[korea] gyeonggi-do national arboretum
경기도 국립수목원
korea national arboretum (kna) is situated in gwangneung forest, between namyangju-si and pocheon-si, in gyeonggi gwangneung was a royal forest, which surrounded a mausoleum of king sejo of chosun thus, over the last 500 years it has been strictly managed in order to minimize human
the gwangneung arboretum, which belongs to the korea forest research institute, was established in 1987 and has been open to the public since in may 1999, it became the korea national in kna, there are 15 specilaized plant gardens, forest museum, forest zoo, herbarium and seed
the missions of arboretum are to conserve and develop plant resources through comprehensive research, and to promote the public's understanding of the
the methods to carry out our missions are as follow:
to develop our regional reference collections and make them more
accessible to a large number of to conduct research in systematics, biological
interactions, conservation gene resource and to support the conservation and sustainable use of plant
resources in korea and to inform the wider public the importance of forest and nature for human
to conserve the bio-diversity in gwangneung source -
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