The New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases (NSCDs) are government-funded biological and physical collections or databases that are considered important and significant to New Zealand.
They consist of living organisms (ICMP culture collection), preserved samples (Marine Benthic Biology Collection), or data (New Zealand Geomagnetic Database). Many of the physical collections also have associated databases.
The NSCDs were established in 1992 during the breakup of the DSIR and establishment of the Crown Research Institutes. They are currently funded at NZ$19 million per annum though the Strategic Science Investment Fund of MBIE. + List of Nationally Significant Collections and DatabasesCollection/DatabaseCustodianMargot Forde Germplasm CentreAgResearchCawthron Institute Micro-algae CollectionCawthron InstituteNational Earthquake Information Database National Groundwater Monitoring Programme
National Petrology Reference Collection and PET Database
New Zealand Fossil Record File
New Zealand Geomagnetic Database
New Zealand National Paleontological Collection and Database
New Zealand Volcano Database
Regional Geological Map Archive and DatabaseInstitute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS)Allan Herbarium (CHR)
International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP)
Land Resource Information System (LRIS)
National Vegetation Survey Databank (NVS)
New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC)
New Zealand Fungarium (PDD)
Nga Tipu Whakaoranga Ethnobotany Database
Te Kohinga Harakaka o Aotearoa – New Zealand Flax CollectionLandcare Research New Zealand LimitedNational Climate Database
New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database
NIWA Marine Invertebrate Collection
Water Resources ArchiveNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited (NIWA)Arable and Vegetable Crop Germplasm Fruit Crop GermplasmThe New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research LimitedNational Forestry Herbarium (NZFRI)Scion
References
External links MBIE: New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases Nationally Significant Databases & Collections Providers' Group