First Council Meeting for IABIN
December 13-14, 1999
PROJECT IDEAS FOR IABIN
Updated on March 2000
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PROJECT |
INTERESTED
PARTIES |
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A. Science-oriented
Projects |
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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 |
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A-2.
Migratory Birds |
Belize Brazil Chile Honduras Mexico Paraguay U.S. NABIN |
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A-3.
Pollinators |
Brazil Canada El
Salvador Honduras Suriname ITIS |
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A-4.
Coastal Erosion and Biodiversity |
Antigua Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominican
Republic Suriname |
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A-5.
Coral Reefs |
Barbados Belize Brazil Colombia Dominican
Republic Guatemala Honduras U.S. |
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A-6.
Neotropical Flora |
Brazil Colombia Ecuador |
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A-7.
Amphibian Decline in the Americas |
Brazil Ecuador U.S. TNC |
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A-8.
Projects on River Basins and Watersheds ·
Tropical
Freshwater Fishes |
Colombia |
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B. Biodiversity
Management-oriented Projects |
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B-1.
Protected Areas ·
Inventory
of Protected Areas and Establishment of Corridors |
Belize Brazil Chile Dominican
Republic Guatemala BCIS CI IBIN MABNetAmericas
* |
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B-2.
Expanding the GAP Analysis to other Countries |
Brazil Mexico Suriname U.S. TNC |
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B-3.
Andean Region Strategy for Endangered Species |
Ecuador Colombia Suriname |
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B-4.
Develop Standards for Ecoregional Analysis in the Continent |
Canada TNC |
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C. Network
Implementation Projects (policy, standards, tools, etc.) |
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C-1.
Legal Issues Regarding Network Information |
Canada Colombia Guatemala Jamaica Mexico U.S. BCIS IBIN |
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C-2.
Strategic Plan to Establish IABIN Information Systems |
Canada Dominican
Republic Paraguay U.S. BCIS CI Species
2000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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C-5.
Assessment of Remote Sensing Sources of Information for the
Americas |
Brazil Canada U.S. TNC
/ ABI |
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C-6.
Tracking Ongoing Collaborations within IABIN |
U.S. |
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C-7.
Database of Potential Collaborations |
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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 |
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C-9.
Strategy for Developing a Catalog of Life for the Americas |
Brazil Colombia Mexico Suriname U.S. ITIS Species
2000 |
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C-10.
Environmental Education (USAID proposal) |
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* 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.