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

由于复杂的地质和环境历史，印度尼西亚群岛拥有地球上一些具有最高当地植物多样性的森林。木材采伐和油棕榈树的扩张大大减少了低地森林的面积，在这种多样性被发现和理解之前就威胁到了它。该项目将开创记录五个岛屿(婆罗洲、苏拉威西、新几内亚、塞拉姆、松巴瓦)树种组成和环境变量的新方法，利用当地学生和公园护林员，并利用广泛的数字摄影和遗传数据，所有这些都被整合到一个“活的”生物多样性信息学平台中。从这些数据中，将发现森林聚集的历史过程，这将使人们更好地了解森林将如何应对未来的环境变化。目前，印尼的大部分生物多样性由外国机构管理。在当今的开源世界中，超级多样性国家应该带头收集、数字化和联网本国的生物多样性信息；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、短期课程以及与当地软件开发商的持续互动，在印度尼西亚和美国发展生物多样性信息学方面的能力和领导力。信息学资源本身将帮助林农和自然资源保护者更好地了解和管理这些森林。该项目是一个为期10年的努力的一部分，目的是将与美国研究收藏中的生物标本相关的科学信息数字化和动员起来。该项目的图像和数字化数据将整合到在线国家资源中，如可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.获得的社区战略计划中所述

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.