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I ABIN I nvasives I nformation N etwork

I ABIN I nvasives I nformation N etwork. Creating an Inter-American Network for Invasive Species Information. I 3 N. Biodiversity Informatics Symposium, Indaiatuba, October 22, 2002 Andrea Grosse, US Geological Survey, USA. Ultimate Objectives. Pilot project.

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I ABIN I nvasives I nformation N etwork

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  1. IABIN Invasives Information Network Creating an Inter-American Network for Invasive Species Information I3N Biodiversity Informatics Symposium, Indaiatuba, October 22, 2002 Andrea Grosse, US Geological Survey, USA

  2. Ultimate Objectives Pilot project • Metadata on invasive species information • Web-accessible • Distributed • Local ownership • Integrated • Common standards • Single entry point • Search across nodes

  3. I3N Pilot Project • Seed grants from US State Department • $12,000 ( x 11 countries) Additional funding from NBII and organizations in countries Technical collaboration • ICE/UC Davis • NBII • CABS/CI • NatureServe

  4. Participants Planning to join 11+Countries New countries joining without seed funding

  5. Objectives of Pilot Project Develop standard catalogs in each country Make catalogs Web-accessible Build capacity Species Experts Projects Data sets

  6. I3N Cataloguer Start entering metadata • Microsoft Access 2000 • Three languages • Freely available

  7. I3N Cataloguer

  8. I3N Cataloguer

  9. Preliminary Results

  10. Preliminary Results

  11. Preliminary Results

  12. Reported Benefits I3N Report Discovered possible invasive events… Collected specimens in the field…

  13. Reported Benefits I3N Report First digital data base on invasive species… First data base of taxonomists… National biodiversity database will incorporate I3N catalogs …

  14. Reported Benefits I3N Report Created educational material… Provided list of game and fish species annexed to a national biodiversity law…

  15. Reported Benefits I3N Report Trained persons directly involved in data management Enabled identification of gaps in knowledge and institutional capacity Created photo collection Developed relationship between institutions within country Will contribute to development of national invasive species strategy Increased knowledge about invasive species management Contributed to list of species for a resolution on controlling entry of exotic species Provides access to unpublished or scattered data Will guide national legislation process by creating legal bases for bio-security regulations Benefited biodiversity enabling activities under the CBD Country’s scientific community became interested in invasive species

  16. Local Challenges Insufficient information No documentation of presence and impact of invasives in natural ecosystems Difficulty in identifying species Not enough taxonomists and other scientists specializing in invasive species

  17. Local Challenges Data Access Collections not cataloged, updated, or digitized Information dispersed Access denied

  18. Technical Challenges • Terminology • “especie invasiva, invasora, alien, inmigrante, no nativa, aclimatizada, no indígena, extraña, extranjera, exótica, naturalizada, xenobiota” • Cataloging tool • User-friendliness • Multi-lingual versions • Compatibility with local system • Cost & availability of application

  19. Differences in co-financing Collaboration Native language of project leaders Translation cost & effort Listserv Coordination Challenges

  20. Next Steps • Review metadata fields & controlled vocabulary • Trilingual invasive species management thesaurus • Improve Cataloguer • Encourage XML output • Establish virtual community

  21. Outstanding Issues • Updating catalogs • Integrating new countries • Harvesting and search tool • Integrate all XML records • Single search interface

  22. Participate! • Tools Metadata • Web page • Ideas

  23. Click on “I3N Project” www.iabin-us.org

  24. Results Listserv agrosse@usgs.gov www.iabin-us.org

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