South China National Botanical Garden unveiled the National Forest and Cao Bureau: is accelerating the preparation of the "National Botanical Garden System Construction Plan"

Cover news reporter Shao Meng

Following the establishment of the Beijing National Botanical Garden, on July 11, the South China National Botanical Garden was officially unveiled in Guangzhou. At this point, my country has taken the lead in setting up and unveiling the operation of two national botanical gardens.

South China National Botanical Garden was officially unveiled in Guangzhou. Picture source: South China National Botanical Garden

It is understood that the South China Botanical Garden relies on the establishment of the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The total planned area is 319 hectares. It is currently the world's largest South Asian tropical botanical garden and one of the oldest botanical research and plant protection institutions in China. Based on South China, plant conservation, scientific research, and knowledge communication dedicated to global tropical subtropical regions.

The former South China Botanical Garden is the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry and Botanicals of the National Sun Yat -sen University. In 1929, it was founded by Academician Chen Huanzheng, a famous botanist, and one of the oldest botanical research and protection institutions in China. There are currently 38 specialty parks, and 1,7168 classification groups are relocated to the land; there are three research centers, 1 plant specimen hall, two national field platforms, and 3 key laboratories in the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The total area of ​​the South China Botanical Garden is 319 hectares, coordinating the optimization of scientific research areas, specialized exhibition areas, and technology promotion platforms. The scientific research area is mainly scientific research and resource research and development. Mainly, it contains "the connotation of science, the appearance of art, and the heritage of culture", highlighting the characteristics of "mountains and greens, birds and flowers, and peak circuits". Construction of ecological civilization.

In terms of planning and construction, the South China National Botanical Garden takes the protection of the relocation of plant resources in the global tropical subtropical region in South China as its core, and builds the national rare and endangered plant relocation conservation centers and the germplasm resource bank. There are more than 20,000 species of conservation, including 6,000 economic plants, and 95%of the rare endangered plant in South China have been relocated.

South China National Botanical Garden Exhibition Area. Picture source: South China National Botanical Garden

It is reported that the South China National Botanical Garden will also build a natural education museum, national natural education and ecological civilization demonstration base, build a smart botanical garden, improve the educational courses of botanical gardens, etc., and improve the ability of plant science popularization.

In addition, the construction of the cultural characteristics of the Lingnan garden, the international first -class special garden and the characteristic plant display area, and the strengthening of supporting infrastructure construction, etc., explore the national botanical management and operation mechanism that is in line with international standards and meets the national conditions, comprehensively enhance the comprehensive conditions of the park, strive to build it Demonstration and leading regional national botanical garden.

China is one of the most abundant countries in the world. There are more than 37,000 high -profile plants, accounting for about one -tenth of the world. On October 12, 2021, my country announced at the Fifteenth Conference of the Convention on the Convention on Biological Diversity. System. On May 30, 2022, following the establishment of a national botanical garden in Beijing, the State Council approved the establishment of a South China National Botanical Garden in Guangzhou.

The State Forestry Bureau stated that in conjunction with the Ministry of Housing and Urban -Rural Development, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other departments, it is accelerating the preparation of the "National Botanical Garden System Construction Plan" to comprehensively consider the characteristics of my country's climate belt and typical vegetation zone, biodiversity hotspot areas, economic and social development status, and economic and social development. Factors such as the comprehensive strength of the botanical garden, coordinate planning and scientific layout, "mature one, set up one", steadily promote the construction of a national botanical garden system with Chinese characteristics, world -class, and harmonious things.

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