Data Content Grant Progress Report

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Data Content Grant Progress Report

• Institute of Jamaica
• I3N Lead
• IABIN Focal Point

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Pilot Project

• Successful pilot project in 2002
• 1st National Workshop 29 participants
  (governmental agencies and NGOs)
• Invasive Species Catalogue (17 agencies)
• Public Education Tool (brochures)
• Assessment of IAS awareness

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Content building Grant 2006-2007

• The content building grant was awarded in May
  2006
• I3N Database workshop in 13-16 September 2006
• 21 Participants with key agencies represented -
  AWIG
• Facilitated by Silvia Ziller (Brazil) and Sergio
  Zalba (Argentina)
• Consultant was hired
• New I3N Lead and consultant were welcomed as a
  part of the alien Invasive Working Group

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Content building Grant 2006-2007 (2)

• Catalogue was first digitised into the new format
  of the I3N database thus using IABIN standards
  and tools ( 52 spp.)
• Agencies and experts were contacted to add new
  information 30 individual from 12 agencies
• Presently 84 spp. and 271 occurrences
• Public Education tool deliverables ( 2 poster and
  2 brochures)

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JAMAICAS INVASIVE ALIEN FLORA
JAMAICAS INVASIVE ALIEN FLORA
Plants introduced to Jamaica that ENDANGER our
biodiversity
Photo by Karen McIntyre
Photo by Aisha Bailey
African Tulip Tree
Wild Hops
Photo by Dayne Buddo
Photo by Sean Townsend
Strawberry Guava
Mock Orange
Photo by Aisha Bailey
Photo by Sean Townsend
Natural History Division Institute of Jamaica
10-16 East Street Kingston Jamaica
Phone [phone] E-mail
chm_at_nhd.cwjamaica.com Websitewww.jamaicachm.org.j
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Scratch Cocoa
Bamboo
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Activities as a result of Content Building Grant

• Participated in several workshops for
  consultations for IAS input
• Work with the AIWG ( 2 airport poster )
• CABI project presentation of IABIN and I3N
  database and web template
• Encouragement of interagency collaboration

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Future Plans

• Upload the database using the web interface also
  provided with the database June 07
• Produce other useful materials such as a
• research paper
• field guide for identification

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Thank you Gracias