Subject
Biodiversity, Conservation, Curation, Heritage, Islands, Natural collection, Pacific, Plants, Nouvelle-calédonie, New Caledonia, [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, [SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems, [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology

Domains
Biologie, Botanique, Sciences du vivant, Ecologie, Sciences de l'environnement

Description

International audience The Herbarium of New Caledonia (NOU) was founded in 1961 within the Institut Français d?Océanie (now Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement) by J.P. Blanchon. Qualitatively and quantitatively enriched by the consecutive curators and associated staff, it is today rich of more than 90000 specimens including 834 nomenclatural types. These specimens represent a total of 6665 taxa coming essentially from New Caledonia but also from 15 other Pacific territories, and particularly from Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. With more than 300 citations on GoogleScholar and each year nearly 270 consultations, 100 requests for data and 3500 visits to the website, the NOU Herbarium is today an indispensable scientific, heritage and educational tool for New Caledonia. Its influence extends beyond the Pacific with exchanges of material with 70 international institutions. In the current context of global change and political and social instability, means must be found with all local actors so that the NOU Herbarium can continue to ensure its role in the service of sustainable development and heritage.

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Language
English (en-GB)

Creators
Bruy, David

Contributors
Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Herbier de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Herbier NOU) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Nouvelle-Calédonie]), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Nouvelle-Calédonie])

Sources
ISSN: 2381-8107, EISSN: 2381-8115, Botany Letters, https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03791435, Botany Letters, In press, pp.1-11. ⟨10.1080/23818107.2022.2123855⟩

Relation
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/23818107.2022.2123855

Coverage
Vanuatu

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