Vanemuise 46
51014 Tartu
EE
loodusmuuseum@ut.ee
Vanemuise 46
51014 Tartu
EE
loodusmuuseum@ut.ee
Prof.Urmas Kõljalg
University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden:
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| staff_year of reference | 2017 |
| staff total | 62.0 |
| scientific staff (permanent) | 7.0 |
| scientific staff collections (permanent) | 5.0 |
| staff collection managers technicians (permanent) | 25.0 |
| staff administrative (permanent) | 4.0 |
| staff exhibitions (permanent) | 11.0 |
Botanical garden
Work with local endangered species, work with locally bred ornamentals (national program). The Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu has, since 2002, actively participated in Estonian National Programme “Collection and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”, financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of Estonia. The main tasks of the Botanical Garden within the activities of the conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture is to find out, collect and conserve local cultivars of ornamentals and the species of medical and aromatic plants.
Link of the Research page : Research page (in Estonian)
Botanical and Mycological Museum
Taxonomy and systematics of plants, animals and fungi, their ecology, distribution and protection in Estonia and globally. Preserving and managing specimens, fruit bodies and living cultures collected from Estonia and worldwide. Developing an online, open data platform of biodiversity data management services and analytical tools.
Link: NHM scientific activities (in Estonian)
Biological informatics
Developing digital repositories for the biological and associated data. Major product is PlutoF cloud system (http://plutof.ut.ee) which provides free online service for the managing, sharing and publishing biological databases. Currently it has more than 1700 users from more than 40 countries.
Link: PlutoF start page
Link: Strategy and development plan (in Estonian)
| Besides coordinating several doctoral studies on University of Tartu students, NHM is organizing study and post-conference programmes for UT and its institutes events and visiting groups. |
| Both the NHM and BG have non-formal educational study programmes for children, youth and adult age groups (in total about 40 programmes) with topics ranging from the development of Earth to practical gardening and pets. Main study fields include biodiversity, geology, zoology and ecology. In addition various workshops, semianrs and fields trips for the general publics or schools are regularly organized. Partners include local and national environment educational centres, universities, schools and NGOs. |