North American Invasive Species North American Invasive Species Information HubInformation Hubandand

IABIN's Invasives Information IABIN's Invasives Information Network (I3N)Network (I3N)

Annie SimpsonInvasive Species Theme CoordinatorNational Biological Information Infrastructureasimpson@usgs.gov

Invasive Species as a Trilateral Challenge Albuquerque, New Mexico 29 April 2003

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, Californiahttp://ice.ucdavis.edu/Davis_Declaration/

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)

CBD informal invasives experts meetingcalls 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, Canadahttp://www.biodiv.org/doc/meetings/cop/cop-06/information/cop-06-inf-18-en.doc

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network

IABIN

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IABIN's Invasives Information Network (I3N) Participant Countries

IABIN

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Planning to join

11+ countries

New countries joining without seed funding

IABIN

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Species

Projects Data sets

Experts

Objectives of I3N Pilot Project

Develop standard catalogs in each country

Make catalogs Web-accessible

Build capacity

I3N Cataloger Interface• Microsoft

Access 2000

• Three languages

• Freely available

Start entering metadata

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

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

Annie SimpsonInvasive Species Theme Coordinator

National Biological Information Infrastructureasimpson@usgs.gov

http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov

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