GISIN Publications & Products

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Results of the GISIN Needs Assessment Survey. The GISIN, GBIF, and TDWG are developing a prototype implementation of an invasive species checklist information exchange system. Because a successful Web solution will require full analysis of the needs and current status of potential invasive species information providers and users, the GISIN conducted a Needs Assessment Survey from December 2006 to February 2007. More than 135 people responded, representing 41 countries and both governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including non-profits, academia and private industry. The results of the survey are available here. They are also downloadable as a Microsoft Word document with graphics here, and as a PDF document (requiring Acrobat Reader) here.

Invasive Species Schema Review. The Invasive Species Profile Schema proposes preliminary draft standards for the exchange of invasive species information. It is being reviewed by participants of the Experts meeting in Morocco . Discussion topics and the schema are posted online at http://wiki.cs.umb.edu/twiki/bin/view/IASPS/

Poster - The Global Invasive Species Information Network
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Presented October 15-22, 2006 at the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) Annual Meeting. Building Biodiversity Data Applications. Click here for more information on the GISIN Symposium.

GISIN Newsletter August 2006. Elizabeth Sellers and Annie Simpson (Editors). PDF
A brief progress report describing 2005-2006 activities and achievements relating to the GISIN.

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN). Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Eighth meeting. Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006. PDF

Poster - The Global Invasive Species Information Network
Abstract (PDF): English | Spanish
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Presented January 8-12, 2006 at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) International Conference - Ecology in An Era of Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Environmental Scientists in the Americas, Merida, Mexico

Consultant’s report to the Convention on Biological Diversity on development of a Draft Species Profile Schema for the Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) September 2005. PDF

Developing a Species Profile Schema for the Global Invasive Species Information Network. Convention on Biological Diversity, Secretariat, Notification document. 17 May, 2005. PDF

List of Online Invasive Alien Species Information Systems
TXT (143Kb) | DOC (1Mb) | HTM (1.2Mb)
A Living Document. Last updated January 2007.

Proceedings of the Experts Meeting on Implementation of a GISIN
Sellers, E., Simpson, A., Fisher, J.P., Curd-Hetrick, S., Editors. August 2004. Proceedings of a Workshop. 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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The Global Invasive Species Information Network: What's in It for You?
A Viewpoint article. Annie Simpson. July 2004. BioScience 54 (7):613-614.
Reprinted with permission from the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
PDF | HTM

The Baltimore Declaration. GISIN charter. June 2004. PDF | HTM

GISIN Newsletter June 2004. Elizabeth Sellers and Annie Simpson (Editors). PDF
A brief progress report describing 2004 post-meeting activities and achievements relating to the GISIN.

GISIN Summary Report. Elizabeth Sellers, Rachel Muir, and Annie Simpson. June 2004. A report on the GISIN Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. April 2004. PDF | HTM

Databasing Invasions: A Review in the Context of the Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN). Elizabeth Sellers, Information International Associates Inc. April 2004.
PDF (320KB) | HTM (257KB)

Toward a Global Information System for Invasive Species. Anthony Ricciardi, William W. M. Steiner, Richard N. Mack, and Daniel Simberloff. March 2000. BioScience 50 (3): 239-244. Online on the The Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (SGNIS), where it was reprinted with permission: http://sgnis.org/publicat/papers/riccstei.pdf

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