Fwd: (WG) Western Ghats Trees
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From: Sunita Rao <sunit...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Subject: (WG) Western Ghats Trees
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FYI - has anyone in the group heard of or used this (pl see below). Please do let us know, since many of us do have a problem with taxonomy and field id of trees that is so essential to our work. Thanks. Sunita
June 8: In a first of its kind initiative, researchers at the French institute of Pondicherry (IFP) and CIRAD, France, have developed an open source software application for identification of tree species in the two major biodiversity hotspots in the world.
Now, at the click of a mouse, taxonomists, specialists and non-specialists can identify tree species in the rain forests of the Western Ghats and the Annamite rain forests of Laos, near Vietnam.
The project, biodiversity informatics and cooperation in taxonomy for interactive shared knowledge base (BIOTIK), is funded by the European Union. The software was developed by Dr Pierre Grard of CIRAD while a team of researchers led by Dr B.R. Ramesh developed the database on the tree species.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Dr Ramesh, director of research, IFP, said, “The Western Ghats, comprising 1,600 km of tropical rain forests in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat, are under threat from various factors including construction of dams and depletion of forest resources.”
“The main objective of creating this database is to facilitate the conservation of endemic species of trees in the Western Ghats and address the needs of stakeholders who are involved in maintaining and preserving these diverse rain forests,” Mr Ramesh said. “The software is available online at www.ifpindia.org/biotik and www.biotik.org.,” he added.
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