SGER: Rescuing an important collection of Cambodian mammal specimens for curation and archiving at the University of Alaska Museum

这笔赠款将资助一次紧急考察，前往柬埔寨金边，以取回大量目前很可能无法用于保护和科学界的孤儿生物标本。 这些标本，目前在野生动物保护协会（WCS）的控制下，被保存在一个开放的区域，暴露在雨水和阳光下。 在某些情况下，形态和遗传数据已经严重受损，可能无法挽回。 在其他情况下，高质量的标本正在失去相关的信息，因为标签褪色，解体，或成为解离，没有准确的地理和收集信息，这些标本失去了大部分的科学价值。 WCS没有资源、设施或预算来适当地持续维护这些标本或将其提供给研究团体。该补助金将允许阿拉斯加大学（UAM）的工作人员前往柬埔寨，分类，识别和妥善储存标本，并将整个收藏品运回UAM，在那里它将被永久存档，进入，并按照批准的收藏管理政策储存。

This grant will fund an emergency expedition to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to retrieve a large collection of orphaned biological specimens that are currently at high risk of becoming unusable to the conservation and scientific communities. These specimens, presently under the control of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), are kept in an open area exposed to rain and sunlight. In some cases, morphological and genetic data are already severely compromised and may not be redeemable. In others, high-quality specimens are losing associated information as labels fade, disintegrate, or become dissociated, and without accurate geographic and collecting information such specimens lose much of their scientific value. WCS has no resources, facilities, or budget for the proper continuous maintenance of these specimens or for making them available to the research community. This grant will allow the personnel at the University of Alaska (UAM) to travel to Cambodia, sort, identify, and properly store the specimens, and transport the entire collection back to UAM, where it will be permanently archived, accessioned, and stored in accordance with approved collections management policies.