Biodiversity Informatics: An interactive computer- aided identification and knowledge base on tree species of Lao PDR

Juliana Prosperi (1, 2) , Vichith Lamxay (3) , B. R. Ramesh (3) , N Ayyappan (4) , Sarah Cardinal (5) , Jean-Marie Bompard (6) , Pierre Bonnet (1, 2) , Pierre Grard (1, 3)

1 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
2 Cirad-BIOS - Département Systèmes Biologiques
3 IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry
4 National University of Lao PDR
5 CBN - Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest
6 Ethnobotaniste

Objectives • To enrich the existing knowledge base (BIOTIK project*) on a major "hot spot" of biodiversity: the rain forests of Annamite Mountain range of Lao PDR, in the framework of the Inventory of biodiversity of forest canopies conducted in 2012 in Lao PDR under F. Hallé scientific direction, and also to participate to broader initiatives such as Pl@ntNet project**. • To translate the identification tool in the Lao language in order to contribute to the capacity-building in plant taxonomy in the country. • To transfer the identification system to touch pads, enabling plant identification and entering data directly in the field.

Keywords: Rainforest; Trees identification; Lao PDR; Computer--aided identification; Capacity building; IDAO Software; Biodiversity informatics

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

Juliana Prosperi, Vichith Lamxay, B. R. Ramesh, N Ayyappan, Sarah Cardinal, et al.. Biodiversity Informatics: An interactive computer- aided identification and knowledge base on tree species of Lao PDR. Quels botanistes pour le 21e siècle ? Métiers, enjeux, opportunités, Sep 2014, Paris, France. , 1 p., 2014. ⟨hal-01078007⟩