Journal CleanWAS (JCleanWAS) 6(2) (2022) 40-45 Quick Response Code Access this article online Website: www.jcleanwas.com DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2022.40.45 Cite the Article: Efridani Lubis, Fauziah, Mulyono (2022). Strengthening Policy of Ex-Situ Biodiversity Management Conservation Preventing Biodiversity Loss in Cibinong Science Center Botanical Garden. Journal CleanWas, 6(2): 40-45. ISSN: 2521-0912 (Print) ISSN: 2521-0513 (Online) CODEN: JCOLBF RESEARCH ARTICLE Journal CleanWAS (JCleanWAS) DOI: http://doi.org/10.26480/jcleanwas.02.2022.40.45 STRENGTHENING POLICY OF EX-SITU BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT CONSERVATION PREVENTING BIODIVERSITY LOSS IN CIBINONG SCIENCE CENTER BOTANICAL GARDEN Efridani Lubis * , Fauziah, Mulyono Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah, Indonesia * Corresponding Author Email: efridani@yahoo.com This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ARTICLE DETAILS ABSTRACT Article History: Received 05 May 2022 Accepted 09 June 2022 Available online 14 June 2022 The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as international system for biodiversity conservation stated that all botanical garden should conserve endangered biodiversity. In this context, the IUCN publish the IUCN’s Red List every year; in the year 2021 for example only around 35,765 species or 28% out of 75% conserved in ex-situ conservation or botanical garden. Indonesia has been developed further the notion through Presidential Decree No. 93/2011 that accommodated Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Target 8 stated that at least 75 per cent of threatened plant species in ex- situ collections, preferably in the country of origin, and at least 20 percent available for recovery and restoration programs. From previous study, two out of six botanical gardens managed by the Government implemented the Target varied. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate others including The Cibinong Science Center Botanical Garden (CSCBG). The study used qualitative method combined with policy approach through interview and observation with Miles and Hubermen approach for analysis. The result shows that the Gardens has not accommodated the policy yet, however the Garden has introduced technology with more than 6.000 species equipped with barcode. The collection is mainly Indonesia tropical plants specifically flora at lowland. Therefore, to strengthening policy of ex-situ conservation in the CSBG needs further policies: (a) coordination among and within related actors, (b) integration of biodiversity conservation into socio-economic sectors, (c) adequacy and sufficiency of funds, and (d) governance and stakeholder participation. KEYWORDS Biodiversity, ex-situ conservation, botanical garden, The Cibinong Science Center Botanical Garden 1. INTRODUCTION Ex-situ conservation known as conservation outside, off site, or away from the natural location becomes one of plant preservation mechanism that also known as botanical garden. This type of conservation becomes strategic way to prevent biodiversity loss (Hochkirch et al., 2021; Purnomo et al., 2015). The loss of biodiversity all over the world becomes serious concern. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) publish called as Red List. In the year 2020, the IUCN stated there are 35,765 species (28%) categorized as threatened with extinction (IUCN, 2020). This number is considered huge and becomes alarm for humankind (O’Donnell & Sharrock, 2017) since the plant conservation is essential for human kind: without plant there is no life (GSPC, 2011). The conservation means food security; plantation damage and extinction will impacted significantly to the life support system as a whole (Hotimah et al., 2015; Lubis, 2009; Powers, 1993). Responding to that, some botanical gardens in Indonesia has been accommodated the List including Cibodas Botanical Garden (Kurniawan et al., 2020) which shows that 86 species of the collection stated in the Red List, 13 species Critically Endangered (CR), 39 species Endangered (EN), and 34 species Vulnerable (VU). The number still far from the target. The similar research result shows in Bogor Botanical Garden that only 20% out of 75% of the target in the Red List has been accommodated (Lubis, 2021). Botanical garden hold an important role in such preventing degradation of biodiversity loss. The Garden commonly function as taxonomic and systematic research centers (Dosmann, 2006; Stevens, 2007). However in this context the Garden can also be functioned as sources of plant ecology, growth, conservation (Coates & Dixon, 2007; Gratani, L. et al., 2008; Wang et al., 2018). Botanical gardens have great abilities to explore plant diversity and plant resource utilization and effective way to counteract for rapidly disappearing of biodiversity (Chen & Sun, 2018; Volis, 2017; Purnomo et al., 2015). Conservation also covered genetic resources which focus on developing protection strategy on target species due to its decreasing condition leads to endangered or extinct. The protection goes side by side with genetic resources utilization and equal benefit sharing (Bean et al., 2007). IUCN takes a position as watchdog of number of threatened species comprehensively through list named Red List. Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. The IUCN Red List is comprehensive information on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus, and plant species. The List is also a tool to inform and catalyze action for biodiversity conservation and policy change, critical to protecting the natural resources we need to survive (Hochkirch et al., 2021; IUCN, 2020).