Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species Information
Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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8/30/2004
7.
Host/Originating Country:
Language: English
Description: Information on bird, mammal and amphibian species of Latin America, including invasive species. Includes
amphibian data for Mexico and Central America, bird and mammal range maps, photos, global conservation status, habitat
description, distribution, population status, references, and maps.
8.
Host/Originating Country: Zoological Institute RAS / Russia
Language: English
Description: Web portal providing access to the global, regional and national internet resources on biological invasions.
RBIC Information System is serving as a Regional Clearinghouse on invasive alien species and information hub of the
Global Invasive Species Informational Network. Databases included in the RBIC are:
Alien Species of the Baltic Sea (#14 in this document)
European Research Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ERNAIS) -
Alien Species of North-West Russia information system (under development)
9.
Host/Originating Country: Danish Forest and Nature Agency / Denmark.
Language:
Description: A gateway to databases on invasive species in the Nordic and Baltic region [under development]. Promoting
the exchange of information on IAS, as well as experiences with eradication or control of IAS from Greenland to Northern
Russia and from Northern Norway to Germany and Poland.
10.
Host/Originating Country: Danish Forest and Nature Agency / Denmark.
Language: English
Description: Lists of contact persons for marine, freshwater, terrestrial invasive species, and listed alphabetically;
Downloadable lists (xls, pdf) of introduced species (taxonomy, observations, origin, vector) and references for introduced
species in the Nordic countries, by a Nordic network of scientists and administrators working within the area of
introduced/alien species.
11.
Host/Originating Country: Estonia.
Language: Estonian, English.
Description: Provides access to PDF lists of aquatic invaders, introduced mammals, birds, terrestrial invertebrates and
plants.
12.
Host/Originating Country: Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu Tallinn / Estonia.
Language: Estonian, English
Description: Provides information on invasive alien species of plankton, benthic invertebrates and fishes.