Ex situ Conservation Effort through the Inventory of Plant Diversity in Mount Seblat, Bengkulu

Ikhsan Noviady,Imawan Wahyu Hidayat,Yati Nurlaeni

doi:10.15294/biosaintifika.v9i3.9668

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<p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"><span lang="EN-GB">Mount Seblat, as part a of Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP), is a pristine and natural mountain, particularly from disturbances and destructions by human activities. Nevertheless, the richness of biological resources especially plant diversity.in this area has not been more explored. The purpose of this study was to conduct an inventory of plant diversity and to determine the plant species composition. The inventory activities were conducted by plants collection along the ascent route. The results were then be maintained through ex situ conservation method in Cibodas Botanical Garden (CBG). The study was conducted by exploratory method, from Seblat Ulu Village (641 m asl) up to altitude of 1,037 m asl. There were 18 points of plant sample observation with an area of 5 x 5 square meters per point. Plant collection obtained 380 specimens. Five groups of most collected plants were Lauraceae (18 species), Rubiaceae (8 species), Anacardiaceae (6 species), Annonaceae (5 species), and Fagaceae (4 species). In order to enrich the plants collection as well as conduct the ex situ conservation effort, plants from Orchidaceae were also collected which resulted in 33 species. These results were an important initial inventory of plant diversity of Mount Seblat, considering that there was no record as well as very limited current information. When the environment disturbance tends to increase, this information may act as a reference and an initial database to develop plants conservation effort and strategy in the future.</span></p>

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Biodiversity loss and even the decline of flora and fauna in Sumatran region, have apparently generated little interest after decades of warnings by scientists and conservationists, but more recent concerns about the links between climate change, deforestation
In 2007, only 29% of Sumatra Tropical Rain Forest were protected by conservation areas and only nine of the 38 eco-floristic sectors had more than 50% of their remaining forest cover protected
The study was conducted in Mount Seblat, as a part of Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP), with starting point began from Seblat Ulu Village side

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Biodiversity loss and even the decline of flora and fauna in Sumatran region, have apparently generated little interest after decades of warnings by scientists and conservationists, but more recent concerns about the links between climate change, deforestation (van der Werf et al, 2008). These loss of ecosystem services have brought a new focus on forest conservation issues (Laumonier et al, 2010). The high profitability of land use for like oil palm, rubber, and forestry plantations for pulp and paper, combined with a environment policy that effectively subsidizes such land uses increases the opportunity costs of conserving tropical forests (Cacho et al, 2014)

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