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Annie Simpson Invasive Species Theme Coordinator National Biological Information Infrastructure asimpson@usgs.gov Invasive Species as a Trilateral Challenge Albuquerque, New Mexico 29 April 2003
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Davis Declaration calls for… global strategy to coordinate invasive species information establishment of a global distributed information system development of identification tools worldwide research & development agencies to make resources available 14-15 February 2001, Davis, California http://ice.ucdavis.edu/Davis_Declaration/
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Invasive Species Data Types (Discussed at the North American Hub Meeting, Davis CA Feb 2002) Images, maps, photos Fact sheets Identification aids Bibliographies Educational materials URLs, URIs Other documents Organizations Experts Projects Datasets Species Lists Observations Specimens (Bolded items are also part of the I3N model)
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CBD informal invasives experts meeting calls for… global invasives information network with open membership mechanisms to report status and accomplishments support of early warning systems open standards & development of vocabularies tool kit for regional hubs 19-20 February 2002, Montreal, Canada http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meetings/cop/cop-06/information/cop-06-inf-18-en.doc
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Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network IABIN Linking the Americas to Biodiversity Networks Worldwide
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IABIN's Invasives Information Network (I3N) Participant Countries IABIN Linking the Americas to Biodiversity Networks Worldwide Planning to join 11+ countries New countries joining without seed funding
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IABIN Linking the Americas to Biodiversity Networks Worldwide Species ProjectsData sets Experts Objectives of I3N Pilot Project Develop standard catalogs in each country Make catalogs Web-accessible Build capacity
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I3N Cataloger Interface Microsoft Access 2000 Three languages Freely available Start entering metadata
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Invasive Species Information Node U.S. contribution to the North American Invasives Information Hub http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov Thematic node of the NBII Seeks to establish, maintain, and accelerate the sharing, standardization, completeness, and accessibility of existing data on the distribution and abundance of non- native plants, animals, and diseases, at local, state, national and international levels
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Opportunities for the Trilateral Suggest adoption of I3N model at global hubs level Encourage creation of identification aids Promote interoperability of databases Develop (fund?) tool kit for regional hubs
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Annie Simpson Invasive Species Theme Coordinator National Biological Information Infrastructure asimpson@usgs.gov http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov Gracias Merci Thanks
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