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AVH - Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Logo

AVH - Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Logo. Tim Entwisle and Judy West Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. Definitions. Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH): 8 + 1 + 1 The task - 6 million specimens, 40% done HISPID - standards

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AVH - Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Logo

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  1. AVH - Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Logo Tim Entwisle and Judy West Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria

  2. Definitions • Australia’s Virtual Herbarium • Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH): 8 + 1 + 1 • The task - 6 million specimens, 40% done • HISPID - standards • HISCOM - IT committee

  3. How we got to where we are • 1995 - HISCOM recommends the AVH concept (a distributed database) to CHAH • 1997 - Canvassed at Systematics meeting • 1999 - Proof of concept with Acacia • 2000 - Government Minister shows interest • 2000 - Interest from industry/foundations • 2000 - Negotiating cost & lobbying

  4. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALANDENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION COUNCIL • Government committee of Commonwealth and State/Territory Environment Ministers • Accepted that the community wanted the product • Funding options and regional support • Working group • Project design input - new name

  5. The agreement • $10 million project over five years • Capture new data and validate old • State/Territory to contribute amount relative to specimens to be databased/validated • $4 million Commonwealth + $4 million State/Territory + $2 million private • Sharing data critical to cost (cf. $16 million)

  6. Recent activity • Major item at October CHAH meeting- Agreement on what information we provide to community - Priority groups and ‘Who does what?’ • Trust to oversee financial arrangements • Liaison and Advisory Committee

  7. Added extras - the real AVH • Stage 1: databasing (dots on maps) • Plus map overlays, precision flags, spatial queries, pretty interfaces, etc. • Conflicting taxonomies - towards a National Census • Stage 2+: images, descriptions, identification tools • Multiple resources and options (cf. library)

  8. The pilot

  9. Overlays

  10. Geocode accuracy Survey data

  11. GREENING THE GRAINBELT Uses

  12. Uses

  13. Plus

  14. But...

  15. But... Integrated strategies for tackling fungal biodiversity • Problem: 250,000 spp., 5% known, few herbarium collections • Solution: Fungimap • Community mapping of 100 common species by 600 volunteers • Distribution and habitat data leads to better conservation and systematics

  16. Why it will work • Communication - CHAH, few herbaria • Collaboration - long-standing, data sharing, overcoming Australia’s Federal/State system • Champions - management, public • Lobbying and profile of herbaria • Relevance of product • And now…we need to maintain commitment to project (e.g. impact on research outputs and other organisational initiatives)

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