Small Collections Grant
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Digitization of the HOXA Orchidaceae collection
Peru
Digitally image
Cost (USD):
2000
HOXA
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa
Objective:
Take photos of the collections of the 750 species of Orchidaceae of HOXA
Timetable:
Month 01. Selection of 1 to 3 herbarium samples per species.
Month 02. Take at least 2 photographs, per sample, a general photo of the sample and another photographic with some important detail.
Month 03. Upload the images to the TROPICOS database of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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:
Currently in HOXA we have a collection of about 5000 herbarium samples from the Orchidaceae family, which makes a total of 750 species, mostly from the ANP of the Central Forest. We have a Nikon D850 digital camera, 46 mpx, and of course computers to store images; But we don't have money to pay a full time person to do this job.
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"Other" target:
Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez
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