading of Phylloxera / Est. 1878
Near East Plant Protection Organization / Rabat, Morocco
Inter-African Committee on African Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine / Lagos, Nigeria
African Research and Development Network for the Industrial Production of Drugs of Medicinal Plants
International Association for Plant Physiologists / Est. 1959
View all profiles (281 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Plants
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialCrop vulnerability
Threatened species of Plantae
Inadequate plant quarantine
Health hazards of air pollution for plants
Monopolization of agricultural genetic resources
Angel dust
Decreasing diversity of biological species
Declining breeds of cultivated plants
Fungal plant diseases
Plant pests
Threatened marine or estuarine habitats with rooted vascular beds
Salvinia auriculata
Irresponsible genetic manipulation
Herbicide tolerance in plants
Cruelty to plants
Radioactive contamination of plants
Bioaccumulation of toxic substances
Deficiency diseases in plants
Insect pests of plants
Poisonous plants
Killing of plants
Threatened species of medicinal plants
Threatened animal and plant life due to radioactive contamination
Inadequate weed control
Threatened bryoid habitats
Action Strategies relating to Plants
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialMaking effective use of medicinal plants
Establishing intellectual property rights for plant varieties
Planning integrated food plant nutrient programmes
Maintaining database on plants
Protecting plants and animals
Conserving plant species
Propagating rare plants
Conserving cactus
Conserving populations of animals and plants
Producing biofuels
Promoting horticultural study
Using cogeneration of electricity and heat
Preserving existing plant resources
Conserving endangered species of plants and animals
Conserving vulnerable vegetable germplasm
Involving local communities in the conservation of plant genetic resources
Causing extinction of species
Domesticating plants
Restoring wildlife habitats
Preserving genetic diversity in cultivated plants
Planning municipal sewage plants
Protecting medical plants
Using ethnobotany
Maintaining database on plant genetic resources
Harvesting native fauna and flora for food
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