Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Page 52
8/30/2004
(
earch_library.asp) that refers to the
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
initiative on ballast water; the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) Database
on Introductions of Aquatic Species (DIAS)
(
root&xml=Introsp/introsp_s.xml); and the
Global Information System on Fishes
(FISHbase) (http://www.fishbase.org).
… the project has gathered
information for 101 experts in
ERNAIS from 27 European countries.
So far, the project has gathered information
for 101 experts in ERNAIS from 27
European countries. The overall objective of
ERNAIS is to facilitate cooperation and
research, exchange of scientific data, and
management to avoid the overlap of
research initiatives and the duplication of
effort in order to spend research money
more efficiently.
The ERNAIS seeks to create a network to
exchange information on port and ballast
water studies, but is not focused only on
ballast water and shipping vectors.
However, shipping is recognized by the
project as an extraordinary vector for
species invasions world-wide that is
becoming more and more prominent.
The ERNAIS Sites Map illustrates the
various origins of the registered scientists
that create a truly European-wide coverage
in expertise. Scientists are registered in
places as far south as Turkey, Israel, the
Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and from the
North and Baltic Seas. In addition to
containing information on researchers, the
system also includes data on regional
inventories of invaders, selected invaders in
the area, and Geographic Information
System (GIS) data or distribution
information of certain invaders where
available. To query the database, users can
select year and region criteria.
ERNAIS and GISIN
In the future the ERNAIS will facilitate
development of subregional thematic
networks and information hubs. The long
term overall objective is to integrate
ERNAIS into the GISIN network via the
development, for example, of a European
information network on exotic species,
based on subregional information. The idea
of this initiative is to identify regional
information hubs, which may present quite a
challenge in Europe in comparison to other
continents. There are several seas in
Europe. Each of these seas and the nations
surrounding them are unique in their own
way.
An information hub is needed for the Baltic
region, and the Baltic database in Klaipeda,
Lithuania should be considered for this
position. An information hub representing
European and Global Internet Resources on IAS
(Panov
& Gollasch
2004)
ERNAIS Sites Map
ERNAIS Sites Map
ERNAIS:
> 100 experts
from 27
countries
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