Transcript I3N - Brazil, Instituto Hórus

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
HISTORY
• 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
Hovenia dulcis
The Horus Institute website
Created in 2003, only website in Brazil
dedicated to biological invasions
Average 20,000
hits / month
The Horus Institute website
Displayed information in factsheets generated
from the database and edited into website
I3N Horus Institute Web Information System
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would be outdated the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
Content building grants are changing the
dynamics of how we work on the database
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
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
I3N Brazil Database online
Where we stand
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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
I3N
Thank you!
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