Small Collections Grant
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Towards a Flora of the Natural National Park Farallones de Cali, Colombia
Colombia
Database, Digitally image, Process backlog
Cost (USD):
2000
CUVC
Universidad del Valle
Objective:
General Objective
To process, include, database and photograph collections of vascular plants from the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali at the CUVC herbarium.
Specific Objectives
1. Increase the herbarium database by adding 3000 records from the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali.
2. To increase the herbarium collection by adding 1000 specimens from National Natural Park Farallones de Cali.
3. To train undergrad students in the process of mounting, databasing and photographing herbarium specimens.
Timetable:
This project goal is to help us towards a preliminary checklist of the flora of the most important protected area of the Valle del Cauca department, the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali. The activities are planned to be carry out during one year.
Months 1-3
We have already located 2000 unprocessed collections from the National Park, many of them are already. During the first three months we will organize and select the unprocessed specimens to be mounted, photographed and database.
Months 3-7
During months 3 to 7 we will mount, photograph and database the 1000 new specimens to be included in the collection of the herbarium CUVC.
Months 6-12
Finally, we estimate there are about 3000 collections from the National Park already included in the general collection but not databased. During the last 6 months of the project we will locate and digitize these specimens from the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali.
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:
Most of the records about Valle del Cuaca department flora are at The Universidad del Valle Herbarium (CUVC), which has around 75.000 specimens, including algae, lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants. However, we estimate around 30.000 unprocessed and unmounted specimens. Our work has focused mainly on the study of the relictual flora of the dry forest in the geographic Valley of the Cauca river, one of the most endangered ecosystems in Colombia, but CUVC has accumulated important collections from regions like the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali. This park has 192,429 hectares (9% of the total area of the Department) has shown to be one of the most diverse and less known areas in Colombia.
Between 2016 and 2018 we started the digitization of the CUVC collections. However, our herbarium only has three staff, including the director, therefore most of the work is done by undergrad and grad students pay from grants like this one. For this project, we have already organized ca. 2000 unprocessed collections from Farallones de Cali, and we estimate there are at least 3000 already included in the collection but not database. These collections are organized by families and some have been curated by specialists which has allowed us to identify several new records for the department and Colombia. We will trained two undergrads to mount, digitize and photograph 1000 of these unprocessed specimens and to digitize 2000 additional specimens from this region.
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Alejandro Zuluaga
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