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BioMAPping Nigeria
ADU Virtual Museum November 2014
Les Underhill
Animal Demography Unit
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Cape Town
http://adu.org.za
http://vmus.adu.org.za
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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Rockwater, Jos, Plateau State
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Rockwater, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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Abuja
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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Abuja
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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APLORI, Jos, Plateau State
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Abuja
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Victoria Island, Lagos
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What’s the value?
• Contributions were made to eight of the sections of the Animal Demography Unit’s Virtual Museum at http://vmus.adu.org.za
• The crucial first step in setting priorities for biodiversity conservation is a knowledge of the distributions of each species and how they are changing
• We need 1000s of Virtual Museum records – photo-place-date – to build these distribution maps
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What can you do to help?
Snap itand MAP it
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The need for baselines
• We are building the baseline against which to measure how development and climate change are impacting Africa’s biodiversity
• Our ability to effectively manage and conserve the incredible abundance and diversity of life in Africa is compromised by our limited knowledge of up-to-date distribution patterns
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The instructions for submitting records to the ADU Virtual Museum are
available at http://www.slideshare.net/meganloftieeaton/how-to-submit-records-to-the-
animal-demography-units-virtual-museums-28710898
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