Application of GIS to conservation assessments at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (original) (raw)

As part of its conservation work in areas such as Madagascar and Cameroon, the GIS unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has developed the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in making rapid conservation assessments. These applications assist Kew staff to make better informed species conservation status assessments, such as International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) ratings, based not only on herbarium and field data, but also on up to date vegetation maps, physical and climatic conditions and known threats. This article gives an overview of the work of the South-East Asia Section at Kew, and reviews the algorithms used by the GIS unit which are relevant to the Malaysian Plant Red Data Project.

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