Spatial Analysis of Plant Diversity and Distribution – New training manual
25 March 2011 | Permalink [1]
Spatial analysis is an important tool for gathering information about plant diversity in specific geographic areas around the world.
Monitoring the status of plant species and patterns of distribution enables us to set priority areas for conservation, identifying which species are most at risk and where we have gaps in collections. This vital information helps us tackle global challenges such as food security and climate change.
As part of its capacity building programme, Bioversity has published a training manual [2] for practitioners who work with biodiversity data and want to develop spatial analysis skills using free Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. The manual is available for download as part of our training materials [3]series. [Read more] [2]
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- [2] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/training/training_materials/gis_manual.html
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- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/new_online_learning_tool_international_treaty_on_plant_genetic_resources_for_food_and_agriculture.html
- [5] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/how_would_you_develop_a_genetic_conservation_strategy_to_safeguard_an_endangered_tree_species.html
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/2013_vavilov_frankel_fellowship.html
- [7] http://cropgenebank.sgrp.cgiar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=390&Itemid=557&lang=english
- [8] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=19&no_cache=1&user_bioversitypublications_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=6170
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