Biological inventories and computer data bases: Their role in environmental assessments |
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Authors: | Luis Antonio Bojórquez-Tapia Patricia Balvanera Alfredo D. Cuarón |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centro de Ecología, UNAM, Apartado Postal 70-275, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico;(2) Present address: Sub-Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CBN2 1QS Cambridge, UK |
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Abstract: | An important goal of biological inventories is to provide information for environmental assessments of development projects and biodiversity conservation. Likewise, computer data bases have been proposed for efficient compilation and management of biological information. However, the attributes of biological inventories and computer data bases have not been examined with respect to environmental assessments. This article presents a case study in Mexico to analyze the current limitations of biological inventories for successful environmental assessments and biodiversity conservation in developing countries. Results demonstrate that, considering the objectives of environmental assessments and information constraints, computerized biological inventories should be assembled with a minimum of record fields: taxonomic data and georeferenced collection localities. Furthermore, it is proposed that environmental assessments should become a feedback to biological inventories and an important financial support to universities and research institutions in developing countries. |
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Keywords: | Biodiversity Mexico Conservation Development planning |
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