A new era for specimen databases and biodiversity information management in South Africa

Autores/as

  • Willem Coetzer South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v8i1.4263

Palabras clave:

specimen database, biodiversity information, database training

Resumen

We comment on the inherited legacy, current state of, and future direction of the management of biodiversity information in natural history museums in South Africa. We emphasise the importance of training and capacity development to improve the quality and integration of biodiversity information for research.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Willem Coetzer, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
    Biodiversity Information Manager

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Publicado

2012-06-21

Número

Vol. 8 (2012)

Sección

Articles (peer-reviewed)

Licencia

Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. All articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Cómo citar

Coetzer, Willem. 2012. “A New Era for Specimen Databases and Biodiversity Information Management in South Africa”. Biodiversity Informatics 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v8i1.4263.