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Table of Contents

Foreword......................................................................................................................

Table of Contents

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List of Figures...............................................................................................................

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List of Tables................................................................................................................

Executive Summary......................................................................................................

The Baltimore Declaration

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Meeting Process...........................................................................................................

Plenary Proceedings

Databasing Invasions: A Review in the Context of the Global Invasive Species

Information Network (GISIN)..............................................................................

GISIN Survey Results – Participants’ Information Needs

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Web Services: Who, What, Why, Where, and When?..........................................

Online Alien Species Database: Experience of Regional Cooperation in the Baltic Sea

Area.................................................................................................................

NISbase: A Distributed Database System for Non-indigenous Species Information.

European Research Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ERNAIS)...................

FishBase: A Global Information System on Fishes

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and GISIN.............................

Discover Life -- Translating Across Standards.....................................................

Web-accessible Information on Invasive Species in the Americas: A Multinational

Invasives Information Network...........................................................................

I3N Argentina (InBiAr)

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Brazilian Invasive Alien Species Database

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Information Management for Invasive Alien Species in China

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NatureServe Explorer........................................................................................

An IAS Database in the Colombian Biodiversity Framework.................................

CONABIO: National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, Invasive

Species Programme, Mexico.............................................................................

The Global Invasive Species Programme: Achievements and Changes in the Past Year

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Breakout Group Reports

Developing Database Infrastructure

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Developing Database Content

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Developing Databases and Capacity Building.....................................................

Aquatic IAS & NISbase Collaboration.................................................................

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Financial and Organizational Framework............................................................

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Selection of an Interim Steering Committee

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Appendices

A - Acronyms....................................................................................................

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B - Databasing Invasions: A Review in the Context of the Global Invasive Species

Information Network (GISIN)..............................................................................

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C - Draft List of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) Online Databases and Databases

Containing IAS Information................................................................................

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D - GISIN Surveys

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E - Electronic Poster Abstracts

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F - Organizing Committee / Planning Team

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F-i

G - Experts Meeting Participants........................................................................

G-i

H - Interim Steering Committee (iSC)

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I - GISIN draft Framework Document for the Experts Meeting on Implementation of a

Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)

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