1. IABIN Invasives Information Network
Andrea Grosse
U.S. National Biological Information Infrastructure
I3N Meeting, Cancun, 12 August 2003

2. Objectives Develop standard catalogs in each country Web-accessible
Pilot project
Develop standard catalogs in each country
Web-accessible
Distributed
Integrated
Common standards
Internet-based forum for technical and scientific cooperation throughout the Americas
Promotes the collection, exchange, and use of biodiversity information relevant to decision-making and education
Local ownership/control
14+ countries
Single entry point
Search across nodes

4. Catalogs

5. Catalogs

6. Single Entry Search

7. Value-added products Created educational material… I3N Report
Story: Dominican Republic
To create metadata had to first collect data
Including field data
Story 2:…
Story 3:…

8. Value-added products
Trained persons directly involved in data management
Enabled identification of gaps in knowledge and institutional capacity
I3N Report
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Provides access to unpublished or scattered data
Story: Dominican Republic
To create metadata had to first collect data
Including field data
Story 2:…
Story 3:…
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

9. www.iabin-us.org Story: Dominican Republic
To create metadata had to first collect data
Including field data
Story 2:…
Story 3:…

10. Challenge: Standardization
With only 12K and major challenges, countries accomplished a lot
Unanticipated benefits include

11. I3N Cataloguer New version Three languages Microsoft Access 2000
XML output
Download from US IABIN site

12. ? Que queremos? Next steps…? Standard for data structure
Cataloguer improvements
Additional tools
Expanding participation …
Secure environment for:
Private discussion
Sharing documents