A checklist of plant species observed in some parts of a degraded Thyolo mountain forest Reserve
Latest version published by National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi on Jun 3, 2024
This is a list of plant observations from a 5 day trip to Thyolo mountains which was once brachystegia/miombo woodland but has of late been degraded due to farming and charcoal burning. The area needs urgent attention because there is rampant soil erosion taking place.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 290 records.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Mwafongo E (2018): A checklist of plant species observed in some parts of a degraded Thyolo mountain forest Reserve. v1.34. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=thyolo1_2_3&v=1.34
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Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
Thyolo area, Malawi
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-16.25, 35.026], North East [-15.99, 35.298] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
This lists consists of only higher plants
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2018-05-18 / 2018-08-21 |
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Project Data
The African Biodiversity Challenge is a competition coordinated by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation. The competition follows on from a previous JRS-funded project. The nain objective of this project is to Facilitate easy access to biodiversity data information held by the Museums and the major deliverable is that Biodiversity data will be made available on a national Data platform.
| Title | Enhancing accessibility of biodiversity data in Malawi |
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| Funding | JRS Biodiversity Foundation |
| Design Description | Participating institutions: • Museums of Malawi (MOM) • National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens (NHBG) • Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) • National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) |
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Additional Metadata
| Purpose | The dataset is was created to help with conservation efforts in Malawi as the country is trying to come up with reafforestation programs. The area was once a forest reserve but has been cleared for farming and as well as trees cut down to produce charcoal for urban dwellers in Blantyre as the country is battling from electricity shortages. |
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| Maintenance Description | In addition to this list, some herbarium samples were collected and are currently being identified. The list will be beefed up once the collection is fully identified in 2 months time. |
| Alternative Identifiers | e5c9ca65-d152-478e-8593-b626a6802629 |
| http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=thyolo1_2_3 |