High scientific significances and economic returns have been reaped by the Myriad Botanical Garden (MBG), a joint initiative between CAS and Yunnan Province for ex situ plant preservation at the CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG). Formally known as "Introduction and Preservation of Tropical Plant Germplasms and Researches for Plant Resources," the MBG project was started in 2000. One of its important objectives was to increase the ex site plant species at XTBG from 4,000 to 10,000 by 2004. To achieve this, CAS and Yunan Government have each injected 15 million yuan (about $1.8 million) into the project.
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