Jakarta – Head of the Biological Sciences Research Organization (OR IPH) of the National Research Study and Development Agency (BRIN), Iman Hidayat, has actually estimated that only 10 percent of Indonesia’s biodiversity has been uncovered up until now.
” Some researchers approximate the biodiversity that has actually been found up until now is just about 10 percent of its overall capacity,” he said in a written declaration gotten by ANTARA here on Friday.
Indonesia is the country with the largest biodiversity internationally, including terrestrial and marine biodiversity, he noted. The biodiversity that has actually been effectively revealed and recorded is still minimal, he added.
Thus, exploration and research to discover and use the country’s biodiversity is among BRIN’s top priority programs, Hidayat said.
As the planner of the national research study program, OR IPH BRIN has two essential activities, which make up a program associated with the disclosure and use of biodiversity and the preservation of endangered plants, he informed.
Biodiversity conservation efforts carried out by BRIN consist of data storage of whole-genome sequences and partial DNA/protein genome sequences, as well as disclosure of risks and impacts of global modifications on the status of communities and biodiversity in Indonesia, he included.
Other efforts include the rehabilitation and enhancement of the population of threatened species, ex-situ and eco-friendly exploration, and conservation in addition to species repair, Hidayat said.
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Head of the BRIN Research Study Center for Biology, Anang S. Achmadi, stated the success of BRIN researchers in revealing new Indonesian types has actually included really challenging procedures.
The research study procedure is rather long, beginning with expedition, the study of museum collections, and the use of technology for the recognition procedure, he expounded.
The research procedure does not end upon the discovery of a brand-new types, he said. Further research requires to be carried out to take a look at the material of the active compounds in the species or to examine their possible role as signs of ecological change, he described.
For biodiversity preservation in Indonesia, the Secretariat of the Scientific Authority for Biodiversity (SKIKH) of BRIN, is serving as a scientific authority in Indonesia, he notified.
The authority has actually actively represented Indonesia in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Types of Wild Animal and Plants (CITES), he included.
In the meantime, other conservation efforts that have actually been performed by BRIN have actually likewise been realized in the type of clinical depository and repositories kept at Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Herbarium Bogoriense, and the Indonesian Culture Collection, with the collections dating back 10s to hundreds of years, he informed.
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