Biodiversity Challenge
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COLLECTIONS, CHECKLIST AND GEOREFERENCING OF WILD FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS IN SAHEL, SUDAN AND GUINEA SAVANNA OF WEST TROPICAL AFRICA, NIGERIA
Project summary:
The project aims to collects, documenting, georeferencing and publication of available wild flowering plants and ferns in savanna of Nigeria with expectation of filling research gaps. In Nigeria, deforestation remains threats to flowering plants. According IUCN Red list, some flowering plant taxa are data deficient, Some taxa, status unavailable.
Umar Musa
Team Members
Nigeria
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi
Ibrahim Saleh
Nigeria
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi
Musa Ibrahim Abubakar
Nigeria
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi
Referee 1:
SD Abdul
Referee 2:
AJ Nayaya
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)
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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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Ferns and fern allies, Flowering plants
Cost: $
8500
