Small Collections Grant
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Building a collection of the Conifers’s specimens in the Highlands, Vietnam
Việt Nam
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog, Ship, Conserve
Cost (USD):
2000
DLU
Forest Science Institute of Central Highlands and South of Central Vietnam (FSIH)
Objective:
The aim of the project is to provide detailed morphological information to identify the coniferous species for Herbarium and sharing data to the world.
Specific objectives are:
+ Building a set of the Conifer’s specimens (30 vouchers) for identifications, taxonomy of conifers in Highlands.
+ Database and processing for the specimens to share with AIPT and FSIH’s Herbarium.
Timetable:
The project will be complete in 12 months from January to December, 2021.
Collecting samples: During this project for fully cones and flowers. The collection of samples will focus from June to November.
June and November: Processing specimens: dried, displaying on sheets and packaging
September and September: Datalizing specimens: photograph, barcode and sharing data.
Finally, the outcomes of project will be datalized and processed as photos and database following Kew’s Herbarium. A set of Conifers will be shared to FSIH’s Herbarium (registering). The data will be shared to AIPT and Kew’s Herbarium.
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:
Highlands is the center of the conifers in southern Vietnam up to date with 13 out of 15 Coniferous Species that mainly distribute at Bidoup-Nui Ba national parks nearby Da Lat city. But the DLU’s Herbarium at Da Lat University wasn’t a set of Coniferous Specimens yet that database and processed as specimens to share data to other Herbarium.
The proposed project builds a collection containing 30 specimens for 15 species to identify, especially the species listed in IUCN redlist and Vietnam’s Red Book, based on Herbarium Handbook (Diane Bridson and Leonard Porman, 2000). The species of the Conifers are proposed to build a set of specimens:
Cephalotaxus mannii
Calocedrus macrolepis
Fokienia hodginsii
Glyptostrobus pensilis
Keteleeria evelyniana
Pinus dalatensis
Pinus kesiya
Pinus krempfii
Pinus merkusii
Dacrycarpus imbricatus
Dacrydium elatum
Nageia wallichiana
Podocarpus neriifolius
Amentotaxus argotaenia
Taxus wallichiana
We will organize one survey trip to Kon Ka Kinh national park (Gia Lai province) to collect the samples of Amentotaxus argotaenia for specimens. The other samples will be collected at Bidoup-NuiBa National Park.
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Thanh Truong Hoang
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