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Herbarium specimens

Capture data from specimen and object labels to make it accessible for scientific and cultural research.

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Historical documents

Transcribe text and capture data from historical documents to make them digitally accessible.

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Images

Identify and tag images of animals and collection objects to support research.

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Best wishes!

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Dear DoeDat volunteers,

As we close out the year, we look back with enormous admiration on what we have achieved together. Your curiosity, accuracy and the many hours you have invested in entering data are the driving force behind this project.

Thank you for your tireless efforts! We wish you an inspiring, healthy and happy New Year. We hope to see you back on our platform in 2026.

Here's to a year full of new discoveries!

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The plants of Ethiopia (10)

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