Fehlentscheidungen bei Beschaffung und Flächenplanung durch unvollständige Bestandsdaten

Definition

Botanical information systems used in Australia, such as the Integrated Biodiversity Information System (IBIS) at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, are specifically designed to integrate plant names, herbarium specimens, and living collection planting records, so staff can run complex queries and generate reports.[4] Commercial tools like Hortis and IrisBG similarly focus on enabling data‑driven decisions about collections, providing dynamic tables, metrics, and reporting to set curation and conservation targets.[3][9] These solutions exist because fragmented or poor‑quality data leads to suboptimal decisions. Logic inference: in their absence, zoos and botanical gardens may purchase plants they already hold in sufficient numbers, fail to propagate rare taxa that suffer high mortality, or under‑utilise existing propagation material. If a site spends AUD 150,000–250,000 annually on plant procurement and external sourcing, even a 5–15% avoidable spend due to poor data equates to AUD 7,500–37,500 wasted each year.

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Einrichtungen im Bereich Zoos und botanische Gärten in Australia 🇦🇺 verschwenden jährlich schätzungsweise AUD 10.000–40.000 durch Überbeschaffung von Pflanzen und Fehlplanungen von Beeten. Automation of centralised collection databases, survival analytics, and production reporting improves purchasing and space allocation decisions.

Affected Stakeholders

Curator of living collections, Procurement and contracts managers, Landscape planners and designers, Conservation and research managers, Executive management overseeing capital and operating budgets

Related Business Risks