CAP-2030 Nepal: Dataset on plant diversity in Jumla district l (raw data)

The Stata data file "CAP2030_Plant_Atlas_Jumla_2022-06-20-19-18-13_labelled.dta” and equivalent excel file of the same name comprises data collected by adolescent secondary school students during a "Citizen Science" project in the district of Jumla in the remote mountains of West Nepal during June 2022. The project was part of a CIFF-funded Children in All Policies 2030 (CAP2030) project. <br> The data were generated by the students using a mobile device data collection form developed using "Open Data Kit (ODK) Collect" electronic data collection platform by Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL) and University College London (UCL) for the purposes of this study. KLL and UCL adapted a CommCare form, and a printed 'Plant Atlas' developed by Bristol University and HERD International as part of the ‘Micropoll’ project, implemented in Jumla district between 2021 and 2022. Citizen science users of the app used the printed photographic 'Plant Atlas', which depicts different species of plant and their flowers and encodes information about its Nepali, English and Scientific names in a QR code. Data collectors had to scan the QR code of the plant once they had matched it to a species in their locale. They then went on to record any insects visiting the flowers and any pests of diseases affecting the plant. They took photographs of the plants and of pests or diseases. Researchers from KLL and UCL trained the adolescents to record the plants identified and associated pollinators or pests and take photos. The resulting datafile includes the latitude/longitude, name of the plant and category (crop, wild), date it was recorded, and the district. Links to photographs of the plant are included but require login to the KLL server. Users of the data may contact KLL ([e-mail]) or UCL ([e-mail]) if access to photographs is required.<br> The data were generated as part of a learning exercise for students to raise awareness of biodiversity in their locale and to develop a sense of environmental stewardship. Since the students were using 10 android tablets to record information in a reasonably limited geographical area, the dataset may contain several copies of the same plant recorded by different individuals, so cannot be used for calculation of prevalence of species. Rather, the data serve to demonstrate the potential of citizen science methods with Nepali school students to record such information. The app and the process of gathering the data are described in a paper entitled "Citizen science for climate change resilience: engaging adolescents to study climate hazards, biodiversity and nutrition in rural Nepal" submitted to Wellcome Open Research in Feb 2023. The data contributed to Annex 3 of this paper.

Stata数据文件"CAP2030_Plant_Atlas_Jumla_2022-06-20-19-18-13_labelled.dta"及同名等值Excel文件，包含2022年6月在尼泊尔西部偏远山区朱姆拉县开展的"公民科学（Citizen Science）"项目期间，由青少年中学生收集的数据。该项目是由CIFF资助的"全政策儿童2030（Children in All Policies 2030，CAP2030）"项目的组成部分。本研究中，学生们借助由加德满都生活实验室（Kathmandu Living Labs，KLL）与伦敦大学学院（University College London，UCL）基于"开放数据工具包收集（Open Data Kit Collect，ODK Collect）"电子数据采集平台开发的移动端数据采集表单生成数据。KLL与UCL对CommCare表单，以及布里斯托大学（Bristol University）与HERD International作为2021-2022年朱姆拉县"Micropoll"项目一部分开发的印刷版《植物图鉴》进行了适配改造。该应用的公民科学参与者使用了这款印刷版图文《植物图鉴》，其展示了不同植物物种及其花部特征，并将该植物的尼泊尔语、英语与学名信息编码为二维码。数据采集人员在将观测植物匹配为当地已知物种后，需扫描该植物的二维码。随后他们需记录访花昆虫以及危害该植物的虫害与病害情况，并拍摄植物、虫害或病害的照片。KLL与UCL的研究人员对青少年进行了培训，指导其记录所识别的植物及其相关传粉者或虫害情况并拍摄照片。生成的数据文件包含经纬度、植物名称与类别（农作物、野生植物）、记录日期以及所属县区。文件中包含植物照片的链接，但需登录KLL服务器方可访问。若需获取照片访问权限，数据使用者可联系KLL（邮箱：[e-mail]）或UCL（邮箱：[e-mail]）。本数据集的生成是学生学习活动的一部分，旨在提升学生对当地生物多样性的认知，并培养其环境管护意识。由于学生们使用10台安卓（Android）平板在相对有限的地理区域内采集数据，本数据集可能存在同一植物被不同个体多次记录的情况，因此无法用于计算物种的分布频度。本数据集的核心价值在于展示尼泊尔中学生开展公民科学项目以记录此类信息的可行性。相关应用与数据采集流程已发表于2023年2月提交至《Wellcome Open Research》的论文《面向气候变化韧性的公民科学：动员青少年研究尼泊尔农村地区的气候灾害、生物多样性与营养状况》。本数据集为该论文的附件3提供了数据支撑。