Flora-Indonesia.id, A Citizen Science Approach for Biodiversity Informatics Portal

Abstract

Indonesia is a primarily rural nation, with great dependence on plant resources. Plant checklists are very valuable for the wise management of Indonesia’s plants at Provincial level, especially in this time of rapidly changing climate. The importance of biodiversity resources for national development is increasingly being recognized by policy makers throughout the World (note, e.g., the recent formation of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES). A biodiversity informatics portal flora-indonesia.id was developed with the citizen science approach, a collaborative scientific research involving the public in research.