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Native plant records for the Falkland Islands 

Description
This recording project brings old and new plant records together, we hope that it will:

  • Help everyone with an interest in native plants to find and learn about them.

  • Underpin ecological restoration by showing which species are found in areas close or similar to those being restored.

  • Systematically capture and collate new native plant records to inform environmental policy, research, education, and fun!

  • Assist planners by indicating the presence of species which are legally protected or rare and threatened.

  • Work for the long-term.

    • These documents may be helpful:
  • A guide on how to navigate and access the data within this webGIS project.

  • An updated vascular plant checklist and atlas for the Falkland Islands 2014.

  • Globally and Nationally Threatened Plants of the Falkland Islands

  • Field Guide to the Plants of the Falkland Islands (available to borrow from the Stanley Public Library or to buy)

    • Important

    • Most of the land in the Falklands is privately owned – you must have permission from the landowner to access their land. The Falkland Islands Tourist Board can provide contact details for land owners.

    • It’s important not to damage rare plants and their habitats, indeed some plants are protected by law – before you go out plant hunting please read this Code of Conduct.

    • Be prepared - these records are not all reliable: some species or locations may have been recorded by mistake and other species may have disappeared since the records were made.

    • Some species are shown by large blue rings and their co-ordinates are not displayed – this is because the species may be vulnerable to collectors. Further details on the distribution of these species may be available from Falklands Conservation or the Environmental Officer at Falkland Islands Government.


    How to submit new records

    • We encourage you to upload pictures of native species with information on where you found them to iNaturalist. We will regularly add iNaturalist records to this site.

    • If you would prefer Falklands Conservation can add records for you. We will only add records for rare and threatened species (those which are Globally or Nationally Threatened Link to red list). Please phone the office on 22247 to arrange a meeting.

    • If you visit the site of an existing record and would like to update that record – for example if the species was missing – please enter details in the “Reviewer Dataset” alongside the original BRAHMS Record Number. You do this by clicking the clipboard symbol on the left of the browser window.


     

Organization
Falklands Conservation, IMS-GIS Data Centre SAERI, RBG Kew 

Person
Katherine (Frin) Ross, Habitats Officer, Falklands Conservation 

E-mail
habitatrestore (at) conservation.org.fk 

Phone
0050022247 

Projection
EPSG:32721 

Extent
145562.70394761962234043, 4122260.65326918475329876, 543455.34210258338134736, 4362290.65351401083171368

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