The second national botanical garden was established. How will the "family" of national botanical gardens be laid out in the future?
On the 11th, the family of the National Botanical Garden welcomed a new member - the South China National Botanical Garden.
What is the difference between the two botanical gardens, one south and one north?
How will the future national botanical garden system develop and grow?
The north-south complementarity belongs to my country's typical climatic zone and vegetation zone
my country has a vast territory, diverse landforms, climates, and rich plant species.
There are more than 37,000 known higher plants and more than 4,000 rare and endangered plants.
Although there are about 200 botanical gardens in the country, they belong to different departments and are not systematic enough in plant protection.
On October 12, 2021, my country announced at the leaders' summit of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity that it will start the construction of a national botanical garden system based on the principle of combining in situ conservation and ex situ conservation. .
On April 18 this year, the first National Botanical Garden in Beijing was officially established.
From the perspective of climatic conditions, Beijing is an ideal place to collect and preserve representative plants of the northern temperate zone.
At the same time, cold- and drought-tolerant plants and wetland plants can grow here.
The South China National Botanical Garden, which opened today, is located in Guangdong, and Beijing and Beijing are in different climatic zones and vegetation areas, which can complement each other.
The National Botanical Garden System: Mature One Establishes One
At present, the national botanical garden system is still growing, and will welcome new members to join in according to the principle of establishing one for each mature.
Zhou Zhihua, deputy director of the Department of Animals and Plants of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration: will comprehensively consider factors such as major national strategies, climatic zones and vegetation zoning characteristics, plant species richness, the development level of existing botanical gardens, local enthusiasm and construction capacity, etc. High level National Botanical Gardens.