progress on content-building grants 2007 sílvia r. ziller i3n lead brazil iabin council meeting,...
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PROGRESS ON CONTENT-BUILDING GRANTS 2007
Sílvia R. Ziller
I3N Lead BRAZIL
IABIN COUNCIL
MEETING,PUNTA
DEL ESTE, URUGUAY
Founder and Executive
Director
Pinus invading Paraná grasslands, Brazil
• Data compilation since 2003
• First step: use of Argentina I3N database
• Ministry of Environment starts national survey
• Support from I3N to improve database
• Work with I3N Lead in Argentina and The Nature Conservancy in South America
• Developed database and web interface
HISTORY
Hovenia dulcis
The Horus Institute website
Created in 2003, only website in Brazil dedicated to biological invasions
Average 20,000 hits / month
The Horus Institute website
Displayed information in factsheets generated from the database and edited into website
Content building grants- benefits
• Fact sheets were highly time consuming and would be outdated the following day after upload
• Costs and time restricted updates to twice a year
• Database is updated on a daily basis
Brachiaria invading grasslands
I3N Horus Institute Web Information System
I3N Horus Institute Web Information System
Content building grants are changing the dynamics of how we work on the database
I3N Horus Institute Web Information System
Content building grants – Building a Web Information System
• Web template allows for contributors to have a sense of ownership of the data
• Web template leads to building a network of closer collaborators
• Collaborators will be picked from the list of contacts who formerly contributed with data to the national survey done for the Ministry of Environment in Brazil
I3N Horus Institute Web Information System
Web template gives contributors a sense of ownership of the dataWeb template leads to building a network of closer collaborators
I3N Brazil Database online
• Database is online but has not been announced• Working on the interface and final configuration• Beginning to build network• Will make media announcement once network
collaborators are registered and database has undergone functional tests
• Fits in the context of the national strategy in development by Brazil Ministry of Environment
• Will add other I3N tools in the near future
Where we stand
