The Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) is a web-based network of data providers including government, non-government, non-profit, educational, and other organizations that agree to work together to provide increased access to data and information on
invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native spec ...
around the world.
Computer-based information systems like those in the GISIN present specific information to help detect, rapidly respond to, and control invasive alien species, flora or fauna.
Projects
As of June 2008, work is proceeding on a draft of a proposed GISIN data-sharing protocol.
See also
Invasive Species Compendium*
List of the world's 100 worst invasive species
100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species is a list of invasive species compiled in 2000 from the Global Invasive Species Database, a database of invasive species around the world. ISSG booklet giving the original 100 species. The database i ...
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Island Conservation
Island Conservation is a non-profit organization with the mission to "restore islands for nature and people worldwide" and has therefore focused its efforts on islands with species categorized as Critically Endangered and Endangered on the IUCN' ...
References
External links
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Global Invasive Species Information Network website
Draft GISIN protocol
Draft GISIN technical site(specific data-sharing tools)
Participants in the 2008 GISIN technical workshop(Athens, Georgia, USA)
Invasive species
American environmental websites
International environmental organizations
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