Conservation: plant, animal, and wildlife, genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium or long-term conservation facilities

local vegetables and economic vegetables (chilli, eggplant, lime, okra, long beans), local medicinal plants and fruit trees (longans, mangos). We also a conserves various orchid species as well.

In addition, the university also has projects related to the conservation of biological, physical and socio-cultural resources, namely: Plant Genetic Conservation Project under The Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn which aims to:

• Progressing the understanding of personnel and organization, and to introduce volunteers and companies to plant genetic conservation.
• To build links between various organization, including government agencies and private sections on virtue foundation.
• To create a plant genetics database system that can be communicated around the country.

Additional evidence link:

https://researchex.mju.ac.th/dbplant/

https://rspg.mju.ac.th/wtms_index.aspx?&lang=th-TH

Maejo University has worked in response to the royal initiative of the Plant Genetic Conservation Project under the Royal Initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn by allocating some areas of the Ban Pong Forest Conservation and Development Project to participate in the project since 1994 and expanding the project area to 3 areas as follows:Plant Genetic Conservation Project Maejo University-Chiang Mai, Plant Genetic Conservation Project Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet, Plant Genetic Conservation Project Maejo University-Chumphon. Its objectives are to understand and see the importance of plant genetics, to share ideas and practice until the benefits of the Thai public, and to have a system of plant genetic information to be communicated throughout the country.

1. Maejo University-Chiang Mai Area, Chiang Mai Province

          1. Conservation project collecting wisdom and propagating Lanna herbal plants can collect and conserve herbs. There are a total of 600 plants on an area of ​​approximately 10 rai located in a conservation forest area and are utilized by communities in the area of ​​Pong Village, Pa Phai Sub-District, Sansai District, Chiang Mai Province.

2. Project on the establishment of a botanical garden for collecting indigenous medicinal plants in the northern region at Maejo University farm area. A total of 34 species of medicinal plants can be gathered to be planted in the area.

3. Conservation and utilization of Thai orchids under the Plant Genetic Conservation Project, Maejo University conducts breeding, nursery, and cultivation of Thai orchids, exploring and collecting Thai orchid species.

4. The project to study the genetic and physical characteristics of indigenous Thai melon varieties operates in the field of Vegetable Crops, Horticulture Course, Faculty of Agricultural Production to collect and study the physical characteristics of indigenous Thai melons to conserve and collect Thai melon varieties so that they do not disappear in the future.

2. Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet Area, Phrae Province

          1. Conservation of local plant diversity in the area of ​​Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet in honor of His Majesty the King has organized 3 sub-activities, which are projects that promote and support the conservation of local plant species and the transfer activities to the community and youth as follows:

–  Activity 1: Cultivate local seedlings to conserve plant genetics, carry out activities in nursery plots by  collecting seeds from plant saplings and cultivating rubber trees, 6,000 seedlings, Payom 2,000 seedlings, 1,500 seedlings, Wah 1,500 seedlings, Takhianthong 3,000 seedlings, Siao 500 seedlings and planting in 7 local plant test plots, namely Takhianthong, Yang Na, Phayom, Macha Mong, Yang Pluang, Rang and Yang. Hiang, total number of 245 trees.

– Activity 2: Management of fang planting plots in the area of ​​​​Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet, activities such as as weed control, fire prevention line, pet protection fence.

– Activity 3: Caring for and restoring forest plots in a degraded deciduous dipterocarp forest area of ​​3 rai in the conservation area of ​​ Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet.

2. Conservation and Prototyping of Makiang Products in Maejo University-Phrae Chalermprakiet Area.

3. Maejo University-Chumphon, Chumphon Province

1. The Cultivation and Conservation Project, focusing on the conservation of the Tetragonula pegdeni Schwarz was intended to conserve the stingless bee in Maejo University- Chumphon area and to pass on the knowledge on raising and conserve the stingless bee (Tetragonula pegdeni Schwarz) and its products. which is a species that exists locally in the south.

2. Conservation and breeding project for sustainable conservation in Maejo University-Chumphon area and conserved forest area plant genetic conservation project of Maejo University – Chumphon

3. The project to collect local medicinal plants in the form of seeds, fruits, branches, tubers, roots for tissue culture can collect 40 types of herbssuch as ginger, Aeginetia indica,Tiger orchid, Philodendron,Paphiopedilum,Butterfly Pea, Karanda,Sweet Pepper,Cape Gooseberry, etc

4. Sargassum C. Agardh Brown Algae Conservation Project, Maejo University – Chumphon