New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases
The New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases (NSDC) are government-funded biological and physical collections or databases that are considered important and significant to New Zealand.
They consist of living organisms such as the ICMP culture collection, preserved samples such as the Marine Benthic Biology Collection, and data-only such as the New Zealand Geomagnetic Database, many of the physical collections also have associated databases.
The NSDCs were established in 1992 during the breakup of DSIR and establishment of the Crown Research Institutes, they are currently funded at 19 million NZD per annum[1], though the SSIF infrastructure fund of MBIE[2].
| Collection / Database | Custodian |
|---|---|
| Margot Forde Germplasm Centre[3] | AgResearch |
| Micro-algae Collection Cawthron Institute | Cawthron Institute |
| National Earthquake Information Database
National Groundwater Monitoring Programme National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database New Zealand Fossil Record File New Zealand Geomagnetic Database New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database New Zealand Volcano Database Regional Geological Map Archive and Database |
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) |
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Allan Herbarium and Associated Databases International Collection of Micro-organisms from Plants and Associated Databases Land Resource Information System National Vegetation Survey Databank New Zealand Fungal Herbarium and Associated Database Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database and New Zealand Flax and Living Plant Collections |
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National Climate Database New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database NIWA Marine Benthic Biology Collection Water Resources Archive |
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA) |
| Crop Germplasm Resources Unit
National Collections of Fruit and Crop Germplasm |
The New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research Limited |
| National Forest Herbarium and Database | Scion |
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References
- ^ "Nationally Significant Collections and Databases | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Infrastructure funded through the Strategic Science Investment Fund | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment". www.mbie.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Centre | Agricultural Research NZ". AgResearch NZ. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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