Small Collections Grant
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A new scientific collection for Sinaloa: the Herbarium of Culiacan Botanical Garden
México
Database, Process backlog, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
HJBC
Sociedad Botánica y Zoológica de Sinaloa, I.A.P.- Jardín Botánico Culiacán
Objective:
The principal goal is process more than 800 specimens backlog, and for 2 years we development a curatorial strategy based in organic management of the collection, we need to strengthen this line of research by purchasing the required materials. Our Herbarium capacity is about 18,000 specimens; however due to the lack of materials the mounting process has been stopped, more than 1000 samples require be finished and included in the database, and subsequently digitizing them.The support will also contribute to maintaining the specimens of the National Palm Collection, from Botanical Garden.
Timetable:
1.- Acquisition of mounting materials and tools: March to April
2.-Training of new students and collaborators: March to August
3.-Process a specimen backlog, mounting in acid-free sheets and neutral ph adhesive.: April to November.
4.-Development a Organic Integrated Management Program for the HJBC:
4.1.-Design of new trials of organic management: April to October
4.2 Monitoring of the effects of different essentials oils and organic products: May to November
4.3.-Temperature and humidity monitoring and control:May to November
5.-Enter the information to a specialized database: August to December
6.-Finally report of results (fellows and researchers from the garden): December
7.-Publication of a paper about the results of Organic Integrated Management Program to share with botanical community: December
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:
The progress of the herbarium in the last years has been slow but efficient. After 8 years, our team achieved a physical space for the specimens as well as their shelves, we agree collaborations with other institutions, researchers, students and volunteers. In this year, we received more than 600 samples donated from the IBUG Herbarium and CIIDIR Durango Herbarium, from the PhD. Rito Vega Aviña, a flora specialist from Sinaloa state and the thesis work from a student. This year, we obtained the support of 2 young government fellows to work in the process of preparing including drying, mounting and identification, and we will keep the program active for the following year. A government fellow will be responsible for continuing the mounting once the material is had. She will remain until the end of the year 2020 and working from Monday to Saturday from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, as well as helping to evaluate and monitor the organic management program that we are implementing. At the end of that period, the grantee must submit a report of the results of the activities carried out. In addition, because our institution have a signed academic agreement with the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) and we have the potential to incorporate volunteers and students whom would receive training for herbarium management, and botany. To continue growing the collection it is necessary to replace the current dryer with a new one that guarantees the correct boiling of the samples.
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Luis Fernando Colin Nolasco
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