So you have added the latest batch of observations. And for the Red List species you have dutifully filled in the information for the Red List Project: the numbers and threats.

But have you done them all?
There is quick way to check any that you might have missed.
The secret is in the "not in project" filter. But you have to add this to the url bar manually, it is not one of the standard filters.

So how?
First use the filters box to select:

1. Your observations
2. The project south-african-red-list-plants-and-animals (this should select all the Red List species, but there is also another option: rather than adding this project, find the option "threatened" in the top left bank, and click it)

3. Choose plants (unless you want to do the same for animals).
   Click Update search.

You now have all the observations that in an ideal world you will have filled in the numbers and threats. But to find those that you have missed, copy paste this to the end of the url bar
&not_in_project=redlist-s-afr
and click enter (sometimes - if nothing happens - you need to click twice)

Your URL should look like this:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=south-african-red-list-plants-and-animals&subview=map&user_id=tonyrebelo&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Plantae&not_in_project=redlist-s-afr
(except that unless you are tonyrebelo, your username will display, with your totals instead of tonyrebelo's)

Remember to do this while the details are still fresh in your mind. And if you cannot remember any details, then it is better to not fill them in than to make them up.
Well that is my excuse for all those observations, and I am sticking to it!

Please see here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/type-reference-voucher-collections/journal/60215-type-reference-voucher-collections
for a summary of projects used to collect and collate data.

The RedList (s Afr) is being upgraded.
After almost two decades CREW is simplifying its data collection protocols to those data that are crucial to the red list assessments, and ditching its two signature projects CREW Species and CREW Sites, to the data collected by the casual observers.

Unfortunately, this means that two new fields must be added to this project.

• 'Population size Estimate: (CREW)' The first is that CREW wants a "set" menu for population numbers and this has been added. This is needed for the CREW database, so is a compulsory field.

• Population Size & Extent: an estimation or count of the number seen and over what area.
  This remains the same, but you are requested to please be formulaic along the lines of 43 plants in 2ha, or over 100 plants along a 50m transect. - so how many plants did you see in what sort of area. You are welcome to add extra information, such as adults vs juveniles, numbers dead, and and so forth, although you can also use the notes and comments for this.

• Population Threats: those threats seen or inferred for this population (not general ones for the species, but specific to this site).
  
  
• 'Specimen Herbarium/Museum Voucher Number: (CREW)' we included this field for ease of use: please dont use it unless you have a specimen to record.

We hope that this wont make the project too onerous, but the data included are essential, and will streamline the assessors tasks considerably.

This is a project to collect data to help the national coordinator evaluate the red list status of our southern African species.

To use it, when adding or editing an observation, join this project. When you do, you will be prompted to fill in two fields:
Population Size & Extent: an estimation or count of the number seen and over what area.
Population Threats: those threats seen or inferred from this population (not general ones for the species).

Please fill these in as accurately as you remember, and please remember to explicitly record these if you encounter this species again.