REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BENGKULU -- The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests, has launched a strategic document on conservation of Rafflesia spp and Amorphophallus spp.

The strategic document was launched on the sidelines of the International Symposium on Rafflesia and Amorphophallus, that opened in Bengkulu on Tuesday.

The head of Research and Development in the Ministry of Environment, Hendri Bastaman, said the two rare flowers were the first ones to be covered by such a strategic document on conservation.

He said the document, applicable until 2025, mentions the role of various stakeholders, including the community, in the preservation and utilization of these two flowering species.

In addition, the document also explains the results that such conservation efforts can yield.

After this symposium ends, the document will be set as the Minister of Environment and Forestry's regulation. The symposium began on September 14 and will last till September 16, 2015.

The Deputy for Life Sciences, LIPI, Enny Sudarmonowati, said the document, prepared before the symposium, had been already discussed in a seminar held in Bogor, West Java, in the middle of this year.

The strategic document was also discussed at the regional level in Bengkulu before it is implemented at the national level.

Four species of Rafflesia spp, which can still be found in the tropical forests of Bengkulu, are Arnoldii, Gadutensis, Hasselti and Bengkuluensis.

Amorhphophallus spp species include Titanum, Variabilis, Phaeonifolius and Gigas.

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