Result of the First Council Meeting:

 

PROJECT	INTERESTED PARTIES
A. Science-oriented Projects
A-1. Build and Expand on Invasive Species Pilot	Argentina Bahamas Brazil Canada Chile Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Paraguay U.S. ITIS NABIN TNC / ABI
A-2. Migratory Birds	Belize Brazil Chile Honduras Mexico Paraguay U.S. NABIN
A-3. Pollinators	Brazil Canada El Salvador Honduras Suriname ITIS
A-4. Coastal Erosion and Biodiversity	Antigua Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominican Republic Suriname
A-5. Coral Reefs	Barbados Belize Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic Guatemala Honduras U.S.
A-6. Neotropical Flora	Brazil Colombia Ecuador
A-7. Amphibian Decline in the Americas	Brazil Ecuador U.S. TNC
A-8. Projects on River Basins and Watersheds Tropical Freshwater Fishes	Colombia
B. Biodiversity Management-oriented Projects
B-1. Protected Areas Inventory of Protected Areas and Establishment of Corridors	Belize Brazil Chile Dominican Republic Guatemala BCIS CI IBIN MABNetAmericas *
B-2. Expanding the GAP Analysis to other Countries	Brazil Mexico Suriname U.S. TNC
B-3. Andean Region Strategy for Endangered Species	Ecuador Colombia Suriname
B-4. Develop Standards for Ecoregional Analysis in the Continent	Canada TNC
C. Network Implementation Projects (policy, standards, tools, etc.)
C-1. Legal Issues Regarding Network Information	Canada Colombia Guatemala Jamaica Mexico U.S. BCIS IBIN
C-2. Strategic Plan to Establish IABIN Information Systems	Canada Dominican Republic Paraguay U.S. BCIS CI Species 2000
C-3. IABIN Participation of Institutions Holding Biological Collections from the Americas (e.g. Repatriation of Information)	Argentina Brazil Colombia Dominican Republic El Salvador Honduras Mexico Uruguay U.S. BCIS
C-4. Directory of Taxonomists and Institutions in the Americas with Expertise on Biodiversity	Antigua Argentina Bahamas Belize Brazil Colombia U.S. CHM ? * ICONS ITIS
C-5. Assessment of Remote Sensing Sources of Information for the Americas	Brazil Canada U.S. TNC / ABI
C-6. Tracking Ongoing Collaborations within IABIN	U.S.
C-7. Database of Potential Collaborations
C-8. Agreement on Metadata (Geo-referenced, Taxonomy, Subject Control) Format for IABIN Information	Brazil Chile Jamaica U.S. BCIS ICONS ITIS NABIN Species 2000
C-9. Strategy for Developing a Catalog of Life for the Americas	Brazil Colombia Mexico Suriname U.S. ITIS Species 2000
C-10. Environmental Education (USAID proposal)

* Not present at the First Council Meeting for IABIN

 
Notes:

• Need to include a capacity building component on information management assets into IABIN projects.
• Need to define information elements that will help local decision-makers.
• Keep in mind IABIN strategic plan as part of a financial strategy.