Small Collections Grant

We have a scanner (Epson Expression 12000xl) and about 5,000 herbarium specimens have been scanned (about 25%). It would be expected that another 5,000 specimens will be scanned within 6 months.
We have been offer a courses in Botanical Scientific Illustration (Antigua Academia de San Carlos, UNAM; ECOSUR, Chiapas, Mexico; University of San Carlos, Guatemala) and has participated in three exhibitions (“Plantas Endemicas de México”, Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo May, 2018, “Worldwide Botanical Art Exhibition Outline” May, 2018; “XXI Congreso Mexicano de Botanica” Aguascalientes City, Mexico, October 2019) where emphasis was placed on publicizing the importance of illustration in the dissemination among the scientific and public community in general of Mexican species and in particular the endemic species of Mexico and the State of Chiapas and support the conservation of species and their communities where they are distributed and are currently in danger of disappearing. In collaboration with the students of the different workshops, graduates and professors, about 50 watercolor illustrations of the native species of Mexico have been made. With these grant we propose to create another 30 watercolor illustrations that would be expected within 12 months and at the end we make an infographic of some native and endemic species of Chiapas, Mexico. To raise public awareness of the great importance of knowing and conserving plant or natural resources that still persist in nature.