Naturalista
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Conéctate con la naturaleza. Explora y comparte tus observaciones de la naturaleza. (http://www.naturalista.mx/)
Naturalista es un lugar en donde puedes aprender sobre las plantas y animales de México y del mundo, puedes registrar y compartir lo que observas en la naturaleza y puedes conocer a otros aficionados y profesionales. ¡Tus fotos ayudarán a aumentar el conocimiento sobre la biodiversidad mexicana!
Todas las personas llevamos un naturalista adentro. Nos interesa conocer sobre las plantas y animales que nos rodean. Pueden ser plantas medicinales, enigmáticos insectos, pequeñas ranas y sapos, lagartijas y víboras, coloridas aves o carismáticos mamíferos. Actualmente la mayoría de la gente vivimos en ciudades y nuestra familiaridad con la naturaleza es cada vez menor, pero una vez que empezamos a conocer a otros seres vivos podremos extender la comunidad con la que compartimos el planeta. Además tus observaciones pueden ayudar al aumentar el conocimiento científico y a tomar el pulso del planeta.
Para valorar y amar a la naturaleza hay que conocerla. Esta es la visión de . Registra tus observaciones de plantas y animales en y aprende más sobre la vida. ¡Conoce tu verdadera naturaleza! ¡Participa en la ciencia ciudadana! (http://www.naturalista.mx/pages/acerca)
Description
Naturalista is a citizen science project owned by the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity in Mexico (CONABIO, in Spanish), with the aim of collectively building a resource of knowledge about nature. The platform invites people to observe, describe and catalogue with the tools available to them on their daily paths the wide diversity of species in Mexico. The project seeks to foster mutual research, organization, classification and review of the existing ecosystems, contributing to a culture of environmental respect and awareness.
Naturalista sprung from a collaboration with iNaturalist, a project created by Nate Agrin, Jessica Kline and Ken-Ichi Ueda at the University of California Berkeley. By 2011, after the addition of Scott Loarie, iNaturalist became a company. The Mexican project is headed by Scott Loarie, Ken-Ichi Ueda and Álvaro Espinel.
Users can document and upload their observations with photos, video and sound files. They can also join research projects regarding different species and regions, protected areas, city parks, archeological sites, heritage towns and rural communities on the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor.
Research projects conduct observations of species in the wild or in captivity, avoiding captured species, such as zoo animals or pets. Research data can be shared with a system that helps observers sort and detail entries with information, such as common and scientific names, date and location (aided by Google Maps). In order to identify a sample’s life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species, the platform organizes species of fungi, plants and animals taxonomically by parentage. Guidelines help researchers identify species found in specific regions and environments, such as birds found in the nurseries of Coyoacan; the flora and fauna of Ixtepec, Oaxaca; the bats of Veracruz; fish of the Sayulita coral reefs or Mexico City trees.
Source
Biodiversidad Mexicana Portal http://dpya.org/en/index.php/Biodiversidad_Mexicana
Links
URL: http://www.naturalista.mx/
Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.naturalista.mx/
