1. 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-PA NAC
Penniel Lamei
Papua New Forest Research Institute
27th July, 2017

2. 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 to dried specimens of PNG and Non-PNG plants of which 2000 are TYPE specimens
Covering almost recorded species (Unpublished, 2017) in PNG
LAE Herbarium Database about 5-10% of specimen records into PNG Plant Database, (
PNG Plant Database is hosted by NSW Herbaria (Collaborating Partner)
Project Collaborating Partners are PNG University Herbarium & The University of Technology Herbarium

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Questions