Dennis McKenna

One of their chief botanists at the time, Al Gentry, collected out of the UNAP herbarium at the Universidad Nacional Amazonía de Peruana in Iquitos. He collected out of there. So when I was looking for something else and saw this podcast, I thought, this is an amazing connection. I'm going to get in touch with him, see if we can initiate a collaboration. Because what we want to do...

One of their chief botanists at the time, Al Gentry, collected out of the UNAP herbarium at the Universidad Nacional Amazonía de Peruana in Iquitos. He collected out of there. So when I was looking for something else and saw this podcast, I thought, this is an amazing connection. I'm going to get in touch with him, see if we can initiate a collaboration. Because what we want to do...

is save this herbarium. And we want to start by digitizing the specimens there. And like the Missouri Botanical Garden, the specimens, there's like three million specimens there. At the UNAP herbarium, there's only 150,000, so a tiny amount. And only 50,000 of them are actually documented and mounted with labels and entered into the library. The rest of them haven't been mounted yet.

is save this herbarium. And we want to start by digitizing the specimens there. And like the Missouri Botanical Garden, the specimens, there's like three million specimens there. At the UNAP herbarium, there's only 150,000, so a tiny amount. And only 50,000 of them are actually documented and mounted with labels and entered into the library. The rest of them haven't been mounted yet.

is save this herbarium. And we want to start by digitizing the specimens there. And like the Missouri Botanical Garden, the specimens, there's like three million specimens there. At the UNAP herbarium, there's only 150,000, so a tiny amount. And only 50,000 of them are actually documented and mounted with labels and entered into the library. The rest of them haven't been mounted yet.

So what we want to do is find the resources to mount the rest of the specimens and then digitize these specimens and put all that online and develop an interactive interface for examining the specimens. So this is what herbaria do these days. All of the major herbaria in the world digitizing their collections because then people could look at the specimens no matter where they are in the world.

So what we want to do is find the resources to mount the rest of the specimens and then digitize these specimens and put all that online and develop an interactive interface for examining the specimens. So this is what herbaria do these days. All of the major herbaria in the world digitizing their collections because then people could look at the specimens no matter where they are in the world.

So what we want to do is find the resources to mount the rest of the specimens and then digitize these specimens and put all that online and develop an interactive interface for examining the specimens. So this is what herbaria do these days. All of the major herbaria in the world digitizing their collections because then people could look at the specimens no matter where they are in the world.

One of our advisors on this project was a woman named Barbara Thiers, Dr. Barbara Thiers from the New York Botanical Garden. She created a virtual herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden with four and a half million specimens in it. Wow. You know, so she knows what she's doing. Yeah. This shows, this is a trailer for the film. Uh, and I'll send you a link where you can look at the full film.

One of our advisors on this project was a woman named Barbara Thiers, Dr. Barbara Thiers from the New York Botanical Garden. She created a virtual herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden with four and a half million specimens in it. Wow. You know, so she knows what she's doing. Yeah. This shows, this is a trailer for the film. Uh, and I'll send you a link where you can look at the full film.

One of our advisors on this project was a woman named Barbara Thiers, Dr. Barbara Thiers from the New York Botanical Garden. She created a virtual herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden with four and a half million specimens in it. Wow. You know, so she knows what she's doing. Yeah. This shows, this is a trailer for the film. Uh, and I'll send you a link where you can look at the full film.

That's only 30 minutes, but, but scroll up or down to show those pictures.

That's only 30 minutes, but, but scroll up or down to show those pictures.

That's only 30 minutes, but, but scroll up or down to show those pictures.

Yeah. Yeah. So this shows, uh, this is Wanda Reese and, uh, one of the document we want to make a series of documentaries but the main one is we want to try to document what this guy knows which is a tremendous amount you know he knows all this i think he has a personal relationship with all the plants in the amazon i mean he he knows all these species he could identify about sight

Yeah. Yeah. So this shows, uh, this is Wanda Reese and, uh, one of the document we want to make a series of documentaries but the main one is we want to try to document what this guy knows which is a tremendous amount you know he knows all this i think he has a personal relationship with all the plants in the amazon i mean he he knows all these species he could identify about sight

Yeah. Yeah. So this shows, uh, this is Wanda Reese and, uh, one of the document we want to make a series of documentaries but the main one is we want to try to document what this guy knows which is a tremendous amount you know he knows all this i think he has a personal relationship with all the plants in the amazon i mean he he knows all these species he could identify about sight

And I've collected with him in the field many times. And he can take a leaf or a fragment of a plant often. And I often have given him these things. And he'll give you the scientific name, the common name, what it's used for. Usually some funny story about some botanist that came through 30 years ago and collected the plant. Wow. So he's just a wise man of the forest in some ways.

And I've collected with him in the field many times. And he can take a leaf or a fragment of a plant often. And I often have given him these things. And he'll give you the scientific name, the common name, what it's used for. Usually some funny story about some botanist that came through 30 years ago and collected the plant. Wow. So he's just a wise man of the forest in some ways.

And I've collected with him in the field many times. And he can take a leaf or a fragment of a plant often. And I often have given him these things. And he'll give you the scientific name, the common name, what it's used for. Usually some funny story about some botanist that came through 30 years ago and collected the plant. Wow. So he's just a wise man of the forest in some ways.