Responsible: Prof. Liri DINGA
Mail
address:
tel./fax:
+355.4.225287,
or +355.4.232120.
E-mail: liri_dinga@yahoo.com
The Botanical Garden of Tirana (BG) is
founded in 1971, based on the phytogeographic and
systematic principles. It extends in a surface of nearly 15 ha, in hilly slopes
of the southern part of Tirana[1].
Like the MNS, the BG is separated since 1996 as the University Service Unit,
affiliated to the FNS (UT). It is a unique institution in
The scientific activity is focused mainly
on the study of Albanian flora, especially the threatened, rare and endemic taxa, and their introduction at the BG. Actually, about
1.400 species or other taxonomic forms, almost one third of Albanian flora, are
sheltered there. Additional activities are the study of bio-ecology of the
introduced plants, the phytosociological study of the
natural pastures, forests, protected areas etc. In 1981 was published for the
first time the Index Seminum,
which is exchanged with about 160 Botanical Gardens throughout the world. The
seeds and scientific information on Albanian flora and vegetation is
continuously exchanged, too. The Garden is member of BGCI (Botanical Garden
Conservation International) and has been very active in several projects, such
as Interreg II, Corine,
Emerald, Peen-See, etc
Three researchers carry on their full
activity in the BG, qualified in genetics, plant systematic, phytosociology, plant ecology. They are responsible of
undergraduate subjects Geobotany, Phytogeography
and Biogeography, and some postgraduate subjects in biological curricula. They
are regularly involved in the leading of field practices of botanical subjects
like: Geobotany, Phytogeography,
Biogeography, Plant Systematic and General Botany, lead students in their
undergraduate or postgraduate diploma theses, and assist during the visits from
the other faculties or even other universities.
The Garden acts, also, as an ‘ex-situ’ –
laboratory for the pupils and students of the schools and Universities of the
country, as well as for the amateurs of flora of