Principal Activities

The principal activities of the Institute will be focused on: research, training, and the transfer of knowledge to society

Research. The Institute will have two basic lines of research: (1) Biological diversity and taxonomy of plants and fungi, and (2) Use of data on species distributions for the formulation of public policy on plant and fungal diversity.

Training.  A program of courses on advanced taxonomic techniques, training of herbarium curators and technicians in biodiversity informatics will make possible higher quality of collections in Brazil and increased digitization and distribution of data.

Transfer of Knowledge to Society.  The identification of a specimen and its sharing in a free and open system is part of the fundamental strategy of transferring taxonomic knowledge to society.  It is taxonomic knowledge, represented by scientific names, that makes possible the dynamic integration of data and knowledge held in different collections, and the generation of information that can enrich the analyses of specialists in diverse areas such as the environment, health, agriculture and industry.