Lichens Flora of Nepal at Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Citation
Devkota S, Shakya B (2021). Lichens Flora of Nepal at Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Version 1.3. Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mw4ksm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-05.Description
This occurrence database contains records of the lichens based on the herbarium specimens deposited at the Natural History Museum (NHM), Tribhuvan University Nepal. Situated on the lap of a world heritage site Swayambhu Stupa, this is only natural history museum of Nepal with major objectives to collect, preserve and demonstrates flora, faunal and geological and other natural specimens. This database is a part of a project funded by the Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia (BIFA; project no. BIFA5_023 to Shiva Devkota) program of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) supported by the Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan and co-funding came from the Himalayan Climate & Science Institute (HCSI), Forest Action Nepal and Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS).Purpose
Digitization has been a fast-growing process mostly in academic institutions for the preservation and dissemination of knowledge. In the global north, collections deposited in the libraries, natural history museums, and herbaria have been more or less digitized than in the global south. Therefore, for the conservation of the biological diversity and associated knowledge, documentation, digitization and analysis of the specimens of the global south are crucial. Lichens in the other hand is already the understudied and underprivileged group and demands further research and extension. This digitization project aims to fulfil that gap and contribute to the records of GBIF by digitizing lichens herbarium collections deposited in different herbaria in Nepal. The data produced after digitization will serve as the foundation of mycological knowledge of Nepal quantifying their availability at different deposition centres with every ancillary detail. Digitization of available lichens is also important for the lichenologists working at different institutions to understand their ecology, distribution, phenology and possible multidisciplinary research plans and; high school and university students to share and understand about such fungal groups. Furthermore, as Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, existing knowledge on lichens is crucial to understand the impacts of climate change on the less explored taxonomic group.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The occurrence records of the lichens of Nepal housed at Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.Sampling
Herbarium specimens of lichens of Nepal housed at Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.Quality Control
• Experts consultation (for taxonomic determination/confirmation and data geo-references), • Data cleaning using OpenRefine (https://openrefine.org/), • Data validation using GBIF data validator (https://www.gbif.org/tools/data-validator), • Data management in Darwin Core Standard Format using reference guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/), • Missing coordinate and geographic outliers check of the locations (https://www.google.com/earth/)Method steps
- • Pre-digitization curation and staging • Image capture and processing • Electronic data capture • Georeferencing • Data publication
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Nepal in South Asia
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Shiva Devkotaoriginator
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Bimala Shakya
originator
position: Assistant Professor
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 1 4271899
email: bimalashakya2012@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
metadata author
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
administrative point of contact
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com
Shiva Devkota
administrative point of contact
position: Research Officer
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS)
Kathmandu
Bagmati
NP
Telephone: +977 9841317188
email: shiva.devkota@gmail.com