Overall summary of the project results: 353. Herbaria and Research Projects

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1 Overall summary of the project results: 353 Herbaria and Research Projects Project Title: Développement du logiciel d'identification pour les arbres, et leur pollen, dans la région sud-est du Vietnam Leader Country for the project: Vietnam Project leader: DANG LE ANH TUAN SEP scientific contact: R. VIGNES LEBBE Total amount of SEP contribution: 26,2 k Project duration: 3 ans Institution of the project leader: Université d'ho Chi Minh Ville Objectives : Remind the project objectives, as stated in the final SEP submission form 1. To contribute to the improvement of knowledge of the flora, mainly to the trees, in several protected zones in the south-east of Vietnam. 2. To bring further information as for the phenology of the species. 3. To preserve the species collected by supplementing the herbarium and the pollen bank within the University of the Natural Sciences of HCM City and the herbarium of the Institute of Tropical Biology in Ho Chi Minh City. 4. To create a data base for tree species of trees and their pollens. 5. To facilitate the research tasks and the teaching of botany and palynology by developing assistant tools to identify forest tree species and their pollen, which will be available to universities and research institutes of Vietnam (free distribution of CD Rom). 353 Rapport d activité final Page 1

2 Partnership : Remind the project partners in the table below Add new lines if necessary Mr, Mrs Name First name Position Institution & Laboratory % time Prof. LE CONG Kiet Botanist and Ecologist US, Botany 10% Dr. BUI Thi Mai Palynologist CNRS, Antipolis 30% Dr. GRARD Pierre Botanist and IT expert CIRAD 10% Mr TRAN Huu Dang Master US, Botany 100% Mr. NGUYEN TRAN Quoc Trung Master US, Botany 100% Overall summary of the project results Thank you for filling out all sections if necessary, write "N/A" ("not applicable") in a section if you do not have any information for this section. 1. Modernisation of herbarium collections achieved within SEP (only for herbaria) Total number of specimens now in the collections : Number of specimens mounted within SEP : Number of specimens identified to species level within SEP : Number of specimens scanned within SEP : Number of specimens captured in databases label information capturewithin SEP : Number of duplicates repatriated in the country of origin within SEP : 2 2. Collecting operations achieved Add lines if necessary Date, location, country Collector Number of specimens , Tan Phu, Jerome MILLET 268 Vietnam 2008, Lo Go Xa Mat, Vietnam DANG LE Anh Tuan TRAN Huu Dang NGUYEN Manh Hoang NGUYEN LE Xuan Bach Rapport d activité final Page 2

3 , Cat Tien, Vietnam , Bu Gia Map, Vietnam DANG LE Anh Tuan DINH Binh Phuong TRAN Huu Dang NGUYEN Manh Hoang NGUYEN LE Xuan Bach DANG LE Anh Tuan NGUYEN Manh Hoang NGUYEN LE Xuan Bach Papers, communications under way or completed: Attach as annexes any document relevant on this domain (papers, book chapters, etc.) State what you allow us to deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site. Paper in a journal: - Dang Le AT, Millet J, Nguyen Le XB, Tran N, Bonnet P, Grard P. Identification software for forest trees in southeast region of Vietnam. Journal of Science and Technology Development. (Submitted in 12/2010, in Vietnamese). Chapter in book: - Book and CD rom: - Millet, J, Dang Le, A. T., Dinh, Q, D (2009). Introduction to the precious trees in Tan Phu, Dong Nai Province. Technical report VN for project Combating water pollution in Tri An reservoir and the lower Dong Nai river. Dong Nai, Vietnam. (in English and Vietnamese). - Dang Le AT, Nguyen Tran QT. (Expected at the end of the project). Field guide for some representative forest trees in the southeast region of Vietnam. - Dang Le AT, Millet J, Nguyen Le XB, Grard P. (Expected at the end of the project). Identification software for forest trees in southeastern of Vietnam. CD rom. - Nguyen Tran QT, Bui TM, Girard M, Grard P, Le HTT. (Expected at the end of the project). Identification software for pollen grains of forest trees in southeastern of Vietnam. CD rom. Conferences : Posters : - Project SEP Develop applications of software IDAO for forest TREES and their POLLENS in the southeastern of Vietnam. Second symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) Paper / communication: - Dang Le AT, Millet J, Nguyen Le XB, Dinh BP, Grard P A computer program for identifying forest trees in the southeast region of Vietnam. Second symposium 353 Rapport d activité final Page 3

4 of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) - Nguyen Tran QT, Bui TM, Girard M, Grard P, Le HTT An identification program for pollen grains of trees in the Southeastern region of Vietnam. Second symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. - Dang Le AT IDAO (Identification Assitée par Ordinateur): a teaching tool for plant taxonomy and plant morphology (in Vietnamese). Symposium of Improvement on teaching methods with credit system at University of Science, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) - Millet J, Dang Le AT, Tran HD, Tran N, Bonnet P and Grard P Identification tool for trees in Tan Phu forest, Dong Nai province, Vietnam. First symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) PhD or Master theses achieved within the project : - Nguyen Tran, Q. T (2009). Pollen morphology of Tan Phu forest trees, Dong Nai Province. Master thesis, University of Science, Vietnam National University in HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City. - Dang Le, A. T. (expected in 2011). Leaf plasticity during ontogeny of Dipterocarpus alatus under different light conditions at Cat Tien national park, Dong Nai province, Vietnam. PhD dissertation, University of Montpellier II and University of Science, Vietnam National University in HCMC, Montpellier. 5. Teaching and scientific animation Technical training sessions organised : Theme, date, number of trainees, location - Teaching : Students supervision or others : Name NGUYEN LE NGUYEN LE First name Xuan Bach Manh Hoang Hoang Tuyet Trinh Institution Universiry of Science, HCMC Universiry of Science, HCMC Universiry of Science, HCMC Title or Theme Develop an application of IDAO for forest trees in Cat Tien national park, Dong Nai province. Changes in leaf mophoanatomical during juvenile development stages of Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. in Cat Tien national park, Dong Nai province. Diploma prepared or obtained* Date of examination* Graduate 07/2009 Graduate 07/2009 Pollen morphology of some Dipterocarps Graduate 07/ Rapport d activité final Page 4

5 *Graduate, Master or PhD Other forms of teaching or scientific animation : ( e.g.:receiving a group of students in the Herbarium or on the project site give as much detail as possible) - In 2010, worked with 2 groups of students : 1 group of 6 senior students studied on the pollens morphology of some vascular plants in Lo Go Xa Mat national park for a practical section of 4 credits under supervision of Nguyen Tran Quoc Trung. - In 2010, we also worked with 3 other groups under supervision of Dang Le Anh Tuan : 1 group of 5 third year students prepared the samples of hydraulic leaf architecture of Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ; 1 group of 2 third year students investiagted for leaf anatomy of Orchidandra spp. ; 1 group of 2 third year student worked on tree collection of project SEP353 (mount the samples, describe leaf morphology and compute the data for vietnamese version). 6. General public outreach (Actions directly linked to the project) Press, radio, television, interviews : Give as much detail as possible Web (Give the url Web address- ) or other means of dissemination (flyers or others) : Expect to submit the identification software of forest trees and their pollens in the southeast region of Vietnam at the end of the SEP project on the website: General public papers : Give the references Events : Events that you have organised or in which you have participated within your project (receiving authorities, inauguration, others ) Awards directly linked to the project (if relevant): Thank you for stating the nature of this award: prize, diploma, date, 7. Decision makers and donors Contacts with Ministries, authorities, managers, donors, ONG : Give any relevant information for each contact : sujects discussed, occasion of the contact, decision maker title, name of the person, date, etc. Have you any knowledge of wrtten or oral assessments by the Ministries?. Give details Other funds raised Other funds raised during the project duration thank to SEP support. Give details on sources and amounts 8. Actions in the field of biodiversity management (Conservation, use ) State the type of actions and the main characteristics as well as the results of your project that will be of direct use for biodiversity managers for conservation and sustainable use. 353 Rapport d activité final Page 5

6 CDroms and field guide, the main results of the project, can be used as a tool to manage biodiversity of forest trees in the 3 involved national parks. The manager and technical staffs can use the information (botany, phenology, usage) for local biodiversity monitoring and in-situ conservation. For example, with the fruiting period, the user can choose the parent trees to gather seed of the interested species for a reforestation program. 9. Results in favor of the management Organisational results : In your view, what benefits have you drawn from SEP support in terms of organisation?: The SEP353 project supported us in a part of fund to reorganize our laboratory by the botanical disciplines, specially for group of palynology and group vascular plant taxonomy. Scientific results : The identification software and field guide on some precious forest trees in the southeast region of Vietnam are the main results of the project. They can be used not only as an identification software for studying and teaching plant taxonomy and palynology but also as an management tool for tropical forest trees diversity. The software even can be used by the customers in boundary to determine if the specimens are in the forbidden list to export or not. Products : - A field guide for some representative forest trees in the southeast region of Vietnam with the detail botanical description, specially for leaf and their pollen. It is the first time the pollen morphology is combined in a field guide. - 2 CDroms, 1 for identification for forest trees in the southeast of Vietnam and 1 for their pollen. Improved capacities in researchers, teachers and young students able to take over in the future: The project SEP353 gives us, who are working on disciplines of botany, the opportunity to study more intensively the palynology, plant morphology, plant taxonomy and tropical plant diversity. Within the project, there are 1 master thesis (Nguyen Tran Quoc Trung) and 1 underway PhD student (Dang Le Anh Tuan), who are both working in department of Ecology and Evolutionary biology. With the knowledge and experience they achieved during this project, they can develop their research skills and use them for their lectures in the university. The project is also gives us a chance to combine the traditional botanical knowledge on papers with information technology. The 3 main products of this project (the field guide and 2 cdroms) not only will be used as teaching toolkit for botany in our faculty but also will give our students an approach to study botanical disciplines. During the project, there are 3 students graduated (Nguyen Le Xuan Bach and Nguyen Manh Hoang in 2009 and Le Hoang Tuyet Trinh in 2010). Among them, Nguyen Le Xuan Bach chose the job in research field in the institution of tropical biology and he is now at the first year of the program Master BVT in Montpellier with the financial support from SEP. Within the project, we also worked with 4 groups of students (1 on palynology, 1 on anatomy, 1 on plant morphology and herbarium and the last one on leaf hydraulic). The work gave the students a chance to work as the researchers both in field and in laboratory in the disciplines of botany and the teachers the opportunity to develop their teaching skills. 353 Rapport d activité final Page 6

7 10. Other results Mention here any other result of your project which does not fit in the preceding categories. 11. Propositions for SEP next phase Research themes, or domains of priority in herbaria and botanic gardens support, wishes for the financial management, other aspects: In case of there is the next phase of SEP: - Continue to support to develop software for forest Tree of Vietnam and Pollens in South of Vietnam with more sufficient budget. - Develop the identification program for medicinal plants - More opened for the revision on Flora of Cambodia, Lao and Vietnam: accept the support from botanist community, not just in France, welcome the manuscripts and publish in English. - Support for research projects on non vascular plants such as Algae and Bryophyte - Concentrate more finance in research and develop human resource for developing countries, special in biodiversity hot spots. - Divide the budget more equivalent among the regions, not just focus into one or another. 12. General comments and conclusions During the 3 year of project SEP 353, we collected in total 386 forest trees, identified 297 taxa with 265 at species level, introduced the application of IDAO for Tan Phu forest trees to the staffs of 3 national parks involed to the project, Faculty of Foresty, University of Agriculture and Forestry, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science. The 2 IDAO applications were developed for the pollens of 80 tree species in Tan Phu forest and for 20 in Cat Tien national park will be a good foundation to enrich the identifcation toolkit for the pollens of forest trees in the southeastern region of Vietnam. The 3 main products of the project (the field guide and 2 cdroms) not only will be used as teaching toolkit for botany in our faculty but also will give our students an approach to study botanical disciplines. During the project, there are 3 students graduated (Nguyen Le Xuan Bach and Nguyen Manh Hoang in 2009 and Le Hoang Tuyet Trinh in 2010). Among them, Nguyen Le Xuan Bach chose the job in research field in the institution of tropical biology and he is now at the first year of the program Master BVT in Montpellier with the financial support from SEP. The results can be also used as an management tool for tropical forest trees diversity and for local biodiversity monitoring and in-situ conservation.. To complete the project : - Complete the database and image toolkits to develop the software for the identified species of trees and their pollens. - Continue to support the cotutelle thesis - Prepare for the publication of Cdroms, and field guide. This final report is filled out by DANG LE Anh Tuan Date: 09/02/2011 The project being achieved, this report gathers all the results obtained. 353 Rapport d activité final Page 7

8 ANNEX In attached pdf files: 1. Dang Le AT, Millet J, Nguyen Le XB, Tran N, Bonnet P, Grard P. Identification software for forest trees in southeast region of Vietnam. Journal of Science and Technology Development. (Submitted in 12/2010, in Vietnamese). 2. Poster Project SEP Develop applications of software IDAO for forest TREES and their POLLENS in the southeastern of Vietnam. Second symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) 3. Dang Le AT, Millet J, Nguyen Le XB, Dinh BP, Grard P A computer program for identifying forest trees in the southeast region of Vietnam. Second symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) 4. Millet, J, Dang Le, A. T., Dinh, Q, D (2009). Introduction to the precious trees in Tan Phu, Dong Nai Province. Technical report VN for project Combating water pollution in Tri An reservoir and the lower Dong Nai river. Dong Nai, Vietnam. (in English and Vietnamese). 5. Dang Le AT IDAO (Identification Assitée par Ordinateur): a teaching tool for plant taxonomy and plant morphology (in Vietnamese). Symposium of Improvement on teaching methods with credit system at University of Science, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) 6. Millet J, Dang Le AT, Tran HD, Tran N, Bonnet P and Grard P Identification tool for trees in Tan Phu forest, Dong Nai province, Vietnam. First symposium of the Flora of Cambodia, of Lao and of Vietnam. (deposit for free consultation on SEP Web site) 353 Rapport d activité final Page 8