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COLLECTION OF TERMINALIA SPECIMENS FROM MADAGASCAR & PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR WORLD REVISION
INDIA
Other
Cost (USD):
2000
BAMU
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, DR. B. A. M. UNIVERSITY, AURANGABAD, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
Objective:
• To collect and study Terminalia specimens from Madagascar and Papua New Guinea.
• To examine some live endemic specimens of Terminalia from these countries.
• To study the genetic and species diversity of Terminalia from these countries.
• To study the distribution pattern of Terminalia specimens from Madagascar and Papua New Guinea by refering Herbaria.
• To collect materials of Terminalia specimens for DNA analysis from these countries
• To enrich BAMU and CNH Herbarium with Terminalia specimens from Madagascar and Papua New Guinea.
• To utilize this data for world revision of genus Ter
Timetable:
• January to March 2020 – Obtaining permission of National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, India to collect plant materials from Madagascar and Papua New Guinea (As per Biodiversity Act of India, 2002). – Developing rapport with the Institutions and persons from these countries.
• April to August 2020 – (If awarded) Herbarium referencing (digital images) from both the countries. – Sorting list of Terminalia species from respective area of both the countries
• September to October 2020 – Visit to Papua New Guinea for 1month ( Fruiting season of Terminalia) (1st week – University of Papua New Guinea; 2nd week – Papua New Guinea National Herbarium; 3rd week – Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute Herbarium and 4th week – Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment)
• April to May 2021 – Visit to Madagascar for 1 month (Flowering season of Terminalia) (1st week – University of Antananarivo; 2nd week – The national Herbarium of Madagascar, Tsimbazaza Herbarium (TAN) Antananarivo; 3rd week – Amber mountain national park and 4th week – Antsiranana province)
• June 2021 – Submission of Report and accounts to IAPT
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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Plan:
• Madagascar and Papua New Guinea are Megadiverse countries very rich in biodiversity, having some endemic species of Terminalia. 1/3rd species of Terminalia are considered to be native to Papua New Guinea, hence these 2 countries have been chosen to study Terminalia. Revision of genus Terminalia from India has been completed and its World revision has already undertaken. For Terminalia study countries like Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and many more countries have been visited for Herbarium referencing.
• From Madagascar - University of Antananarivo; The national Herbarium of Madagascar, Tsimbazaza Herbarium (TAN) Antananarivo; Amber mountain national park, Antsiranana, will be visited to collect Terminalia specimens for Herbarium, DNA analysis and Herbarium referencing.
• From Papua New Guinea, The University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, the National capital city; Papua New Guinea National Herbarium; Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute Herbarium (LAE); The Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment (PNG UNRE) will be visited to collect Terminalia specimens for Herbarium, DNA analysis and Herbarium referencing.
• Images of important Herbarium specimens and photographs of plants/ parts will be taken by digital SLR camera
• Collected materials will be send to Aurangabad by Air Mail.
• Data will be incorporated in the revision of genus Terminalia.
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COLLECTION OF TERMINALIA SPECIMENS FROM MADAGASCAR & PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR WORLD REVISION
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