Seoul Botanical Garden, designated as an ex situ conservation organization... First in the field of plants in Seoul

Seoul Botanical Garden announced on the 13th that it had been designated as an 'extrahabitat conservation organization' by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment on the 10th.

Ex-habitat conservation institutions are facilities recognized for their contribution to the stable conservation and proliferation of endangered wildlife. A total of 30 places across the country, including the Seoul Botanical Garden, have been designated as ex situ conservation institutions.

The Seoul Botanical Garden was selected as an ex-habitat conservation organization in recognition of its research and conservation activities on three species of native plants, including Sanbuntu, Pink Janguchae, and Wildflower.

With this, Seoul Botanical Garden became the first plant conservation institution in the Seoul area. Looking at the plant field as a whole, the city reported that this is the first new designation in eight years since the National Nakdong River Biological Resources Center was designated in January 2018.

The botanical garden has 24 species of plants designated as endangered wildlife, including 3 species, and plans to strive to protect the remaining species by accumulating their proliferation results and management history.

Kim Young-hwan, director of the Garden City Department, said, “This designation is significant in that the Seoul Botanical Garden celebrates its 8th anniversary and has been recognized as an organization that specializes in protecting disappearing plants.”

He added, "We will expand the scope of conservation to include currently endangered plants, while also increasing opportunities for citizens to see and learn why our plants are disappearing, and share the importance of the environment and biodiversity."