Collaborative tree mapping

Jean Weber

Most of the lowland forest is now managed by man. If many introduced tree are chosen for their proven adaptability and benefits, management for the conservation of local species, education and cultural identity need to be improved.

Collaborative tree mapping would give a visibility of the knowledge of trees in urban and sub-urban areas in order to bring biodiversity in the focus for decision makers. Mainstreaming biodiversity across the society is a goal of the Nagoya convention. I believe that we can only conserve what we know and even only “what we know that we know”!

To develop this idea, I would like to invite you mapping trees you know in your gardens and cities. It doesn’t matter if the trees are rare or invasive. Trees are recorded on a map with botanical name and can be edited. It is also possible to record a given area using polygons. Tree can be found by searching their names.

I put a video-tutorial online http://pericopsis.org/trees/videotutorial.php. For each tree you map you can, if you desire, record a link to your own webpages.

Thanks for your interest ,

Jean