Overview of Myanmar Project

ミャンマー連邦共和国は植物多様性が高い地域として知られているにも関わらず、その解明が遅れている地域の一つです。高知県立牧野植物園では、この未知なるミャンマーにおいて、植物相の解明と植物資源の探索を目的とした調査を、2000年よりミャンマー森林局と共同で開始しました。

これまで採集した押し葉標本は30,000点以上になり、当園の標本室(MBK)に保管されています。また、さまざまな民族植物学的情報が蓄積されています。

Myanmar is known for its rich plant diversity due to the combination and interaction of geography, topography, climate, pattern of seasonal rainfall, presence of high mountains and major rivers. However, very little inventory-based botanical fieldwork has been undertaken. The Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden (MBK) started a joint research venture with the Forest Department (FD), Myanmar to unravel the plant diversity since 2000 under the MoU. So far, approximately 32,500 specimens have been collected in collaboration with international and local botanists.

ミャンマー天然資源・環境保全省森林局

Partner Institution:
Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environmental Conservation, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Field survey
Identifications

The field surveys and specimensʼ collections in Myanmar was supported by the Kochi Prefectural Government, JSPS KAKENHI, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Nippon Foundation, and Expo ʼ90 Foundation and the database was performed by the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (JPMEERF 20191003) of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan and JSPS KAKENHI (17K02065).