1. PROGRESS ON CONTENT-BUILDING GRANTS 2007 Sílvia R. Ziller I3N Lead BRAZIL IABIN COUNCIL MEETING, PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY Founder and Executive Director Pinus invading Paraná grasslands, Brazil

2. Data compilation since 2003 First step: use of Argentina I3N database Ministry of Environment starts national survey Support from I3N to improve database Work with I3N Lead in Argentina and The Nature Conservancy in South America Developed database and web interface HISTORY Hovenia dulcis

3. The Horus Institute website Created in 2003, only website in Brazil dedicated to biological invasions Average 20,000 hits / month

4. The Horus Institute website Displayed information in factsheets generated from the database and edited into website

5. Content building grants - benefits Fact sheets were highly time consuming and would be outdated the following day after upload Costs and time restricted updates to twice a year Database is updated on a daily basis Brachiaria invading grasslands I3N Horus Institute Web Information System

6. Content building grants are changing the dynamics of how we work on the database

7. I3N Horus Institute Web Information System Content building grants – Building a Web Information System Web template allows for contributors to have a sense of ownership of the data Web template leads to building a network of closer collaborators Collaborators will be picked from the list of contacts who formerly contributed with data to the national survey done for the Ministry of Environment in Brazil

8. I3N Horus Institute Web Information System Web template gives contributors a sense of ownership of the data Web template leads to building a network of closer collaborators

9. I3N Brazil Database online Database is online but has not been announced Working on the interface and final configuration Beginning to build network Will make media announcement once network collaborators are registered and database has undergone functional tests Fits in the context of the national strategy in development by Brazil Ministry of Environment Will add other I3N tools in the near future Where we stand

10. Thank you! www.institutohorus.org.br Please contact us at: sziller@institutohorus.org.br sziller@tnc.org I3N