THE
PROSEA
PROJECT
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The PROSEA project
XIII.
(Plant Resources
(continued from
of Southeast Asia)
Volume
9, page 438)
P.C.M. Jansen
POB
The major
task facing
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341,
The Netherlands
Wageningen,
the PROSEA project
during the period 1987-1990 is to lay
a
sound basis for the Implementation Phase 1991-1995, while at the same time concrete
results have to be produced. The project will achieve this by internationalization, documentation,
consultation,
Internationalization. — PROSEA is
and
trying to establish a
publication.
network of
cooperating institu-
tions in Southeast Asia, which will act as centres of activity for PROSEA in the respective
countries. Main objectives are to gather existing information and expertise on the plant resources. Each centre will have a country officer paid by PROSEA. Missions were held to
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. The following
institutes
agreed to become
a coordinating agency
for PROSEA:
— Thailand: The Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) at
Bangkok.
— Malaysia: FRIM at Kepong, MARDI at Serdang or Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (decision
not
yet
taken
by
the
institutes).
— Indonesia: The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at Jakarta. LIPI has designated
the Centre for Research and Development in Biology in Bogor as the executing agency, where also the headquarters of the field network will be housed. Dr. J.S. Siemonsma will be the coordinator for PROSEA (operational summer 1988).
— The Philippines: The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources
Research
and Development
(PCARRD)
at Los
Baños.
— Papua New Guinea: The Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae.
In
February
1988
PROSEA mission
a
operation. Perspectives
In
Europe
are
discussions
were
ume
(P)
ly
on
cooperation;
for
species
(P)
look for
to
possibilities
of co-
were
(K)
is
(K) similarly
very
possibilities
positive
and
willing
to
be
one
for the volume
saw
of the editors of the vol-
on
possibilities
for coopera-
Databank, is
bamboos. Dr. J. Vidal
for
cooperation especial-
of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Documentation.
—
PROSEA
developed
Asian Plant Resources Information System),
DOS
Australia
Section of Kew, with the SEPASAT
Dr. J. Dransfield
rattans, Dr. S. Dransfield
and Dr. J. Barrau
to
held with Kew and Paris about
tion. The Economic & Conservation
interested in
went
promising.
operating system)
and the software
storage and retrieval. SAPRIS
a
documentation system called SAPRIS
using
package
an
Olivetti M 24
INMAGIC
consists of 4 data bases,
(version 7)
viz.
(SE.
micro-computer (MSfor information
BASELIST, CATALOG,
PERSONYM & ORGANYM.
BASELIST is
the
project.
a
checklist of plant
It holds
at
species
that have
to
be considered to be dealt with
present 6615 records, each record with data
on names
and
uses
by
of
a
46
FLORA
The list is based
single species.
1966),
uses
Brown
(1941-1943),
(commodity groups)
and
are
CATALOG holds references
AGRIS, ASFA,
are
family
names are
literature
Burkill
names,
(1935;
synonyms,
being updated.
The Flora
on
PROSEA
species: monographs,
on
the Southeast Asian
institutions and
using
organizations
the data bases
plant
that
resources.
are
relevant
to
AGRALIN, AGRICOLA,
BIOSIS PREVIEWS, CAB ABSTRACTS, and TROPAG.
—
project organization
sium announcement,
cooperation.
are
Timely
reflection
on
project
course,
and future funding is necessary.
(See
form and
PROSEA
contents
Sympo-
Chapter 9).
—
the world for the
& NUTS. If you
researchers
to
carried out,
Consultation & Publication.
over
to
holds references
PROSEA. On line searches
Callfor
secondary
by Heyne (1927),
names,
families.
already published
to
1988
10(1),
reviews and the like.
ORGANYM
all
treated
species
Reyes (1938). Species
PERSONYM holds references
of the output,
the
BULLETIN
indexed. Old scientific
Malesiana is the standard for the
bibliographies,
on
MALESIANA
We would welcome
commodity
interested in the
from the PROSEA Secretariat
at
suggestions
for
experts
or
specialists
from
groups: DYES & TANNINS and EDIBLE FRUITS
Symposium please
the above address.
ask
for the First Announcement