Sharing knowledge – Innovative Solutions from New Zealand Taxonomic Collections

Biodiversity Information Science and Standards

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Sarah Tassell¹  Adrienne Stanton²  Aaron Wilton³  Katarina Tawiri⁴  Megan Petterson⁵  Ines Schönberger⁶ 

[1] New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research;New Zealand Fungarium, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research;Landcare Research, Lincoln;National New Zealand Flax Collection, Mannaki Whenua-Landcare Research, Lincoln;International Collection of Living Cultures, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research;Allan Herbarium and Plant Identification Service, Lincoln

关键词: Citizen Science;    Systematics;    Indigenous Knowledge;    Bilingual;    Herbarium;    Fungi;    Invertebrate;   

DOI  :  10.3897/biss.2.27325

来源: Pensoft

【 摘 要 】

Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research (MWLR) is the custodian of nearly a third of New Zealand’s nationally significant natural history collections and databases. MWLR is a New Zealand Government-owned Research Institute whose purpose is to drive innovation in the management of terrestrial biodiversity and land resources. Active research programmes are associated with the collections and innovative projects to disseminate the resulting knowledge to the public have been developed. A number of these projects have focused on two-way sharing of knowledge and information with Māori, Aotearoa/New Zealand’s first people. Examples of science projects combining collections resources, community knowledge and research to produce bilingual guides, websites and teaching tools include:Ahi Pepe | Mothnet, a citizen science project that engages teachers, students and Māori with nature and science across New ZealandWhat is this bug?, a web-based invertebrate identification guide with bilingual translation (He Aha Tēnei Pepeke)Ngā Hekaheka o Aotearoa, a bilingual teaching resource combining scientific research with Māori ancestral knowledge and usage of fungi.Discover New Life, a project where researchers worked with students to discover and describe species new to scienceNational New Zealand Flax Collection (HARAKEKE) , a living plant collection of weaving varieties of harakeke (NZ flax), providing plants and associated website resources on research, cultivation and traditional usage of harakeke for Māori weavers and the broader community.These projects have allowed development of ongoing relationships and knowledge sharing between MWLR natural history collections and New Zealand communities, enriching the collections and associated data for all.

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