{"id":1006870,"date":"2025-12-09T23:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/?post_type=zamociencia&#038;p=1006870"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T16:37:31","slug":"aprovechando-el-potencial-de-los-herbarios-para-la-conservacion-en-honduras","status":"publish","type":"zamociencia","link":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/zamociencia\/aprovechando-el-potencial-de-los-herbarios-para-la-conservacion-en-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing the potential of herbaria for conservation in Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1006870\" class=\"elementor elementor-1006870\" data-elementor-post-type=\"zamociencia\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a051aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a051aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b382d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b382d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Harnessing the potential of herbaria for conservation in Honduras<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f6a454 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f6a454\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a711b24\" data-id=\"a711b24\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2def0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c2def0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">El Dr. Eric Van Den Berghe, Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Ambiente y Desarrollo, y su equipo publicaron\u202f<span class=\"s1\">a study<\/span>in the<i>journal Plants, People, Planet<\/i>highlighting the fundamental role of herbarium collections in developing effective conservation strategies.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Using Honduran ferns and lycophytes as a case study, the team discovered significant discrepancies between official management plans and herbarium records. While the management plans listed 66 unique species, herbarium data identified 216 species absent from those plans. Nearly one-third of the species cited in the management plans lacked corresponding herbarium vouchers, raising concerns about the reliability of current biodiversity reports.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\">By integrating herbarium data into conservation planning, the researchers demonstrated a more complete understanding of species distribution and community composition. This approach not only fills critical data gaps but also ensures that national conservation efforts are grounded in scientifically verified and validated information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15a37b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f15a37b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ppp3.70013\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the study here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca33e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca33e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">For more information:<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"mailto:evandenberghe@zamorano.edu\"><span class=\"s1\">evandenberghe@zamorano.edu<\/span><\/a>\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f3a85 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08f3a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras-1024x703.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1006872\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Herbarios-Conservacion-Honduras.png 1255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5132c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5132c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Herbarium records revealed more than three times the number of unique species compared to those listed in Honduran management plans, underscoring the need to integrate these data into conservation strategies.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Eric van den Berghe, Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Development Engineering, and his team published a study in the journal Plants, People, Planet highlighting the fundamental role of herbarium collections in the development of effective conservation strategies.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1006872,"template":"","zamociencia_tag":[54,55],"class_list":["post-1006870","zamociencia","type-zamociencia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","zamociencia_tag-biodiversidad","zamociencia_tag-conservacion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/zamociencia"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007967,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia\/1006870\/revisions\/1007967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"zamociencia_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zamorano.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zamociencia_tag?post=1006870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}