NATURAL HERITAGE MAPPING TEMPLATE FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS

CLASSIFICATION: SPECIE CLASSIFICATION:

NAME/S (LOCAL/COMMON): o Endemic (native to the area)
o Invasive (introduced to the area)

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
LOCATION SIGHTED: (Provide the address USE KEY MAP: (attach images)
and coordinates if possible)

HABITAT: CONSERVATION STATUS:

o Marine o Endangered
o Wetlands o Not Endangered
o Mangrove forest
o Montane grasslands VISIBILITY:
o Mossy forest o Seasonal: ______________
o Others: ________________ o Months: ________________
o All year round / regular sighting
DESCRIPTION OF HABITAT:
LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE:
o World
o National
o Regional
o Local

SIGNIFICANCE (Tick the appropriate category and provide a description for each)

o Historical (e.g. important historical events and people related to plant/animal)

o Spiritual (e.g. used for sacred rituals)

o Social (e.g. important community memories)

o Aesthetic (e.g. artistic value)

o Economic (e.g. tourism, agriculture, or trade value)

o Scientific (scientific research purposes, pharmaceutical use)

o Environmental (e.g. biodiversity, endemicity)

DESCRIBE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY (e.g. availability of its source of nourishment, ability to
reproduce, range of territory, etc.)

Rate environmental integrity (1 - lowest, 10 - highest)

DESCRIBE ITS CONNECTIVITY (The ORAL TRADITION (List, describe or attach a

association of the plant/animal with other disciplines copy the stories and narratives associated with the
such as herbal, health, food, religion, etc.) plant/animal such as myths, legends, folk takes, etc.)

STATUTORY CONTROL (List and attach if possible the existing ordinances related to the landscape)

USES: (List and describe its uses) DESCRIBE THE THREATS:

o Natural threats (e.g. climate change, fire,

rising sea temperature, etc.)

DATA USEFUL FOR WHICH ASPECT: o Man-made threats (e.g. poaching,

(Tick the appropriate category) trading, recreation, etc.)

o Tourism
o Education
o Health
o Religion and Spirituality
o Legislation
o Trade and Industry
o Public Works
LIST OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION
o Communication List and attach the following:
o Culture and History
o Transportation o Bibliography
o Information Technology o Archival Sources
o Agriculture o Name of Resource Persons and
o Science Date of Interviews
o Others: ____________________ o Date of Physical Survey: ________
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SOURCE:

ACTUAL PICTURE ON SITE: (attach images)

SOURCE:

DATE OF DOCUMENTATION: NAME OF MAPPER: