Assessing Ecosystem Health in Botanical Gardens

Botanical gardens have an important role as ex-situ plant conservation areas, so the health condition of the botanical garden ecosystem must be considered so that it remains sustainable.However, currently not many studies have been carried out regarding the health of botanical garden ecosystems, especially in Lampung Province.Therefore, this research was conducted to assess and compare the health of ecosystems in all botanical gardens in Lampung Province.Measurement and analysis of research data was carried out using the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) method based on ecological indicators in which the categories were bad, medium, and good.The research results obtained show that CL1 has a bad category with a value of 6.18; CL2 has a bad category with a value of 5.64; CL3 has a good category with a score of 7.89; and CL4 has a good category with a value of 7.61.Thus, the health condition of the ITERA Botanical Gardens and Liwa Botanical Gardens ecosystem has a final average score of 6.83 which is included in the medium category.It is important to always maintain and improve the health status of forests, considering that the existence of botanical gardens provides many benefits for the surrounding environment and society.