Status and Future Strategies of Chinese Botanical Gardens

Authors

JIAO Yang, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China
SHAO Yunyun, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
LIAO Jingping, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
HUANG Hongwen, Lushan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiujiang 332900, China
HU Huabin, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China
ZHANG Quanfa, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
REN Hai, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
CHEN Jin, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China

Keywords

Chinese botanical gardens; Chinese Union of Botanical Gardens (CUBG); biodiversity conservation; sustainable development

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Chinese botanical gardens have a history of more than 100 years, but large-scale construction began in the 1950s with the establishment of modern botanical gardens led by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Currently there are 162 gardens in China, which have entered the stage of rapid construction and steady development. Chinese botanical gardens have made great contributions to native plant conservation, sustainable utilization, scientific research and environmental education in China, and have become the backbone and part of mainstream of international botanical garden community. To cope with negative effects of human disturbance on ecosystem, botanical gardens will play a more important social role; thus, the Chinese botanical gardens should adjust their developmental strategies to improve creational practices, national integrative development, to propose new initiatives in key areas and to develop national botanical garden system, so as to meet the conservation goals, sustainable developmental goals and support the green Belt and Road Initiative.

First page

1351

Last Page

1358

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Yang, JIAO; Yunyun, SHAO; Jingping, LIAO; Hongwen, HUANG; Huabin, HU; Quanfa, ZHANG; Hai, REN; and Jin, CHEN (2019) "Status and Future Strategies of Chinese Botanical Gardens," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 34 : Iss. 12 , Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.2019.12.004
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss12/2