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Improve accessibility of biodiversity data in Suriname Presenter Dorothy Traag - National Herbarium Suriname 13 NOVEMBER 2019 THE BID PROGRAMME IS FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION PROJECT OVERVIEW Im Improve acc ccessibility - - thr through


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13 NOVEMBER 2019 THE BID PROGRAMME IS FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION

Improve accessibility of biodiversity data in Suriname

Presenter Dorothy Traag - National Herbarium Suriname

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

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Improve acc ccessibility

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through dig digit itiz izin ing an and pa partnerships between th the An Anton de Kom Univ iversit ity of

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Surin iname, ACT CT Su Suriname an and SN SNRI/ADRON

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romoti ting th the use se of f biod iodiv iversit ity y dat ata to to su support rt decisi ision-makin ing

  • Engaging with local communities ; meetings in the

village Kwamalasamutu and guided tour in the Herbarium

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ing th the needs fo for r biod iodiv iversit ity dat ata

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ing with ith decis ision-makers an and national institutions who have requested information in the past years

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DATA MOBILIZATION

Anton de Kom University National Herbarium

▪Plant collection (Angiosperms) – 27.000 rec.

Nationale Zoological Collection

▪Invertebrate collection – 20.000

Amazon Conservation Team - NTFP plants – 1,500 SNRI/ADRON Rijst Instituut - Weeds - 500

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APPLICATIONS OF THE MOBILIZED DATA

  • Environmental Statistics publication

(Source: General Bureau of Statistics https://statistics-suriname.org/milieustatistieken-4/

  • Gonini online portal: Landuse Landcover Maps

(Source: Forest Service) https://www.gonini.org/

  • Country Reports e.g. CBD, FAO/Plant Genetic Resources
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CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

  • Sustainable data mobilization
  • Promotion of data sharing and use
  • optimization of resources
  • Supporting-policy decision for biodiversity

conservation

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LESSONS LEARNED

Digitization of Herbarium specimen

Co-funding workstation Herbarium

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Procurement of equipment caused some delays.

  • Testing the work station was very challenging in terms of time and effort.
  • Parts not working adequately in the beginning, causing some delay.
  • Quality check Data entry based on images

Capacity

  • Extra personnel needed
  • Training of the digitizing team is important

Partners

  • Training partners preparing acceptable data for GBIF
  • Engaging communities in sharing data

General

  • Hosting and publishing is a challenge, especially when ICT facilities are not

sufficient