Papua New Forest Research Institute Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Pacific Workshop and Regional Meeting, Samoa, 2017 “Databasing and Documentation of PNG National Herbarium Plant Collection” - Project ID “BID-PA2016-0008-NAC Penniel Lamei Papua New Forest Research Institute 27th July, 2017

Introduction PNG Forest Research Institute is a Directorate of PNG Forest Authority PNGFRI has four (4) Programs which the PNG National Herbarium or LAE Herbarium is under the Forest Biology Program LAE Herbarium contain almost 300 000 to 400 000 dried specimens of PNG and Non-PNG plants of which 2000 are TYPE specimens Covering almost 19 000 recorded species (Unpublished, 2017) in PNG LAE Herbarium Database about 5-10% of specimen records into PNG Plant Database, (www.pngplant.org) PNG Plant Database is hosted by NSW Herbaria (Collaborating Partner) Project Collaborating Partners are PNG University Herbarium & The University of Technology Herbarium

Project Goals Establish or strengthen National Biodiversity Information Increase available biodiversity data, within and beyond the grant period Apply biodiversity data in response to National priorities

Goal 1: Establish or strengthen National Biodiversity Information Deliverables Goal 1: Establish or strengthen National Biodiversity Information Technical support to LAE, UPNG and UOT herbaria Engage database personnel and purchase desktop computers for data entry for each institution Linkage between institutional datasets Set up between UPNG herbarium and LAE, and LAE and UOT herbarium Establish a database for UOT Herbarium Set a database for UOT herbarium Data management protocols Inception meeting, two mid term reviews, end of project meeting

Deliverables Goal 2: Increase available biodiversity data, within and beyond the grant period Guide to accessing data from plant databases Document a guide to accessing and usage of data and information within the datasets for the public 50-60% increase in data recorded into the database Enter information from field labels on specimens into the database Electronic images of specimens Take photographs of specimens Geo-referencing of specimens Geo-referencing of specimens in LAE, UOT, UPNG Herbaria

Goal 3: Apply biodiversity data in response to National priorities Deliverables Goal 3: Apply biodiversity data in response to National priorities Distribution maps of selected taxa from protected areas and for conservation needs Develop maps of selected species from datasets and map out their distributions Checklist of taxa from 5 selected managed forest areas Generate plant checklists and make it available to the public

Work Plan (1-3 Months) Mobilization Deliverables Recruiting Staff Staff are working on the project Set-up work Station Work area resourced Access to Local Network Having stations connected to FRI Network Consult UPNG,UOT, NSW Herbaria Agreed on expected approach to deliver expected outputs Budgeting Funds transfer to UPNG & UOT

Work Plan (1-3 Months) 2. Inception Meeting Deliverables Organise Inception Meeting Confirm participant from UPNG & UOT Follow up & provide assistance to Address action items from the workshop to UPNG & UOT Engage students at UPNG & UOT Student are engaged on the project In-house training for new staff Conduct in house training for data entering in LAE Herbarium Follow up on NSW Herbaria database Current status and upgrade Digitization Master Plan Involvement of all Institution

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