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PLANT.com: Plant Assessment of Native and Traditional Communities to build a reference collection of their uses in Center-West Brazil
Project summary:
Herbaria of dried pressed plant specimens and associated collections have a invaluable resource representing unparalleled importance to several areas in science. The Herbarium DDMS is located in Central-West Brazil where there are 141 indigenous territories of which ca. 40% (56) are in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul and encompasses nine ethnicities. Previous botanical expeditions have accumulated gathering with associated use of plants. Thus, this proposal seeks fund to create the reference collection PLANT.com of usable plants and elaborate a comprehensive and accessible database.
Augusto Giaretta de Oliveira
Team Members
Brazil
Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
Zefa Valdivina Pereira
Brazil
Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
Referee 1:
Paulo Takeo Sano
Referee 2:
Fabiano Antunes
Referees
Scoring Rubric
Reviewer name:
1. Collection generation/improvement/maintenance (10 points available total)
(1a) contribution of physical and/or digital images of specimens (10 points)
or
(1b) infrastructure improvements including enhanced access to the physical collections, database development, database enhancement, digitization (10 points)
or
(1c) improvements to the physical collections (for example, better folders, better glue, paper, pest management, storage systems) (10 points)
or
(1d) distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria (10 points)
2. Methods and funding consistency (10 points)
How well do the methods and funds requested match the effort needed to achieve the objectives?
3. Perceived need (10 points)
Score Small Collections Initiative applications here [30 points total]
(see below for Taxonomy and Systematics rubric)
Initiative for this application:
Small Collections Initiative
Reviewers should assign a score of 1 to 10 to each of the following three items (1 being poorly implemented, 10 superbly planned), plus a one-sentence comment detailing the score.
1. Originality of the proposal (10 points)
How well does the proposal advance knowledge in terms of a biodiversity perspective as well as from a taxonomic and systematic perspective?
Reviewers should assign a score of 1 to 10 to each of the following three items (1 being poorly implemented, 10 superbly planned), plus a one-sentence comment detailing the score.
Score Taxonomy and Systematics applications here [50 points total]
(see above for Small Collections Initiative rubric)
2. Training (10 points available total)
(2a) Training of staff and students (10 points)
or
(2b) Outreach and/or community activities (10 points)
This proposal scores:
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5. Training (10 points total)
(5a) Training of staff and students (10 points)
or
(5b) Outreach and/or community activities (10 points)
4. Qualification of the team (10 points)
Based on reference letters and CVs
3. Perceived need (10 points total)
(3a) Demonstrated need and discussion of threat and/or understudied taxa (10 points)
or
(3b) Vanishing taxonomic expertise (10 points)
This proposal scores:
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This proposal scores:
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Fungi, Bryophytes, Ferns and fern allies, Flowering plants
Cost: $
10000
