Biodiversity Information Science and Standards :
Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Willem Coetzer (w.coetzer@saiab.ac.za)
Received: 23 Aug 2022 | Published: 23 Aug 2022
© 2022 Willem Coetzer, Francois Becker
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Citation:
Coetzer W, Becker F (2022) Revolutionising Collection Management at the National Museum of Namibia. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e93874. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.93874
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Despite its aridity, Namibia contains a surprisingly species-rich biota with high levels of endemism and an unprecedented land portion of intact wilderness. However, as a developing country, the expanding human population is increasing pressure on the country’s rich, but severely understudied ecosystems. An efficient flow of baseline biodiversity data is key for facilitating biosystematics and biogeographic research, which inform conservation planning and sustainable development. The National Museum of Nambia (NMNW) is the custodian of important specimen collections representing Namibian biodiversity, with holdings of about 500 000 specimens from a broad range of vertebrate and invertebrate groups. The NMNW is increasing its drive to make these data available to the necessary stakeholders to facilitate research and conservation assessments, based on digitised specimen collections. The first digitisation initiatives
biodiversity data, collections management, Specify software
Willem Coetzer
TDWG 2022
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Willem Coetzer: Conception of the project and writing of the abstract
Francois Becker: Conception of the project and writing of the abstract