Uses of the CASABIO database

Conservation:

• Habitat change
• climate change
• create species lists of areas
• map alien species
• monitor population sizes - both rares and aliens
• Monitor succession - in collaboration with VWS
  • after rehabilitation
  • after fire
  • after clearing
• Allow reserve managers to find what is on their reserve, and where

Commercial:

• Sell photographs
• identify plants for botanists - rapid ID service
• Create species
• lists and identification services for privately owned land
• Archive images for clients - only pay for non-botanical / recovery of photos
• Biotech - give locations / find plants / collect DNA and plant material, mount and place voucher specimen
• Track horticultural specimens through nursery
• Link nurseries and species with customers

Educational:

• Develop card game
• Improve skills and knowledge through interaction
• Teach basic botanical identification skills / taxonomic / mounting skills
• Provide latin translations and common names for each species
• basis for field guides

Botanical:

• Incorporate species lists wouthout images and herbarium collections
• Provide blog for announcing and tracking new species

Researchers:

• mashup of local literature on each taxon (Family, Genus or species level)
• Summarize taxon information and incorporate manuscript species and new species
• Obtain distributions, new localities, new forms on species
• Location service - provide locations of plants for research

Environmental partnerships:

• Tie in with Encyclopedia of life, ARK etc.
• Provide image fodder for environmental campaigns