Transcript Fournier 18 03 IABIN

I3N Database and Tools to Prevent
Biological Invasions
Joel Rotunda
Lionfish
TDWG
Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network
• GEF grant-funded project with 34 member countries
• Promote access to information useful to decision makers to
improve biodiversity conservation
• Improve regional cooperation for biodiversity management
through sharing of experience and expertise
• Helps members address critical issues at a regional level
• Five Networks
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Ecosystems
Invasive Species
Pollinators
Protected Areas
Species and Specimens
The I3N and Participants
• 19 active countries
• Focal Points in each country
• Capacity building through grants
and training for sharing data
• Provides informatics tools, training
on tool use, and direct online
access to standardized IAS data
• Coordinated by the
US Geological Survey (USGS)/NBII.
Collaboration/Support
• 19 governments supporting national
I3N leads
• BioNET
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
• GEKKO/Universidad del Sur (Argentina)
• Global Invasive Species Information
Network (GISIN)
– (Denmark, Argentina, Great Britain,
Malaysia, China, Morocco, Zambia, New
Zealand, Germany, USA)
• Guyra Paraguay (Paraguay)
• InBio (Costa Rica)
• Institute of Jamaica (Jamaica)
• Instituto Horus, CRIA (Brazil)
• Integrated Taxonomic Information
System (ITIS)
• IUCN Invasive Species Specialist
Group (ISSG)
– Global Invasive Species Database
(New Zealand)
• National Biological Information
Infrastructure, U.S. Geological Survey,
USAID, US State Department (USA)
• NatureServe
• TNC South America Invasive Species
Program
The CBD “… welcomes the ‘I3N’ … and calls on the
Global Environment Facility, Parties, Governments, and
relevant organizations to support and participate in
these initiatives” (Decision VI/23)
Tools and Services
• Tools for creating/exporting/displaying standardized databases
– invasive species lists, characteristics, experts,
projects, bibliography
• Information standards and guidance
• Bilingual search tool for national inventories
– Cross-country search and display
• Internet hosting of national inventories and
publications at no charge
• Content-rich bilingual web site
• Listserv
• Concepts/informatics training module
– Spanish, English, Portuguese
Database Characteristics
• Microsoft Access 2000 or Web interface
(templates for countries), being redesigned
open source.
• Spanish, Portuguese, and English versions
• Detailed tri-lingual user manuals
• Controlled vocabulary (GISIN, GISD)
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
(ITIS) as taxonomic authority
• Dublin Core Metadata Standard
• XML export function for exporting data to
other databases
• Add Marine fields and terminology
© Finding
Species
I3N Database
Introduction Tab (Edit Mode)
•Cause, place and date of introduction
•References and description
•There may be several introduction records for one species
Characteristics Tab (Edit Mode)
Species Characteristics
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Dispersal
Pathways
Vectors
Diet
Reproduction
Sea Lamprey
M. Theklan
Biological form
Economic use and description
Habitats invaded
Invasion in other countries
Impacts Tab (Edit Mode)
On other species
Ecological impacts
Economic impacts
Social/cultural impacts
Impacts on health
Control Tab (Edit Mode)
Mechanical control
Chemical control
Biological control
Prevention measures
Risk assessment information
Occurrence Tab (Edit Mode)
Contacts Tab (Edit Mode)
Species Tab (Block mode)
Possible reports
• Species list for an area
• Profile (description) for a
species
• XML reports that are
machine readable for
sharing across the Web
Species Fact Sheet
Information Input and Sharing
The online database system
contains three main
utilities:
1- A web portal - public
2- An intranet system
3- An administration level
Perna viridis
Photo courtesy of Dayne Buddo
Searching
Search using one or more criteria:
Species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Type and cause of introduction
Place of introduction
Means of propagation
Pathways
House Sparrow
Vectors
M. Patterson
Diet
Reproduction
Habit
State/province (occurrences), municipality (occurrences)
And other options.
http://i3n.iabin.net
• I3N Coordinator
– Christine Fournier
[email protected]
• I3N Tools Representatives
– Silvia Ziller
– Sergio Zalba
• I3N-US Lead
Purple Loosestrife
J. Forman Orth
[email protected]
[email protected]
Annie Simpson [email protected]