48 botanical gardens in China to build China Botanical Garden Alliance

The China Botanical Garden alliance was established in Beijing on June 6 At present, 48 botanical gardens across the country have joined the alliance The Alliance launched a "full coverage protection plan for indigenous species", aiming to achieve the collection and safe preservation of full coverage of native plants in China through 10 years of efforts Chen Jin, President of China Botanical Garden alliance and director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that there are more than 200 botanical gardens in China at present, but only 66% of the native plant species are preserved, only 34% of the rare and endangered plants are preserved, and there is a lack of balanced protection of different genetic diversity and different geographical provenances, and there is a lack of top-level design and division of labor and coordination of species conservation among botanical gardens Working mechanism According to the "full coverage protection plan of native species", it is expected to increase the conservation proportion of native species to 80%, rare and endangered species to 70% in the next five years, and effectively increase the backup conservation and genetic diversity conservation of species The alliance will select 25 to 30 key botanical gardens to implement the project With the support of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Forestry Bureau and Ministry of housing and urban rural development, China Botanical Garden alliance is jointly established by the working committee of botanical garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences, botanical garden branch of Chinese Academy of Botany, and Botanical Garden Working Committee of China Park Association, etc Sexual organization.