BERAU HERBARIUM

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PREFACE There are probably 10,000 – 20,000 plant species in Kalimantan. The flora is rich in diversity and economically essential, yet has not been fully explored. New species are continually being found. New initiatives are needed to promote more exploration, and to use this information for practical needs like sustainable forest management and protection of Indonesia’s rich biodiversity heritage. Collecting plant data requires collection and cataloguing of plant specimens in a herbarium – a botanical “library”. Indonesia’s national herbarium is in Bogor. East Kalimantan has a regional tree herbarium in Wanariset, Samboja. The Berau Forest Management Project (BFMP) identified a need to develop herbarium facilities for Berau to better understand its working environment, and to enhance available resources for research and education. Berau’s forest is assumed to be biologically rich, yet because there has been so little botanical collection in this part of East Kalimantan there is a lack of information and references about what trees really are present. Direct benefits include a better understanding of forest that will foster ever more appropriate sustainable forest management techniques. The Berau herbarium has now reached an international standard and offers an excellent opportunity to national and international scientists, students and laymen to learn more about the plant diversity of East Kalimantan. An advantage of the Berau location is that dry herbarium material can be studied with full access to the tropical lowland forest within less than two hours drive. It is also part of a commercial concession with practical forest operators managing the resource. This makes it an ideal base for many activities like tree recognition courses to support sustainable forest management, marketing studies, and also for ecological and taxonomic studies. Jakarta, October 2001 Graham Tyrie Team Leader and Co-Director BFMP Muhandis Natadiwirya Co-Director BFMP and President Director PT Inhutani I ii
CONTENTS PREFACE.........................................................................................................................ii CONTENTS...................................................................................................................... 1 ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................................... V INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................... 1 PURPOSE .........................................................................................................................2 BERAU TREE DIVERSITY............................................................................................ 3 LOCATION AND FACILITIES...................................................................................... 5 ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT ..................................................................... 6 PLANT MATERIAL COLLECTION AND PREPARATION ...................................... 6 SOME DEFINITIONS........................................................................................................... 6 PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS.......................................................................................... 9 FUNCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF A HERBARIUM ........................................ 11 ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A HERBARIUM BUILDING ................................................ 11 DRYING SPECIMENS ....................................................................................................... 11 PROCESSING UNMOUNTED SPECIMENS ............................................................................ 12 MOUNTING SPECIMENS .................................................................................................. 13 IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIMENS ...................................................................................... 13 ARRANGEMENT ............................................................................................................. 14 STRAPPING METHOD ...................................................................................................... 14 DATA PROCESSING .................................................................................................... 17 RAPID DATA ENTRY (RDE) ........................................................................................... 17 DATA EXTRACTION ........................................................................................................ 17 OUTPUT......................................................................................................................... 17 EXPORTING DATA TO OTHER FORMATS ........................................................................... 18 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BERAU HERBARIUM .................................................. 19 iii
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