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Daniel MATHIEU, president Montpellier, FRANCE

dmathieu@tela-botanica.org

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Whoarewe?

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TelaBotanica:thenetwork

•  frenchspeakingbotanists(110countries)•  anetworkofpeople(30000registered)•  freeregistration(nofee)•  OnlyInternetactivities•  webelieveincollectiveintelligence•  ourprojectsareself-organized(90projects)•  opendata(publicationsanddataarenot

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A non profit organization created in 1999 •  aboard(9persons)•  ascientificcouncil(25persons)•  ateam(10employees)

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Membersregistered

110countriesWorld:30000Europe:26000France:24000Africa:2700Steadilyincreasing!

Members

�  Researchersandteachers

�  Students

�  Environmentalists

�  amateurbotanists

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Moreandmorebeginnersandyoungpeople!

Level•  47%beginners•  29%middlelevel•  6.5%highlevel•  18%unknown

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Groupfrenchspeakingbotanists(forum,newsletter…)Promotecollaborativeprojects(taxonomy,phytosociology,botany…)Collectanddiffusedataandinformation(onlinenotebook,eFlora…)Makeaware,informandteach(teachingtools,MOOC’s…)

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Aims

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Awebsite:www.tela-botanica.org

Thewebsite:400000visitspermonthwww.tela-botanica.orgWeeklynewsletter:20000subscribers

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Whatwedo

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eFloreafreecollaborativeencyclopedia

Smart’Flore:amobiletoolforgeneralpublic

TELABOTANICAShareanddisseminateknowledge

QR-Code

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TELABOTANICAHelpingiden@fyingplants

IdentiPlanteandPl@ntnetIdentify=>collaborativetoolsforidentifyingplants Pl@ntnet Mobile

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TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects

Ø Carribean

Ø Indian O. Ø Pacific O.

Ø T.A.A.F.

Ø France Corsica

CreatingandupdatingthechecklistofFrenchvascularflora

•  Areference:dataareusedbytheMinistryofEcology•  CheckingwithThePlantListinprogress(KewGardens,UK)•  WorkingwithGenevafortheindexofplantsinAfrica

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•  150contributors

• 600000datacollected

• Maponline

• Freelydownloadabledata

PlantsdistributioninFrancebydepartments

TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects

Distribution of Acer monspessulanum L.

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•  55000commonnames

•  8languages(french,english,spanish,catalan,italian,german,dutchandgreek)

•  aguidetogiveaFrenchnametoallplantsinFrance

•  20000Frenchplantnamesexpected

Thecommonnamesofplants

TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects

Lamier blanc

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•  Indexofprivateandpublicherbariainfrenchspeakingcountries

•  1700collectionslistedin255institutions

•  exchangingdatawithGBIFandIndexherbariumoftheNew-YorkBotanicalGarden

Indexofherbaria

TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects

http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/coel/appli/Coel.html#Accueil

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Recruiting the general public to acquire the data from herbarium labels

TELABOTANICATheherbonautswebsite

http://challengepost.com/software/lesherbonautes

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Results •  2 000 volunteers registered on the website •  30 missions launched (= set of photo with a common theme) •  100 000 images seen •  1.3 million contributions

http://lesherbonautes.mnhn.fr/

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« Wild plants from my street » •  Make people aware of nature •  Promote biodiversity in the cities •  Collecte data for reseachers

TELABOTANICABiodiversityinthecity

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Observatoryofseasons•  aFrenchci*zenscienceprogramonphenology•  monitoringclimatechanges•  promotetheprogramtogeneralpublic•  collectdataforreseachersandanimatecommunity

TELABOTANICAObservatoiredesSaisons(ODS)

First flowers

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•  ecologicaldataonplants

•  princepsphytosociologictables

•  eVeg:awebsitedédicatedtophytosociologyforEurope

• WeneedaEuropeantaxonomicindex

http://eveg.fr/

TELABOTANICACollabora@veprojects

Ecology&phytosociology

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Collectdata

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A mobile app

TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos

Onlinefieldnotebook,auniversaltool

• Ageneralpublicinterface• Aprofessionalinterface• Amobileinterface(inprogress)• Aglobalgeographicreferential(OpenStreetMap)• Differenttaxonomicdatabases(France,NorthAfrica,WestAfrica,Lebanon…)• Freelicencefordataandphotos• Bi-lingual(French,English)• Nearly1milliondatacollected(last3years)

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TELABOTANICASharedata

Harvestingdata

• Displaydatafromdifferentsources

• Dataarenotcentralized• HarvestingtoolsonOpenSource•  InternationaldistributionofdatathroughGBIF

coloursindicatesthesourceofdataObservations of Acer monspessulanum L.

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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos

•  Main contributors : good data •  “Social” contributors : more mistakes, but awareness

Distribution law of data by contributors

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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos

Qualityofdata• Dependsfromthecollector(“main”collectoror“social”collector)

• Dependsfromthetaxon:easyordifficulttoidentify

Improvequality•  select“goodcontributors”•  checkdatawithplantsdistribution(bydepartment,etc.)•  checkphotoswithIdentiPlante•  Askcontributorsaboutodddata•  Verifydatabyexperts•  Andincreasecompetenciesof“citizen”(teaching)

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TELABOTANICACollectdataandphotos

Trends...• Developmobilesystems• Connectfieldtripnotewithidentificationsystems• Reinforcethequalityofdata• Extendthetoolstoothercountries(Europe,Africa,etc.)• WeneedaEuro-mediterraneantaxonomicindex(Euro+Med)• Promotefreelicenses:data,photos…• Shareandvalorizedata(GBIF,etc.)•  increasecompetencies(teaching)

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Teaching

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Today•  Botanyisnolongertaughtatschoolanduniversity•  Butweneedbotanists!

-  toinventorybiodiversity-  toreconnectpublictonature

MOOC,anopportunitytoteachbotany…•  implementdistancelearningaccessibletoawiderpublic•  canoffercertificationfordifferentlevelsanddisciplines(flora,ecology,

phytosociology...)•  createreusablecontentforallofthefrenchspeakingcountries(Europe,

Africa,MiddleEast,FarEast...)•  attractiveandeasyappropriatedbyyoungpeople

TELABOTANICATeachingbotany

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TELABOTANICATeachingbotany

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TELABOTANICATeachingbotany

Partnershipwith•  New-Caledonia•  Lebanon•  Algeria•  Cameroon•  Senegal•  Canada

Don’twaitsubscribenow!

http://mooc.tela-botanica.org

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MOOC’s:ourambition

TELABOTANICATeachingbotany

•  ateachingportalforfrenchspeakingbotanists

•  Differentsubjects(botany,biology,phytosociology,ecology…)

•  CoursesforFrance,NorthAfrica,WestandCentralAfrica,MiddleEastandQuebec,etc.

•  Firstcourseforecastinautumn2016during4years(2016-2019)

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Conclusion

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TELABOTANICATomorrow,botany…

TelaBotanicainthefuture,mainobjectives…•  Promotecollaborativework(citizenscience,etc.)tocollectdata

•  Promotebotanytothegeneralpublicandconnecttoexperts

•  Promotefreelicensestoshareknowledge(data,photos,etc.)(GBIF)

•  Developskillstrainingforalllevels(MOOC’s)

•  Networkingforbreakingbarriers(age,skills,countries...)

•  Strengthenregionalidentities,butworkingallaroundtheworld!

AndresolutelyworkatEuro-Mediterraneanlevel

Euro+Med, OPTIMA, etc… Looking for european projects and partnerships !

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ThanksforyourattentionAndlonglifetobotanyinthefuture!