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Daniel MATHIEU, president Montpellier, FRANCE
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Whoarewe?
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TelaBotanica:thenetwork
• frenchspeakingbotanists(110countries)• anetworkofpeople(30000registered)• freeregistration(nofee)• OnlyInternetactivities• webelieveincollectiveintelligence• ourprojectsareself-organized(90projects)• opendata(publicationsanddataarenot
copyright:CreativeCommonslicences)
A non profit organization created in 1999 • aboard(9persons)• ascientificcouncil(25persons)• ateam(10employees)
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Membersregistered
110countriesWorld:30000Europe:26000France:24000Africa:2700Steadilyincreasing!
Members
� Researchersandteachers
� Students
� Environmentalists
� amateurbotanists
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Moreandmorebeginnersandyoungpeople!
Level• 47%beginners• 29%middlelevel• 6.5%highlevel• 18%unknown
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Groupfrenchspeakingbotanists(forum,newsletter…)Promotecollaborativeprojects(taxonomy,phytosociology,botany…)Collectanddiffusedataandinformation(onlinenotebook,eFlora…)Makeaware,informandteach(teachingtools,MOOC’s…)
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Aims
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Awebsite:www.tela-botanica.org
Thewebsite:400000visitspermonthwww.tela-botanica.orgWeeklynewsletter:20000subscribers
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Whatwedo
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eFloreafreecollaborativeencyclopedia
Smart’Flore:amobiletoolforgeneralpublic
TELABOTANICAShareanddisseminateknowledge
QR-Code
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TELABOTANICAHelpingiden@fyingplants
IdentiPlanteandPl@ntnetIdentify=>collaborativetoolsforidentifyingplants Pl@ntnet Mobile
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TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects
Ø Carribean
Ø Indian O. Ø Pacific O.
Ø T.A.A.F.
Ø France Corsica
CreatingandupdatingthechecklistofFrenchvascularflora
• Areference:dataareusedbytheMinistryofEcology• CheckingwithThePlantListinprogress(KewGardens,UK)• WorkingwithGenevafortheindexofplantsinAfrica
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• 150contributors
• 600000datacollected
• Maponline
• Freelydownloadabledata
PlantsdistributioninFrancebydepartments
TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects
Distribution of Acer monspessulanum L.
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• 55000commonnames
• 8languages(french,english,spanish,catalan,italian,german,dutchandgreek)
• aguidetogiveaFrenchnametoallplantsinFrance
• 20000Frenchplantnamesexpected
Thecommonnamesofplants
TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects
Lamier blanc
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• Indexofprivateandpublicherbariainfrenchspeakingcountries
• 1700collectionslistedin255institutions
• exchangingdatawithGBIFandIndexherbariumoftheNew-YorkBotanicalGarden
Indexofherbaria
TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects
http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/coel/appli/Coel.html#Accueil
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Recruiting the general public to acquire the data from herbarium labels
TELABOTANICATheherbonautswebsite
http://challengepost.com/software/lesherbonautes
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TELABOTANICATheherbonautswebsite
Results • 2 000 volunteers registered on the website • 30 missions launched (= set of photo with a common theme) • 100 000 images seen • 1.3 million contributions
http://lesherbonautes.mnhn.fr/
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« Wild plants from my street » • Make people aware of nature • Promote biodiversity in the cities • Collecte data for reseachers
TELABOTANICABiodiversityinthecity
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Observatoryofseasons• aFrenchci*zenscienceprogramonphenology• monitoringclimatechanges• promotetheprogramtogeneralpublic• collectdataforreseachersandanimatecommunity
TELABOTANICAObservatoiredesSaisons(ODS)
First flowers
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• ecologicaldataonplants
• princepsphytosociologictables
• eVeg:awebsitedédicatedtophytosociologyforEurope
• WeneedaEuropeantaxonomicindex
http://eveg.fr/
TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects
Ecology&phytosociology
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Collectdata
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A mobile app
TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos
Onlinefieldnotebook,auniversaltool
• Ageneralpublicinterface• Aprofessionalinterface• Amobileinterface(inprogress)• Aglobalgeographicreferential(OpenStreetMap)• Differenttaxonomicdatabases(France,NorthAfrica,WestAfrica,Lebanon…)• Freelicencefordataandphotos• Bi-lingual(French,English)• Nearly1milliondatacollected(last3years)
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TELABOTANICASharedata
Harvestingdata
• Displaydatafromdifferentsources
• Dataarenotcentralized• HarvestingtoolsonOpenSource• InternationaldistributionofdatathroughGBIF
coloursindicatesthesourceofdataObservations of Acer monspessulanum L.
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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos
• Main contributors : good data • “Social” contributors : more mistakes, but awareness
Distribution law of data by contributors
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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos
Qualityofdata• Dependsfromthecollector(“main”collectoror“social”collector)
• Dependsfromthetaxon:easyordifficulttoidentify
Improvequality• select“goodcontributors”• checkdatawithplantsdistribution(bydepartment,etc.)• checkphotoswithIdentiPlante• Askcontributorsaboutodddata• Verifydatabyexperts• Andincreasecompetenciesof“citizen”(teaching)
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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos
Trends...• Developmobilesystems• Connectfieldtripnotewithidentificationsystems• Reinforcethequalityofdata• Extendthetoolstoothercountries(Europe,Africa,etc.)• WeneedaEuro-mediterraneantaxonomicindex(Euro+Med)• Promotefreelicenses:data,photos…• Shareandvalorizedata(GBIF,etc.)• increasecompetencies(teaching)
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Teaching
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Today• Botanyisnolongertaughtatschoolanduniversity• Butweneedbotanists!
- toinventorybiodiversity- toreconnectpublictonature
MOOC,anopportunitytoteachbotany…• implementdistancelearningaccessibletoawiderpublic• canoffercertificationfordifferentlevelsanddisciplines(flora,ecology,
phytosociology...)• createreusablecontentforallofthefrenchspeakingcountries(Europe,
Africa,MiddleEast,FarEast...)• attractiveandeasyappropriatedbyyoungpeople
TELABOTANICATeachingbotany
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TELABOTANICATeachingbotany
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TELABOTANICATeachingbotany
Partnershipwith• New-Caledonia• Lebanon• Algeria• Cameroon• Senegal• Canada
Don’twaitsubscribenow!
http://mooc.tela-botanica.org
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MOOC’s:ourambition
TELABOTANICATeachingbotany
• ateachingportalforfrenchspeakingbotanists
• Differentsubjects(botany,biology,phytosociology,ecology…)
• CoursesforFrance,NorthAfrica,WestandCentralAfrica,MiddleEastandQuebec,etc.
• Firstcourseforecastinautumn2016during4years(2016-2019)
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Conclusion
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TELABOTANICATomorrow,botany…
TelaBotanicainthefuture,mainobjectives…• Promotecollaborativework(citizenscience,etc.)tocollectdata
• Promotebotanytothegeneralpublicandconnecttoexperts
• Promotefreelicensestoshareknowledge(data,photos,etc.)(GBIF)
• Developskillstrainingforalllevels(MOOC’s)
• Networkingforbreakingbarriers(age,skills,countries...)
• Strengthenregionalidentities,butworkingallaroundtheworld!
AndresolutelyworkatEuro-Mediterraneanlevel
Euro+Med, OPTIMA, etc… Looking for european projects and partnerships !
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ThanksforyourattentionAndlonglifetobotanyinthefuture!