Biogeographic and ecological diversification of trees across the Indonesian archipelago: developing indigenous leadership in biodiversity informatics

印度尼西亚群岛拥有地球上植物多样性最高的森林，这是复杂的地质和环境历史的结果。 木材采伐和油棕的扩张使低地森林的面积急剧减少，在发现和了解这种多样性之前就威胁到了它。该项目将利用当地学生和公园管理员，并利用广泛的数码摄影以及遗传数据，开创记录五个岛屿（婆罗洲、苏拉威西、新几内亚、塞拉姆、松巴哇）树种组成和环境变量的新方法，所有这些都将纳入一个“实时”生物多样性信息学平台。 从这些数据中，将发现森林形成的历史过程，这将有助于更好地了解森林将如何应对未来的环境变化。目前，印度尼西亚大部分生物多样性由外国机构管理。 在当今的开源世界中，生物多样性大国应该领导自己的生物多样性信息的收集、数字化和网络化;这是在生物多样性仍然存在的情况下记录生物多样性的唯一现实、可持续的解决方案。该项目将通过联合实地考察、会议、短期课程和与当地软件开发人员的持续互动，在印度尼西亚和美国发展生物多样性信息学的能力和领导力。 这些信息资源本身将帮助林业工作者和保护主义者更好地了解和管理这些森林。这个项目是一项为期10年的努力的一部分，该努力旨在收集和调动与美国研究收藏中的生物标本有关的科学信息。该项目的图像和数字化数据将被纳入在线国家资源，如社区战略计划所述，可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf上查阅。

The Indonesian archipelago contains forests with some of the highest local plant diversity on Earth, resulting from a complex geological and environmental history. Timber harvesting and oil palm expansion have drastically reduced the area of lowland forests, threatening this diversity before it has been discovered and understood. This project will pioneer new methods for recording tree species composition and environmental variables on five islands (Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Seram, Sumbawa), using local students and park rangers and utilizing extensive digital photography, as well as genetic data, all integrated into a "live" biodiversity informatics platform. From these data, the historical processes by which the forests were assembled will be discovered, and this will lead to a greater understanding of how forests will respond to future environmental changes.Currently, most Indonesian biodiversity is managed by foreign institutions. In today's open source world, the megadiversity countries should lead the collection, digitization and networking of their own biodiversity information; this is the only realistic, sustainable solution to documenting biodiversity while it still exists. This project will develop capacity and leadership in biodiversity informatics in Indonesia, as well as in the US, via joint field expeditions, meetings, short courses and sustained interactions with local software developers. The informatics resources themselves will aid foresters and conservationists to better know and manage these forests.This project is part of a 10-year effort to digitize and mobilize the scientific information associated with biological specimens held in U.S. research collections. The images and digitized data from this project will be integrated into the online national resource as outlined in the community strategic plan available at http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.