Small Collections Grant
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Increasing online presence of images of plants from Bahia focusing on the Atlantic Rainforest, mainly Restinga (coastal) vegetation
Brazil
Digitally image, Process backlog, Conserve
Cost (USD):
3000
HURB
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
Objective:
Despite being the second state in biodiversity in Brazil, boasting 12,212 plant species in its territory, Bahia still lags behind in terms of online presence of images to portray its biodiversity and facilitate botanical studies in Brazil and beyond. The Atlantic Rainforest biome, especially Restinga vegetation, is the dynamic botanical activities at HURB mean that our collection grows faster than we can digitize considering our present facilities. Therefore, we need to increase the mounting rate of our specimens and acquire a photographic table to accelerate digitization efforts.
Timetable:
1. Purchase of items (4250 acid-free cardboard pieces, one photographic table, and a new photograph camera)
2. Our technician and volunteer-students are fully trained in collection management, specimen mounting and database and imaging, so we do not foresee delays in starting imaging.
3. Mounting backlog from Restinga Vegetation (c. 400 specimens) = 4 months.
4. Digitizing between 1200 specimens per month during eleven months that follow the purchase and installation of the table and a new camera = 12,000 specimens digitized and avaliable online.
The digitization process is currently linked with JABOT system from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, and the upload of specimen data is an ongoing process with no bottlenecks from our side, therefore the images of our specimens will become available in the Brazilian virtual herbaria within a month of two of being taken. All activities will be duly publicized on our social networks and website.
Scoring Rubric
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Collection Improvement (max. 120 points)
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Facilitating access to the physical collections by digitization (e.g., data entry, setting up database structure with an outline of the platform to be used, purchasing equipment, and imaging specimens) – up to 30 points.
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Enhancing physical collections by improving the conservation status of specimens in the herbarium (e.g., better folders, protecting covers, mounting paper, labeling, etc.) – up to 30 points.
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Curating specimens (e.g., updating families, species identification, identifying types) – up to 20 points.
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Increasing our understanding of the flora or funga by making new herbarium specimens available, such as processing of backlog or collecting and mounting of new specimens from understudied sites – up to 20 points.
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Securing collections by distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria or shipping endangered collections to another herbarium – up to 20 points.
This proposal scores:
/120
Methods & Funding (max. 40 points)
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Match between the proposed budget and methods for the aims described – up to 10 points.
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Perceived need, the extent to which the project will benefit from IAPT funding: e.g., due to active floristic work or contribution to poorly collected sites, due to threatened conditions of collections, and for the degree of involvement of others (outreach and education). We give more points for herbaria in low- and middle-income countries – up to 20 points.
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Sharing duplicate specimens with other herbaria – up to 10 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
Broader Impacts (max. 40 points)
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Degree of regional importance of the collection or the taxonomic importance of the targeted collection – up to 10 points.
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The project will yield durable benefits (specimens, digitized metadata, databases, websites) – up to 15 points.
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The project involves outreach/mentoring and broad dissemination – up to 15 points.
This proposal scores:
/40
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Year of last successful SCG application:
Has applicant applied for SCG before?:
Yes, but it was unsuccessful
Plan:
1. A backlog of around 3500 collections made in the eight study areas of Restinga, where floristic inventories are being carried out as part of the Restinga Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio Restinga Beira-Mar Network), are located in the states of Bahia (four area), Espírito Santo (three area), and Rio de Janeiro (one area), has formed due to a shortage of cardboard to mount and store the specimens. Increasing mounting throughput is currently limited by a shortage of cardboard that, when acquired, will ensure that our specimens are secured and stored to the highest herbarium standards.
2. The purchase of a photographic table and new camera will ensure that taking digital images to provide SpeciesLink and Reflora websites.
Herbarium activities are performed by a senior technician that oversees a group of volunteer students, and fortunately we do not have space or workforce limitations, thus the activities are hampered by the shortage of material and the lack of a proper photographic setup (see image of our current photographic unit attached).
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Lidyanne
Pinheiro
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